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Which cities are the music trendsetters?

Want to find the hottest new music? Just look to Atlanta, Montreal or Oslo.

A new study suggests they are three of the cities leading world music trends. So, you may want to listen to your Atlanta friends’ playlists to get an edge on the next big thing in music.

The new report, dubbed “The Geographic Flow of Music,” examined the flow of musical preferences, using data from music site, last.fm, which provided weekly charts for about 200 cities over the last three years. By ranking the top 500 artists and providing information on unique listeners, the last.fm statistics helped researchers identify which cities lead overall music habits and trends.

via CBS News

This is a very interesting study. If you click through to the full report you can see all the international statistics too. Were you shocked by the cities named as trendsetters? If you hadn’t seen these answers what cities would you have named as trendsetters?

Quite a heavy read, but when you get to the root of what the research paper is saying, it appears that Atlanta, Georgia is the epicenter of musical taste in the United States! Wow!

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If you had an extra $500 today, how would you *invest* it?

Which cities are the music trendsetters?

If you had an extra $500 today, how would you invest it?