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The Where of 2012's Top Music
The global cities that dominated popular music this year.
To summarize popular music in 2012 in a word — global. South Korean PSY introduced us to "Gangnam Style," British singers Adele and Ellie Goulding continued to dominate the air waves, and three little words sung by breakout Canadian star Carly Rae Jepsen (you know the ones) were perpetually stuck in people's heads.
In this evolving international soundscape, just how global is the popular music Americans listen to? Where are its major locational epicenters?