Who’s popular? Below are artists with hit singles along with paid downloads.

Train ‘Hey, Soul Sister’ (2,724,685 paid downloads)
Justin Bieber ‘Baby’ (1,373,608)
Lady Antebellum ‘Need You Now’ (1,217,292)
Jason Derulo ‘In My Head’ (1,448,509)
The Script ‘Breakeven’ (966,740)
Lady Gaga ‘Telephone’ (1,485,655)
Kesha ‘Blah Blah Blah’ (1,476,154)
Kesha ‘Tik Tok’ (4,370,009)
Lady Gaga ‘Bad Romance'(3,482,250)
Adam Lambert ‘Whataya Want From Me’ (811,818)
Michael Buble ‘Haven’t Met You Yet’ (987,367)
Kris Allen ‘Live Like We’re Dying’ (1,247,663)
Orianthi ‘According To You’ (936,945)
Owl City ‘Fireflies’ (3,536,201)

Check out the song Getaway by Say It Twice. This California 5 piece is able to craft radio ready songs, memorable pop hooks along with insightful lyrics. Performing tonight at Dragonfly Bar in Los Angeles. Contact: Carlosdcacciamani@gmail.com

Check out the tracks Wonderful and Lovers into Liars by
Mark Williams. He just finished recordings with Tim Gilles (Thursday, Taking Back Sunday). Mark says, “These songs are far more organic then anything I’ve ever written. They’re rock songs, but they contain my background in jazz and other styles of music. Contact: blazar70@gmail.com

Listen to the Where You Are by Jor’Dan Armstrong. Performing at the official pre-party for the upcoming Gospel Music Awards.
Contact: luke.mcfarland@artistint.com

KOAR favorite The Daylights will self release a new album soon. Listen to the song Rogue Machine. In fact, we profiled this Los Angeles pop indie act today of last year.

The Daylights who made it on our SXSW radar list will be performing at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on April 15th.

Katy Perry, One Republic, and Switchfoot all tweeted the link to the video the day of the release, resulting in 18,000 downloads of the mp3.

For fans of Kings of Leon, Coldplay, etc. Strong myspace plays and just picked up legal. Contact: danielrfriedman@mac.com

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