Czwartek 31 Gru 2009, 14:00
Please ignore. I have nothing better to do with my time and tracking my listening habits excites me more than it probably should. (Also, I know the year isn't quite over yet but I doubt the numbers are going to change enough to make a difference in those last few hours.)
First up, top fifty artists with play counts and position changes from last year's list (bolded artists were not within last year's fifty; underlined are artists I hadn't listened to extensively before this year).
1. Mew (763 plays)
2. The Decemberists (681 plays)
3. Neko Case (621 plays)
4. Jeniferever (572 plays)
5. Grammatics (514 plays)
5. 1997 (514 plays) UP 4
7. Beach House (509 plays)
8. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's (490 plays) UP 36
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (482 plays) UP 20
10. Los Campesinos! (441 plays) DOWN 7
11. Tegan and Sara (436 plays) UP 13
12. Rilo Kiley (391 plays) DOWN 10
13. Now It's Overhead (384 plays) DOWN 9
13. Mandy Moore (384 plays)
15. Asobi Seksu (359 plays) UP 7
16. Deas Vail (351 plays)
17. Lydia (345 plays) DOWN 16
18. Maria Taylor (340 plays) UP 29
19. Bright Eyes (314 plays) UP 9
20. Shannon Wright (298 plays) UP 12
21. Copeland (292 plays) DOWN 9
22. Meg & Dia (291 plays)
23. St. Vincent (263 plays)
24. No Doubt (260 plays) DOWN 3
25. Andrew Bird (244 plays)
26. Tori Amos (242 plays) DOWN 3
27. Stars (241 plays) DOWN 13
28. Regina Spektor (237 plays)
29. Imogen Heap (234 plays)
30. Lightning Dust (225 plays)
31. The Dresden Dolls (224 plays) DOWN 24
32. Mates of State (210 plays) DOWN 24
33. She & Him (197 plays) DOWN 15
34. Metric (187 plays)
34. Joanna Newsom (187 plays)
36. Lady GaGa (186 plays)
37. Tilly and the Wall (181 plays) DOWN 31
38. Okkervil River (178 plays) DOWN 29
39. Eisley (173 plays) DOWN 19
40. Camera Obscura (171 plays)
41. Sleater-Kinney (169 plays) DOWN 25
42. Anchor & Braille (167 plays)
43. The Elected (162 plays) DOWN 1
44. My Brightest Diamond (161 plays) DOWN 19
44. Sarah Slean (161 plays) DOWN 28
46. The Narrative (160 plays)
46. Fiona Apple (160 plays) DOWN 2
48. A Camp (154 plays)
49. The Anniversary (149 plays) DOWN 44
50. Amanda Palmer (144 plays) DOWN 37
Next, top fifty tracks with play counts.
1. Jeniferever – St. Gallen (78 plays)
2. Grammatics – New Franchise (57 plays)
2. The Decemberists – The Engine Driver (57 plays)
4. Grammatics – Polar Swelling (56 plays)
5. 1997 – #3 (54 plays)
6. Grammatics – Time Capsules & The Greater Truth (46 plays)
7. Meg & Dia – Fighting For Nothing (45 plays)
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric (44 plays)
8. Neko Case – Magpie to the Morning (44 plays)
10. Imogen Heap – Canvas (42 plays)
10. Mandy Moore – Nothing Everything (42 plays)
10. Mew – The Zookeeper's Boy (42 plays)
10. Lightning Dust – Never Seen (42 plays)
10. Grammatics – Cruel Tricks of the Light (42 plays)
15. Jeniferever – The Hourglass (41 plays)
16. 1997 – Wolf + Sheep (40 plays)
16. Maria Taylor – It's Time (40 plays)
16. Joanna Newsom – Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (40 plays)
16. Deas Vail – Shoreline (40 plays)
20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Little Shadow (39 plays)
20. 1997 – Falling Down (39 plays)
22. Beach House – Turtle Island (38 plays)
22. Neko Case – This Tornado Loves You (38 plays)
22. 1997 – Sympathy For The Living (38 plays)
22. Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers – Ballad of a Thin Man (38 plays)
26. Neko Case – Prison Girls (37 plays)
26. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life (37 plays)
26. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Runaway (37 plays)
26. Mandy Moore – Indian Summer (37 plays)
30. Neko Case – Vengeance Is Sleeping (36 plays)
