Brands Get Free Play in Billboard Top 20

On her Whatsnextonline blog, B.L. Ochman points to Lucian James' Agenda American Brandstand, a service that tracks the number of brand mentions in the Billboard Hot 100. Top mentioned brands in 2003 include Mercedes, Cadillac, Prada, Nike, Cristal, Hennessy, K-Mart and Timberland.