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Old 01-05-09, 06:22 PM
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Your most-listened to artists, albums, and tracks of 2008 — Last.fm stats & the like

Top Ten Artists — Artist: Number of Plays

  1. Vampire Weekend: 603
  2. Girl Talk: 498
  3. Coldplay: 316
  4. Amadou & Mariam: 293
  5. Radiohead: 209
  6. Kings of Leon: 173
  7. Electrelane: 159
  8. Beck: 114
  9. Boards of Canada: 109
  10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: 108


Top Ten Tracks — Artist, "Track": Number of Plays

  1. Vampire Weekend, "Walcott" : 105
  2. Vampire Weekend, "Ladies Of Cambridge" : 84
  3. Vampire Weekend, "Campus" : 76
  4. Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal" : 64
  5. Michael Crawford, "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" : 52
  6. Vampire Weekend, "M79" : 52
  7. Esau Mwamwaya, "Chalo (Demo)" : 50
  8. Kings of Leon, "Notion" : 47
  9. LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends" : 45
  10. Girl Talk, "Shut the Club Down" : 43
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Under your top charts, just click on "Last 12 Months" to bring up the new summary.
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Artists:

1 Elbow 372
2 The Smashing Pumpkins 250
3 The Breeders 229
4 Super Furry Animals 228
5 Sugababes 208
6 The Whip 173
7 Depeche Mode 170
8 The Hidden Cameras 158
9 Girls Aloud 148
10 Ladyhawke 134

Songs:

1 Elbow – Grounds for Divorce 20
2 Elbow – The Bones of You 17
2 Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss a Beat 17
4 Parralox – We Believe In Electric Love 16
5 Elbow – Starlings 15
6 Elbow – Mirrorball 14
6 Elbow – One Day Like This 14
8 Elbow – Some Riot 13
8 The Breeders – Bang On 13
8 The Breeders – Overglazed 13
8 Elbow – An Audience with the Pope 13
8 The Whip – Frustration 13
8 The Whip – Trash 13
8 The Whip – Divebomb 13

So, it was a BIG POP year, but clearly I spent a good chunk of time with the Elbow, Breeders and Whip records. Not surprising, since they were my top 3. Hooray.
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Artists:

01. of Montreal: 450
02. Weezer: 281
03. Beck: 253
04. Foo Fighters: 242
05. Dinosaur Jr: 199
06. John Frusciante: 196
07. The Raconteurs: 194
08. Pearl Jam: 191
09. Radiohead: 178
10. Wilco: 145
11. The Beatles: 121
12. Does It Offend You, Yeah?: 110
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers: 86
14. Girl Talk: 78 (This is probably easily #1 if I didn't have the full albums as single tracks)
15. Linkin Park: 71

Songs:

01. of Montreal – Sink the Seine: 36
02. of Montreal – Suffer for Fashion: 33
03. of Montreal – Cato as a Pun: 30
04. Weezer – The Greatest Man That Ever Lived: 28
04. of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse: 28
06. Weezer - Troublemaker: 27
07. of Montreal – A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger: 26
07. Weezer - Pork And Beans: 26
07. of Montreal – Gronlandic Edit: 26
10. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals: 20
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That Of Montreal record is amazing.

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Re: Your most-listened to artists, albums, and tracks of 2008 — Last.fm stats & the l

Artists:

1. Weezer 242
2. Steve Poltz 232
3. Clem Snide 213
4. The Fratellis 201
5. Distorted View 193
6. Pulp 192
7. Dennis Miller 185
8. The Roots 177
9. R.E.M. 176
10. Vampire Weekend 163
11. Fountains of Wayne 159
12. Frightened Rabbit 157

(I listed 12 because #s 5 & 7 are podcasts.)

Songs:

1. The Magnetic Fields – "California Girls" 41
2. Vampire Weekend – "Oxford Comma" 32
3. Frightened Rabbit – "My Backwards Walk" 24
3. Vampire Weekend – "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance" 24
5. Frightened Rabbit – "Keep Yourself Warm" 22
6. Congressman David Dreier Interview – Congressman David Dreier Interview 21
7. Lenka – "Dangerous And Sweet" 20
8. Vampire Weekend – "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" 19
9. The Actual Tigers – "Yardwork In November" 18
9. Pixies – "Where Is My Mind?" 18
11. Josh Ritter – "Open Doors" 17

(I included 11 songs as #6 is a podcast.)

