Google unveils 2022’s top trending entertainment searches

Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, the Oscars slapheard around the globe and the magical sounds of “Encanto” dominated Google’stop trending search entertainment categories of 2022.

Depp was the top trending actor searched this year as the high-profile lawsuitunfolded from April to June. He was also the top trending search of any personoverall. Heard was third most-searched trending topic on the celebrity listand overall person list.

Will Smith was the No. 2 top trending actor following his slap of Chris Rockat the Oscars in March after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada PinkettSmith. Rock was fourth on the list and Pinkett Smith was seventh.

Meanwhile, the movie and song list was dominated by Disney’s “Encanto,”despite its November 2021 release date.

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It was the top trending movie search this year, and its hit “We Don’t TalkAbout Bruno” was the most trending song searched. “Surface Pressure” off thesoundtrack came in * second and “What Else Can I Do” clinched the * 10thspot on the song list.

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People had other things in mind to search for in 2022, including Adam Levine(No. 1 on the artist and band list) and HBO’s “Euphoria” (which topped the TVshow list).

Nostalgia was also a big theme **** or trending search categories; Kate Bushwas the seventh on the artist and band list, and her 1985 hit “Running Up ThatHill (Deal With God)” made it sixth on the song list after it got a “whole newlease of life” in the fourth season of “Stranger Things.”

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This photo compilation shows actors Johnny Depp, left, and Amber Heard inthe courtroom for closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthousein Fairfax, Virginia, on May 27,2022.Thisphoto compilation shows actors Johnny Depp, left, and Amber Heard in thecourtroom for closing arguments at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse inFairfax, Virginia, on May 27,2022.

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Google’s data was taken from Jan. 1 through Nov. 27. The company definestrending items as “searches that had a high spike in traffic over a sustainedperiod in 2022 as compared to 2021.”

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Here top 10 trending search terms of entertainment categories:

  1. Johnny Depp

  2. Will Smith

  3. Amber Heard

  4. Chris Rock

  5. Julia Fox

  6. Joseph Quinn

  7. Jada Pinkett Smith

  8. Ezra Miller

  9. Miles Teller

  10. Ashley Judd

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  1. Adam Levin

  2. Mary J. Blige

  3. Lil Tjay

  4. Kendrick Lamar

  5. Migos

  6. Tommy Lee

  7. Kate Bush

  8. Rick Martin

  9. Young Thug

  10. Foo Fighters

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  1. “Encanto”

  2. “Thor: Love and Thunder”

  3. “Top Gun: Maverick”

  4. “The Batman”

  5. “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

  6. “Black Adam”

  7. “Jurassic World Dominion”

  8. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

  9. “Morbius”

  10. Turning Red

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  1. “Euphoria”

  2. “Stranger Things”

  3. “The Watcher”

  4. “Inventing Anna”

  5. “House of the Dragon”

  6. “Moon Knight”

  7. “Yellowstone”

  8. “The Summer I Turned Pretty”

  9. “Obi Wan Kenobi”

  10. “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”

  1. “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” – “Encanto”

  2. “Surface Pressure” – “Encanto”

  3. “Jiggle Jiggle” – Duke & Jones and Louis Theroux

  4. “Unholy” – Sam Smith and Kim Petras

  5. “As It Was” – Harry Styles

  6. “Running Up That Hill” – Kate Bush

  7. “Glimpse of Us” – Joji

  8. “About Damn Time” – Lizzo

  9. “Anti Hero” ≠ Taylor Swift

  10. “What Else Can I Do” – Encanto

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Google ‘s top trendingactor, movie, song and TV show searches of 2022