Top Global Musical Terms by Mike Manewitz

    1.  Reggaeton (pronounced Reggae-TONE): Part Latin, part hip hop, with liberal helpings of Dancehall and Caribbean music thrown in for good measure.  Several Reggaeton radio staples this year made their way into the public consciousness.

     2.  Baile (pronounced Bye-Lay) Funk:  Brazilian dance music that has gained popularity worldwide, championed by such trend-setters as Norman Cook in the UK, and Philadelphia DJ Diplo.

     3.  Podcast:  New broadcast medium; think of it as Tivo for your radio. Even your nighbor is podcasting.

     4:  Rootkit: Thanks to an overzealous copy-protection scheme, thousands of music fans who tried to encode Sony artists' music onto their computer unwittingly installing a malicious piece of code that exposed their computers to attack. After intense media scrutiny and public outcry, Sony recalled the CD's from shelves and offered free downloads of the affected albums.

     5.  Live 8:  Millions of people tuned in to the sequel to Sir Bob Geldoff's1985 Live Aid benefit, this time to raise awareness of poverty and Third World debt and to pressure countries in the G8 to do something about it.

 
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Top 500 Albums of All Time

1.Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles

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The Top 5 Musical Trends by Mike Manewitz:

1.   !!!

Bands without pronounceable names, though usually pronounced 'tch, tch, tch'.

2.   ( )

      Albums with symbols as names. This album by Sigur Rós contains a songbook of 12 blank pages.

3.   THE THE’s

      The definite pronoun is definitely in pop music: Examples in 2003 include: The Strokes, The Neptunes, The Streets, The Shins, and The Roots.

4.   Lots of 'Rs'

      Examples include Christina Aguilera's "Dirrty" and Nelly's "Hot In Herre."

5.   Downloaders

      Downloaders could be anyone. From the 40-year-old classical connoisseur to the 11-year-old checking out Justin Timberlake.