Albums:

1. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend 148
2. The Roots – Rising Down 139
3. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight 107
4. Hayes Carll – Trouble In Mind 94
5. The Fratellis – Costello Music 91
6. The Magnetic Fields – Distortion 86
7. Club 8 – The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming 81
8. Weezer – Make Believe 80
9. Clem Snide – Soft Spot 79
10. Lenka – Lenka 75
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Re: Your most-listened to artists, albums, and tracks of 2008 — Last.fm stats & the l

I love tracking plays with Last.fm but I didn't even think to do this. I wasn't shocked by the artist plays but some of the tracks were very unexpected.

Artists:

1 The Avett Brothers 1,826
2 Okkervil River 799
3 Jens Lekman 704
4 My Morning Jacket 587
5 Animal Collective 570
6 Dr. Dog 521
7 Josh Ritter 365
8 The New Pornographers 310
9 The Hidden Cameras 251
10 Sigur Rós 237

Songs:
1 Justice – DVNO 119
2 The New Pornographers – Challengers 117
3 The Avett Brothers – Colorshow 114
4 My Morning Jacket – Remnants 113
5 The Avett Brothers – Will You Return? 110
6 Dr. Dog – The Rabbit, the Bat, and the Reindeer 106
7 The Avett Brothers – Paranoia in B-Flat Major 103
8 Sigur Rós – Gobbledigook98
9 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance 97
10 Okkervil River – Love to a Monster 89
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Bjork
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I don't have the stats to back it up, but I'm pretty sure I've listened to any given Girl Talk track from Feed The Animals and Night Ripper approx. 85,695,963 times.
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Re: Your most-listened to artists, albums, and tracks of 2008 — Last.fm stats & the l

Artists:

1 U2 546
2 The Rolling Stones 287
3 David Bowie 246
4 Led Zeppelin 174
5 Depeche Mode 149
6 Coldplay 142
7 Robyn 135
8 Radiohead 130
9 Devo 120
10 Arcade Fire 119
11 Kylie Minogue 116
11 The Smashing Pumpkins 116
13 Tom Waits 111
13 Bruce Springsteen 111
15 Neon Neon 110


Songs
1 U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday 24
2 U2 – New Year's Day 21
2 U2 – With or Without You 21
4 U2 – One full track 18
5 Robyn – Who's That Girl 16
6 U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name 14
6 U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love) 14
6 U2 – Bullet the Blue Sky 14
9 Coldplay – Lovers In Japan / Reign Of Love 13
9 Robyn – Handle Me 13
9 Coldplay – Strawberry Swing 13
9 Robyn – Bum Like You 13
13 Neon Neon – Raquel 12
13 Lykke Li – I'm Good, I'm Gone 12
13 Coldplay – Viva la Vida 12

Damn. I thought my tracks would be more exciting

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The one song you listened to the most was only played 24 times?
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Re: Your most-listened to artists, albums, and tracks of 2008 — Last.fm stats & the l

According to last.fm (which has problems scrobbling my iPod):

Artists
The Smashing Pumpkins
Pearl Jam
Wilco
Spoon
Drive-By Truckers
Tegan and Sara
My Morning Jacket
Death Cab for Cutie
The Raconteurs
The Hold Steady

Albums
The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Tegan and Sara – The Con
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Conor Oberst – Conor Oberst
Glasvegas – Glasvegas
The Raconteurs – Consolers Of The Lonely
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
Tokyo Police Club – Elephant Shell

Songs
The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Obadiah Parker – Hey Ya
Pearl Jam – Life Wasted
The Smashing Pumpkins – Hummer
AC/DC – Back in Black
Spoon – Don't Make Me a Target
Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Pearl Jam – Off He Goes
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
The Smashing Pumpkins – Starla
Billy Corgan – A100
Spoon – Don't You Evah
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

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