30. Neko Case – People Got a Lotta Nerve (36 plays)
32. Grammatics – The Vague Archive (35 plays)
32. Jeniferever – Nangijala (35 plays)
32. Mandy Moore – Fern Dell (35 plays)
35. Jeniferever – Ring Out the Grief (34 plays)
35. 1997 – #1 (34 plays)
35. Jeniferever – Swimming Eyes (34 plays)
35. Grammatics – Relentless Fours (34 plays)
39. The Decemberists – The Bagman's Gambit (33 plays)
39. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's – Broadripple Is Burning (33 plays)
39. Mew – Vaccine (33 plays)
42. My Brightest Diamond – Gone Away (32 plays)
42. Los Campesinos! – The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future (32 plays)
42. The Narrative – Tautou (32 plays)
42. Mew – Introducing Palace Players (32 plays)
42. 1997 – A Fruitless Year (32 plays)
42. Maria Taylor – Time Lapse Lifeline (32 plays)
48. 1997 – Pagan Melodies (31 plays)
48. Tegan and Sara – Night Watch (31 plays)
48. Grammatics – Inkjet Lakes (31 plays)
As if that wasn't enough, I wanted to see what my top tracks would look like without repeated artists. It gets a bit random near the bottom because I don't actually play tracks over and over very often.
1. Jeniferever – St. Gallen (78 plays)
2. Grammatics – New Franchise (57 plays)
2. The Decemberists – The Engine Driver (57 plays)
4. 1997 – #3 (54 plays)
5. Meg & Dia – Fighting For Nothing (45 plays)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric (44 plays)
6. Neko Case – Magpie to the Morning (44 plays)
8. Imogen Heap – Canvas (42 plays)
8. Mandy Moore – Nothing Everything (42 plays)
8. Mew – The Zookeeper's Boy (42 plays)
8. Lightning Dust – Never Seen (42 plays)
12. Maria Taylor – It's Time (40 plays)
12. Joanna Newsom – Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (40 plays)
12. Deas Vail – Shoreline (40 plays)
15. Beach House – Turtle Island (38 plays)
15. Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers – Ballad of a Thin Man (38 plays)
17. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's – Broadripple Is Burning (33 plays)
18. My Brightest Diamond – Gone Away (32 plays)
18. Los Campesinos! – The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future (32 plays)
18. The Narrative – Tautou (32 plays)
21. Tegan and Sara – Night Watch (31 plays)
21. Lydia – Always Move Fast (31 plays)
23. St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work (30 plays)
24. Metric – Blindness (29 plays)
24. Lady GaGa – Alejandro (29 plays)
24. Now It's Overhead – Wonderful Scar (29 plays)
27. Anchor & Braille – Wedding/Funeral (28 plays)
27. No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr. (28 plays)
27. Copeland – Kite (28 plays)
27. She & Him – I Put A Spell On You (28 plays)
31. Asobi Seksu – Blind Little Rain (27 plays)
32. Eisley – Away We Go (Garage Band Demo) (25 plays)
33. Rilo Kiley – Pictures of Success (24 plays)
34. Okkervil River – The Latest Toughs (23 plays)
35. Bright Eyes – Devil in the Details (21 plays)
35. Jenny Lewis – Trying My Best to Love You (21 plays)
37. The Soldier Thread – Cannons (20 plays)
38. Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is the Move (19 plays)
38. Shannon Wright – You Hurry Wonder (19 plays)
38. Amanda Palmer – Runs in the Family (19 plays)
41. Tori Amos – Northern Lad (18 plays)
41. Final Fantasy – The Butcher (18 plays)
41. Feist and Ben Gibbard – Train Song (18 plays)
41. Orenda Fink – High Ground (18 plays)
41. The Whispertown 2000 – Erase The Lines (18 plays)
46. Andrew Bird – Armchairs (17 plays)
46. A Camp – Golden Teeth and Silver Medals (17 plays)
46. Camera Obscura – Away With Murder (17 plays)
46. Agent Ribbons – Your Love Is The Smallest Doll (17 plays)
50. Regina Spektor – Blue Lips (16 plays)
Shut up about my total lack of a life. I'm already well aware.