MySpace has announced its eight most popular musical acts and most watched videos of 2008.

Gorillaz topped the first list, which ranked artists in terms of their number of MySpace friends, with more than 682,000 friends.

The animated alternative-trip-hop band, which released a compilation album of B-sides and remixes called “D-Sides” in 2007, was followed on the list by Bullet For My Valentine and Amy Winehouse.

Meanwhile, Madonna’s “4 Minutes” was the year’s most watched video, edging out The Verve’s “Love Is Noise” and Brighton Port Authority featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal’s “Toe Jam.”

Oasis was the only act to make it onto both lists, nabbing the No. 7 spot on the most-popular list with more than 353,000 friends and the No. 5 spot on the second list with their video for “I’m Outta Time.”

The Most Popular MySpace Acts of 2008 are:

Gorillaz (682,875 friends)
Bullet For My Valentine (596,885 friends)
Amy Winehouse (542,268 friends)
Coldplay (525,110 friends)
Lily Allen (462,159 friends)
M.I.A. (399,858 friends)
Oasis (353,484 friends)
Imogen Heap (351,484 friends)

The Most Popular Music Videos on MySpace of 2008 are:

Madonna — “4 Minutes”
The Verve — “Love Is Noise”
Brighton Port Authority featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal — “Toe Jam”
Justice — “DVNO”
Oasis — “I’m Outta Time”
DragonForce — “Heroes Of Our Time”
Sigur Ros — “Inni Mer Syngur Vitelysingur”
The Raconteurs — “Old Enough”






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