The Guardian have compiled a list of 50 of the most important moments in modern music history Modern Music Timeline.
It’s a sign of the Online Age that Lily Allen’s use of MySpace makes it in as does the launch of iTunes. G325 fans will notice that YouTube doesn’t get a mention but take a look at what they say about Lady Gaga. They call her ‘The download era’s first pop superstar’ and give us the useful statistic that ‘Bad Romance managed 10m global sales and 360m YouTube views.’ That’s a big statistic but remember she’d already hit a billion YouTube views, causing some to ask if sales were still the way to measure popularity in the Online Age.
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