Janet Jackson tops Google's most-searched-for list

The past year's news may have been dominated by floods, hurricanes and the global battle against terrorism, but internet users were more interested in the private life of a 39-year-old pop star.
Janet Jackson was the most-searched term on internet search engine Google News - beating Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami, among others.
She was even way out ahead of her brother Michael Jackson, who was cleared of child sex-abuse charges in June after one of the most high-profile trials in history.
As a massively successful artist, Janet Jackson has her own large fan base, but her position at the top of the Google list raised some eyebrows.
Her overwhelming popularity in cyberspace this year would appear to be connected to a series of events which began with her infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Superbowl, during which her right breast was exposed to the entire world on live television.
This year a 40-second paparazzi video began circulating on the internet which showed the star sunbathing naked.
Her lawyers quickly sprang into action to get the footage taken off the web.
But there was more controversy when her former brother-in-law, Young DeBarge, claimed the singer had an 18-year-old "secret" daughter with her first husband, James DeBarge.
The star said the claim was false but it led to millions of hits on news websites.
Only two other pop stars - Michael Jackson and Britney Spears - made it into the top 10 searches.

The top 10 searches on Google News in 2005 were:
1. Janet Jackson
2. Hurricane Katrina
3. Tsunami
4. xbox 360
5. Brad Pitt
6. Michael Jackson
7. American Idol
8. Britney Spears
9. Angelina Jolie
10. Harry Potter