Gorillaz Have Most 'Friends' On MySpace

Gorillaz have topped a list of the year's most popular music acts in the UK - on MySpace.

The animated band has nearly 700,000 'friends' on the social networking site.

Damon Albarn's group is followed in popularity by metal band Bullet For My Valentine, who have just under 600,000 pals on the site.

Amy Winehouse is not far behind, with Coldplay coming in fourth place.

Lily Allen, known to be keen on blogging, is the next most popular, with just shy of half a million friends.

Maddona's Four Minutes was the most watched music video on MySpace this year, followed by The Verve's Love is Noise.

Most popular musical acts on MySpace in 2008:

01. Gorillaz - 682,875 friends
02. Bullet for my Valentine - 596,885 friends
03. Amy Winehouse - 542,268 friends
04. Coldplay - 525,110 friends
05. Lily Allen - 462,159 friends
06. M.I.A. - 399,858 friends
07. Oasis - 353,484 friends
08. Imogen Heap - 351,484 friends

Biggest music videos on MySpace in 2008:

01. Madonna - 4 Minutes
02. The Verve - Love is Noise
03. BPA - Toe Jam feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal
04. Justice - DVNO
05. Oasis - I'm Outta Time
06. Dragonforce - Heroes of our Time
07. Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
08. The Raconteurs - Old Enough

Source: www.thesun.co.uk