The Beatles top list of most-pirated artists
A new study has found The Beatles to be the most illegally-downloaded band on the planet.
The anti-piracy survey by MUSO have monitored pirating practices online, collecting masses of data. Lennon, McCartney and co top the list with 187,687 files uploaded to P2P sites. The remaining top five is completed by Fleetwood Mac (72,984 uploaded files), Bob Marley (60,024), Led Zeppelin (59,011) and Cliff Richard (56,576).
See the full Top 10 beneath, via Music Week:
1. The Beatles - 187,687 uploaded files
2. Fleetwood Mac – 72,984 uploaded files
3. Bob Marley – 60,024 uploaded files
4. Led Zeppelin – 59,011 uploaded files
5. Cliff Richard – 56,576 uploaded files
6. Stevie Wonder – 45,496 uploaded files
7. Jimi Hendrix – 44,093 uploaded files
8. Elvis – 40,794 uploaded files
9. ABBA – 35,193 uploaded files
10. The Rolling Stones – 34,444 uploaded files
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