Singer Janet Jackson has been named the most popular search on Google for
2005 joining other celebrities in the top 10 including her brother Michael
Jackson and movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

The 39-year-old continued to pique the interests of people around the world
in 2005, with rumours she had secretly given birth to a daughter 18 years
ago and paparazzi video of her sunbathing nude. Back in 2004, Jackson was
also a popular search subject mainly because of her “wardrobe malfunction”
while performing a half-time show with Justin Timberlake during the
SuperBowl.

Jackson topped the list, with Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in southeast
Asia, Xbox and actor Brad Pitt rounding out the top five.

Other top searches include the talent show American Idol and
wizard-in-training Harry Potter.

Search results for Canada, with only the first half of the year available,
indicate a skewing towards teenagers. Young entertainers such as Hilary
Duff, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Chad Michael Murray were perennial
top 10 favourites, as was rapper 50 Cent.

Japanese anime cartoon Inuyasha was consistently in the top five between
January and June, 2005. Inuyasha is a half-human, half-demon character
searching for a gem that would give him great powers.

Canadian actress Rachel McAdams is listed as no. 9 on the search list for
Canada. She’s appeared in The Wedding Crashers, The Notebook, Red Eye and
most recently, The Family Stone.

Source: CBC Arts