Billboard has teamed up with music analytics company MusicMetric to give readers a real-time view of which SXSW artists people are talking about on Twitter. By using the artists Twitter handle and keyword groups relating to the artist and SXSW (including the official hashtag), MusicMetric has synthesized Twitter buzz into a ranked chart showing who has the biggest share of conversation.

The percentage next to each artist expresses their share of the total volume of conversation pertaining to artists that are playing at SXSW.

Click on any artist to find their Twitter profile, and Songkick page which will tell you where they are performing at SXSW. [Billboard.biz]