Review: Google Music Trends

“Music Trends is a snapshot of the music that’s popular right now among Google Talk listeners. Every Talk user who has opted in to Music Trends will cast their vote automatically, each time they listen to music on their computer. We’ll gather this information and display the trends by genre, listing the favorite songs and artists in each category.” Google Music Trends

While Google Music Trends is a very nice idea, it isn’t a great representation of what is “hot” or “not” in music. The demographic of Google Talk users is not a fair representation of the Internet community. If this technology were to be used to collect information on users who actually use google.com period, then this information would be extremely useful. Sadly, as it stands now, Myspace Music’s Top Bands provides the best data in this market. Look for Google Music Trends to fade away slowly without a peep.