Of all the celeb sites out there, it makes sense that the Backstreet Boys' would crack the top 10, since their Web-friendly fans seem to divide their online time between touring the official site and voting for the Boys on TRL. Elsewhere, almost 2 million listeners tuned in to Real.com, making it the most-visited music site on the Web despite a recent privacy controversy. But while CDnow is secure in the No. 2 spot, the top 10 is surprisingly devoid of shopping sites. Apparently, Santa's not quite cybersavvy yet.
TOP 10 MUSIC SITES UNIQUE TOTAL TIME SITE VISITORS SPENT*
1 REAL.COM 1,974,370 0:03:55 2 CDNOW.COM 1,304,570 0:09:57 3 WINDOWSMEDIA.MICROSOFT.COM 550,898 0:03:37 4 MP3.COM 486,829 0:05:25 5 TUNES.COM 238,079 0:04:18 6 AUDIOFIND.COM 199,753 0:04:38 7 BACKSTREETBOYS.COM 195,253 0:02:34 8 SONICNET.COM 189,250 0:05:41 9 LAUNCH.COM 187,603 0:07:52 10 UBL.COM 149,701 0:02:03
SOURCE: NIELSEN//NETRATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 12, 1999 * (hrs:min:sec)
