Napster Girl Franky Wedge

Napster uses very sexy ads to promote its music service. The gorgeous Napster girl, whose real name is Franky Wedge, dances and cavorts across the screen. It's certainly attention-grabbing, but is it effective? Does the Napster girl sell music?

Napster is a music download service. You can play any of their songs up to 3 times, after which you have to subscribe to Napster or buy the song. It's not as popular as iTunes and iPod.

The ads are definitely hot enough to be remarkable. Many blogs have posted comments about them. And they are part of a whole brand identity -- there is a series of similar ones. But the question remains; do potential customers know enough about Napster to want to sign up for the service?

You can view the latest Napster girl video, in two bandwidth formats. Also, the original Napster commercial can be seen.

The Napster Girl's real name is Franky Wedge, a professional dancer, actress, model and singer. The 5' 7" beautiful young blonde is from London. She has appeared on the cover of several lads magazines and for many companies. Here's Ms Wedge's MySpace page.