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HitsOfTheWeek.com
American popular culture at a glance
HitsOfTheWeek.com is dedicated to tracking the best selling entertainment products available on the Internet. Find out what the hottest selling CDs, DVDs, books, software, videogames and eletronics are in real time.
Don't wait for the Billboard Charts or the New York Times Bestseller list to find out what's popular in America! Stay ahead of the curve by bookmarking HitsOfTheWeek.com today!
Most Popular Music
1. Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller
Sony Music Distribution

2. Off the Wall
Sony

3. Bad
Sony

4. Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
Sony

5. Number Ones
Sony

6. Dangerous
Sony

7. Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour
Sony

8. The Ultimate Collection
Motown

9. The Essential Michael Jackson
Sony

10. Michael Jackson - Vol. 1-Greatest Hits History
Sony

Music by Category
Most Popular DVDs
1. Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour

2. True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)

3. Michael Jackson - Dangerous: The Short Films

4. Gran Torino (Widescreen Edition)

5. Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred

6. Entourage: The Complete Fifth Season

7. Number Ones

8. Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Fifth Season

9. Watchmen (Director's Cut) (Amazon Digital Bundle + Digital Copy and BD-Live) [Blu-ray]

10. Ghostbusters [Blu-ray]

DVDs by Category
Most Popular Books
1. Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine
Threshold Editions

2. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Threshold Editions

3. Catastrophe
Harper

4. Outliers: The Story of Success
Little, Brown and Company

5. Pride & Prejudice (Oxford Bookworms)
Oxford University Press

6. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Penguin Books

7. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Penguin Audio

8. The Tipping Point Audio
Hachette Audio

9. Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
Broadway

10. Renegade: The Making of a President
Crown

Books by Category
Most Popular Videogames
1. The Sims 3
Electronic Arts

2. Wii
Nintendo

3. EA Sports Active
Electronic Arts

4. Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit for Wii Deluxe Kit
Activision Inc.

5. Wii Fit
Nintendo

6. Wii MotionPlus
Nintendo

7. Wii Remote Controller
Nintendo

8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Wii Motion Plus Bundle
Electronic Arts

9. Wii Nunchuk Controller
Nintendo

10. Guitar Hero World Tour Band Bundle for Xbox 360
Activision Inc.

Videogames by Category
Most Popular Software
1. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade
Microsoft Software

2. Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade
Microsoft Software

3. Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Software

4. The Sims 3
Electronic Arts

5. QuickBooks Pro 2009
Intuit

6. McAfee Total Protection 2009 3-User
McAfee

7. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition
Microsoft Software

8. Adobe Photoshop Elements 7
Adobe

9. Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate & VideoStudio Pro X2 Bundle
Corel

10. Norton Internet Security 2009 1User/3Pc
Symantec

Software by Category
Most Popular Electronics
1. Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
Amazon.com

2. Amazon Kindle Leather Cover (fits 2nd Generation Kindle)
Amazon.com

3. HDMI (2 meter) 6 foot cable HQ 1080P 1.3b
Inspiretech

4. Amazon Kindle DX Leather Cover
Amazon.com

5. Garmin Portable Friction Dashboard Mount for nüvi Series and StreetPilot C5XX Series GPS Navigators (C530, C550, and C580)
Garmin

6. Zinwell ZAT-970A Digital to Analog TV Converter Box
Zinwell

7. Mighty Bright XtraFlex2 Clip-On Light (Black, Kindle Version)
Mighty Bright

8. Garmin nüvi 760 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Automobile Navigator
Garmin

9. Transcend 8 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card TS8GSDHC6
TRANSCEND

10. SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card CLASS 2 (SDSDQ-8192, Bulk Package)
SanDisk

Electronics by Category

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About this site:
Marketing and advertising folks need to contantly monitor what's popular in American culture. They spend millions of dollars on marketing research and data to help them in this regard. Companies such as Mediamark Research, Simmons, Arbitron, Mendelsohn, and a whole slew of companies with the word Nielsen in their name provide these research products for thousands of dollars in annual fees.

My theory is that nothing on the planet is better at showing general popularity of products than Amazon's sales rank. Amazon's sales rankings are updated hourly and reflect current (as in right now) product popularity. This is opposed to weekly sales charts that are out of date as soon as they are published. Amazon sales rankings indicate product popularity among all Internet buyers in real-time. As the leader in e-commerce, what could better indicate the popularity of entertainment products than Amazon's sales?

This site is intended to provide a general indication of product popularity for music, dvds, books, software, videogames and electronics among Internet users. Check often to see what's hot with American consumers!

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