The search giant’s online store turns five. Among its most popular content: lots of Facebook apps and a movie that caused an international incident.
Adele’s album «25» is the top-selling album in Google Play’s five-year history.
It’s time for a trip down memory lane.
On Monday, Google Play, the search giant’s online store for apps, movies, music and books, turns five years old. To commemorate the anniversary, Google is releasing lists of the store’s most popular content of all time in the US.
Some of the top titles aren’t surprises. Candy Crush Saga, the addictive game by the mobile company King, was the top game. Adele , perennial internet darling, had the top-selling album, «25. » (Adele, by the way, also accounted for last year’s top viral video on Google-owned YouTube , with her turn on » Carpool Karaoke » on «The Late Show with James Corden. «) Editors’ note: Corden’s show airs on CBS, CNET’s parent company.
Three of the top five apps come from Facebook : the main Facebook app, the Facebook Messenger chat app and Instagram.
