Burlesque Search Trends 2004-2009

Interest in the erotic and comedic art form known as Burlesque has been steadily rising over the last six years.  You may have noticed that national and local news sources have been doing reviews and features on burlesque events more and more often.  More and more bars  and small theaters have been booking burlesque acts as the popularity of the art form has garnered more and more attention.  Performance artists like Dita Von Teese have also contributed in bringing burlesque to the main stream through print, video and television exposure.

In 2009 Hollywood picked up on the trend and started producing a musical entitled Burlesque.  The movie will star Dita Von Teese, Kristen Bell, Alan Cumming, Cher and Christina Aguilera.  The film is set to be released in theaters in November of 2010.

When viewing the search trends for burlesque it is easy to see the growth in the overall art form as well as the interest in the Burlesque movie.  The chart below shows the search engine trending data for the term burlesque from 2004 through November of 2009.

Burlesque Search Volume 2004-2009

The letters on the chart correspond to major online news stories (as chosen by Google).  The burlesque news stories are:

1. A Web Wire press release announcing a Rollergirls, Burlesque and Wrester show from July 13^th 2006
2. The announcement that Christina Aguilera will star in the movie Burlesque by Empire movies in May of 2009.
3. The announcement that Cher will also be joining the cast of Burlesque the move in Variety in June of 2009.
4. The Oakland Tribune had a large article entitled The big tease:  Burlesque grows in popularity on August 26^th of 2009.
5. The announcement that Kristen Bell was joining the cast of movie entitled Burlesque in Film Journal on October 9^th 2009.
6. KillerMovies reports that Eric Dane is joining the cast of Burlesque on November 18^th 2009.

It is also very interesting to note which countries are doing the most searches on the term burlesque

Burlesque

While it is a pretty tight race it appears that searchers in the United Kingdom are doing the most burlesque searches.

Burlesque searches by city

The search trends for burlesque in the United States -

Burlesque searches in the United States

Burlesque searches in the United States by City

The information in this article was derived from Google Trend information.  Unfortunately they do not provide exact search numbers.

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