Lycos: Web Users "Aiken" For Clay

Some great news from Lycos this week. They released this press release today with some fantastic numbers for Clay Aiken related web searches:

WEB USERS “AIKEN” FOR CLAY

Former “American Idol” Runner-up Comes in First Online,
More Popular than Britney, Shakira & Christina Aguilera on This Week’s Music List

The Lycos 50 top Music Searches for Week Ending Sept. 23, 2006
WALTHAM, Mass.—Sept. 28, 2006—Lycos, Inc. an entertainment destination for creators and consumers of quality content, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50™, the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending Sept. 23, 2006. For a complete list of The Lycos 50™ and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to Lycos.com.

The Lycos 50™ Top 10 Music Searches for the Week Ending Sept. 23, 2006:
1) Clay Aiken
2) Britney Spears
3) Shakira
4) Jessica Simpson
5) Jennifer Lopez
6) Beyonce
7) Nelly
8) Christina Aguilera
9) Tupac
10) Chris Brown

Notes of Interest:
Since mid-June, search interest in Clay Aiken has jumped 315 percent, pulling away from web music icons Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, making him the most-searched term on this week’s Lycos 50 music list. Aiken generates 84 percent more search interest than Spears, 352 percent more than Aguilera, and is 214 percent more popular online than Shakira. Aiken has been ubiquitous in the news this week. His third album, “A Thousand Different Ways” debuted at number two on the Billboard chart, and is projected to soon surpass Justin Timberlake’s album, making Aiken’s album number one in the U.S.

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