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"MTV's Video Music Awards show is a big deal on Twitter, likely because it's chock-full of celebrity antics and live-tweetable moments. The broadcast took home the prize for top tweeted topic this past week.\nSports continue to dominate the trends, with the NFL coming through at number two and bumping the long-trending topic of soccer (football) down to the number nine spot.\nOther notable topics include the remembrance of September 11, 2001 (where many users shared their stories through the #WhereWereYou hashtag), and the term \"Twitter\" itself after the company announced the planned roll-out of a new homepage that will dynamically integrate shared media.\nCheck out the complete chart below, compiled by our friends over at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart.\nYou can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week\u2019s trends on What The Trend.\nTop Twitter Trends This Week: 9/11 - 9/17\n\n\n\n\n        Rank\n\n     Topic\n\n     Top Index This Week\n\n     Intensity\n\n     Description\n\n  \n       #1\n    MTV VMAs\n    1\n    3\n    Lady Gaga accepted the award for Video of the Year (for \"Bad Romance\") at MTV's VMAs Sunday, Sept. 12th wearing a dress, shoes and purse made out of pieces of raw meat. The band 30 Seconds To Mars won the 2010 MTV VMA Best Rock Video for \"Kings and Queens.\"\n  \n        #2\n\n    NFL\n    1\n    2\n    Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, and Indianapolis Colts safety Bob Sanders were the most tweeted about individuals. Sanders was injured recently in a game against the Houston Texans. He has a torn biceps tendon and may be out indefinitely.\n  \n       #3\n    Taylor Swift / Kane West Controversy\n    1\n    2\n    People are sending letter-style tweets (\"Dear Taylor Swift\") along with their reactions to the premiere of her latest song, \"Innocent.\" Kanye West's MTV VMA performance with the lyrics \"Let's Have a Toast\" has inspired many tweets.\n  \n        #4\n\n    9/11 Remembrance\n    1\n    2\n    Nine years ago on September 11th 2001, the \"Twin Towers\" of the World Trade Center were destroyed in a terrorist attack that killed thousands. People are remembering that day.\n  \n       #5\n    PowerPuff Girls\n    1\n    2\n    People are tweeting about their favorite memories and characters from the PowerPuff Girls cartoon show. It originally started trending on Saturday when the show was aired on TRANS7, one of Indonesia's TV stations.\n  \n        #6\n\n    Mexico Bicentennial\n    1\n    2\n    Mexico celebrated its bicentennial on Thursday, September 16. The Bicentennial Celebration at the Zocalo included a variety of incredible fireworks and a military parade.\n  \n       #7\n    Twitter\n    2\n    2\n    Twitter is introducing a new website design that will include embedded media and content in users' streams.\n  \n        #8\n\n    Google\n    1\n    1\n    Google has launched a new Doodle on its British and Irish websites to celebrate the 120th anniversary of mystery writer Agatha Christie's birth.\n  \n       #9\n    Soccer/Football\n    1\n    1\n    The UEFA Champions League 2010-2011 started Tuesday, September 14. Popular football memes this week were \"Immortal Tricolor\" - the nickname for Brazilian football team Gr\u00EAmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. Fans of Spanish football team Real Madrid chanted \"Hala Madrid\" to support them when they beat Ajax 2-0.\n  \n        #10\n\n    Restart\n    1\n    1\n    As a reaction to the appearance of the band Restart on the top trends list, users are expressing their dislike of the Brazilian band. Notably, \"CALA BOCA COLORIDAS,\" meaning \"Shut Up, Colorful Girls\" in Portuguese refers to the mostly teenage fans of the band. Restart is part of a new \"colorful rock\" movement whose fans wear gaudy clothes and strange haircuts.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, ricardoinfante"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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