Hot music for May according to the library holds list

Here’s the holds list for May.  I’ll note any big changes I see.

1. Eyes Open – Snow Patrol
2. How to Save a Live – Fray
3. Grammys 2007
4. Wincing the Night Away – Shins
5. Daughtry
6. Greys Anatomy Soundtrack
7. We Were Dead Before the Ship – Modest Mouse
8. Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani
9. Foiled – Blue October
10. Grammy 2006
11. Corinne Bailey Rae
12. Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne
13. Konvicted – Akon
14. Alright Still – Lily Allen
15. Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
16. Futuresex Lovesounds – Justin Timberlake
17. Kink Live 9
18. Dutchess – Fergie
19. Soviet Kitsch – Regina Spektor
20. Orphans Brawlers – Tom Waits
21. Begin to Hope – Regina Spektor
22. Greatest Hits – Neil Young
23. Animals – Pink Floyd
24. 9 – Damien Rice
25. Oh Inverted World – Shins

Other hot titles are by Imogen Heap, Hellogoodbye Music, Cascada, Amy Winehouse, Fratellis and more.  Popular soundtracks include Eragon, Pirates, Step Up, Last Kiss.  All of a sudden, we have multiple Pink Floyd works with tons of holds on them and I can’t figure out why there is such a spike in their popularity all of a sudden.  I like seeing all the holds on the Kink Live disc, but I wish I would have bought more.  I was unsure about ordering the new Tom Waits as well since it was expensive, but the holds queue makes me glad I did.  Looks like we finally caught up with Norah Jones too.  She and John Mayer drop off the list.  If we have 8 or 9 copies of a CD, it’s going to circulate at least 16 times a month, probably more like 22 since most don’t keep them the full three weeks.  I’m speculating on this, but I think the Fray and Snow Patrol CD’s stay on demand each month because so many people continue to put them on hold.  Some of the other artists stay because they are too edgy or new to warrant too many copies yet, especially from the smaller libraries in the system.  Artists still need hits, imagine that.  Timerlake jumps up again this month because he has a hit.  Damien Rice gets a song in Shrek and he makes the list.  Nothing from Norah Jones’ CD is catching on yet, so the new holds drop off.