The Beatles Rank #1 on List of Top-Traded Artists in 2006

The Beatles Rank #1 on List of Top-Traded Artists in 2006

BarterBee.com Releases Latest Stats

LOS GATOS, Calif., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BarterBee.com released today its list of Top-Traded CD Artists and Titles for 2006. The Beatles, Green Day, and U2 took the top three positions for artists and Nimrod (Green Day), Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morrissette), and Hybrid Theory (Linkin Park) scored as most traded titles.

BarterBee.com based its rankings on tens of thousands of trades made by its more than 50,000 registered members in 2006. Robert Alvin, President of BarterBee.com said, "Our members are real music enthusiasts, trading CDs as many as four times a month ... and that's via the U.S. mail! Their choices give a real insight into what titles and artists are 'hot' to on-line music traders."

Other Top-Traded Artists included R.E.M., Led Zepplin, Genesis, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd, the Dave Mathews Band and AC/DC. Top Traded Titles also included Beatles 1 (The Beatles), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay), A Boy Named Goo (Goo Goo Dolls), Dookie (Green Day), Come Away With Me (Norah Jones), Yourself Or Someone Like You (Matchbox 20) and Play (Moby).

Noticeably absent from BarterBee.com's Top-Traded List were current pop icons including Madonna, Justin Timberlake, and Beyonce. "This just goes to show that even old artists can find new life on-line," said Alvin.

BarterBee.com is a privately held company of the NetLine Corporation and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It is the largest trading site for CDs, DVDs and Video Games.

Source: BarterBee.com

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