Interestingly, the Tokyo Olympics and the Paralympics db center.uk were equally popular: both received the same number of peak searches, 30.4 million searches each.
And among tennis finals, Wimbledon was the most searched event with more than 55.6 million searches, beating out the US Open and Australian Open .
Semrush also discovered the most popular athletes from the biggest sporting events of the year: Cristiano Ronaldo (who is also one of the most searched celebrities worldwide), Christian Eriksen, Lionel Messi, Emma Raducanu, and Novak Djokovic . Olympic gymnast Simone Biles was also among the most searched athletes of the year due to her controversial withdrawal from the Olympic finals.
ENTERTAINMENT
Best Music Albums of 2021
During 2021, it seemed like the world had decided that it was going to stop being Sour , and instead begin the Fearless Voyage to be Happier Than Ever … well, according to these rankings, that’s exactly what happened.
This year's most sought-after albums feature plenty of twists from the past, with two surprises from pop queen Taylor Swift who re-released two of her popular studio albums Red and Fearless .
A surprising entry into the top 10 was the first album in 40 years by Swedish pop group ABBA , featuring a mix of new and old songs. No, you haven't traveled back in time, but there's another surprise in this year's top 10: English heavy metal band Iron Maiden with the album Senjutsu , the band's first after a six-year hiatus.
Heavily promoted on social media by the Kardashian-Jenner clan, Ye's Donda , by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West , was the most searched for album of the year.
Unlike fellow Old Town Road singer Billy Ray Cyrus , rapper Lil Nas X proved with his debut album MONTERO that he is no flash in the pan. The album was nominated for the highly contested Grammy Award for Album of the Year and helped catapult LGBTQ+ narratives to the top of the music industry.
