Your 50 most listened to artists

we all have favorite artists...
We all have hated artists

While many of us would say our favorite artists are our most listened to artists, that isn't always the case...

This post is for the 50 artists you've listened to the most...

How do I know what I've listened to the most? Well I use the app 'SongsInfo'.

For my lifetime this wouldn't mesh, but since I went digital (Jan-13) this is where I've stood... see below and what's yours? I have had some tunes digital since ~2004-5 but used to mostly upload to make CD-R mixes never listening on phone or iPod...

Also any similar apps you may recommend? Being able to track tunes has made my mostly digital music life that much better...

The list via playback time (not merely plays) (Sept-17)
1. The Beatles - 169 hrs: 33 mins
2. The Waterboys - 131 hrs: 58 min
3. Bob Dylan - 91 hrs : 5 min
4. Grateful Dead- 74:53
5. John Lennon - 67:10
6. Pink Floyd 65:15
7. Tom Waits 61:15
8. The Kinks 55:42
9. Todd Rundgren 54:33
10. Radiohead 52:44

11. Mickey Newbury 50:43
12. Neil Young 50:17
13. Harry Nilsson 49.59
14. Jefferson Airplane 48:57
15. Paul McCartney 47.3
16. U2: 46.35
17. Ryan Adams (incl Cardinals but not Whiskeytown). 44.45
18. Sinead O'Connor 44.20
19. Pearl Jam 41.19
20. The Rolling Stones 39.20

21.david Bowie 38.51
22. The Who 37.53
23. Oasis: 34.31
24. Donovan 32.28
25. Johnny Cash 31.35
26. The Incredible String Band 31.2
27. George Harrison 31.0
28. Humble Pie 30.21
29. Genesis: 30.20
30. The Beach Boys 29.33

31 The Flaming Lips 28.23
32. The Velvet Underground 26.51
33. Talking Heads 26.42
34. The Doors 25.27
35. Big Star 25.04
36. Small Faces 22.52
37. Sonic Youth 22.46
38. Smashing Pumpkins 22.21
39. Rush 21.41
40. Pete Townshend 19.45

41. Bruce Springsteen 19.29
42. Roger Waters 18.13
43.xTC -18.11
44. Stephen Stills / Manassas (excludes Buff Soring, CSN, CSNY etc). Include rest 18.2
45. Yoko Ono 17.10
46. Peter Gabriel 17.05
47. Nine Ince Nails 16.49
48. Frank Zappa/the monsters 16.10
49. Nick Cave$ Bad Seeds 16.0o hrs
59. Van Morrison 15.49

 

I couldn't narrow it down to 50.

 

➡ Your Top 100 Artists

 

So, it's not about favourites or considered appraisal - it's about how much music?.

A quick scan of my iTunes library reveals David Bowie and Bob Dylan neck to neck each hovering over 4 days each.

The Beatles come in next with more than two days of listening pleasure. All unique (versions and mixes). Nothing like your 'over a week' of The Beatles.

With over a day of music there's Lou Reed, (and separately) The Velvet Underground as well as T.(yrannosaurs) Rex.

A majority of a day could be spent with any of the three (ex) Beatles main songwriters, Elvis Costello, Ella Fitzgerald, Françoise Hardy, Iggy Pop (& The Stooges), Louis Armstrong, The Kinks, Nilsson or The Rolling Stones.

There's 14.

After that the mental calculations get more difficult, though I noticed there's a number of performers in the 8 - 12 hour bracket. Perhaps when I have more time.

 

Beatles
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Bee Gees
The Zombies
Yo La Tengo
The Kinks
Weezer
Nirvana
Pulp
Oasis
Supergrass
The White Stripes
Suede
Blur
Elastica
Arctic Monkeys
Metallica
System Of A Down
Lionel Richie
Tracy Chapman
Kraftwerk
Steeley Dan
Foo Fighters
Pavement
Urge Overkill
Nick Lowe
Porter Wagoner
Waylon Jennings
Loretta Lynn
Jack White
Fleetwood Mac
Elton John
Crowded House
The Cure
Muse
Lamb Of God
Gojira
Pantera
The Cars
Abba
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hall & Oates
Bruce Springsteen
Alice In Chains
Chuck Berry
Faces

 

In some rough order. Not sure how to use iTunes to calculate it plus I listen to CDs a lot.

John Lennon
Oasis
Rolling Stones
The Clash
Depeche Mode
The Beatles
Led Zep
U2
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
Guns N Roses
The Doors
Bob Dylan
Brian Eno
Embrace
Radiohead
Lou Reed
Bjork
The Verve
Foo Fighters
Michael Jackson
The Stone Roses
AC DC
Paul Weller
Sade
Aerosmith
The Cribs
Massive Attack
Imogen Heap
Manic Street Preachers
Daft Punk
Keith Richards
George Michael
Kings of Leon
Coldplay
Eric Clapton
Blur
Deftones
Cold War Kids
Iggy Pop
Marvin Gaye
Queen
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Smiths
Dire Straits
James Brown
Madonna
Santana
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Charlatans UK

 

50? It'll take me more time to figure this out than solve a month's worth of NY Times Crosswords...

Let's just say pass.

 

99% of my listening has been to CDs, LPs, Cassettes and Performances. So any digital summation would be irrelevant.

But I am sure my own music (some originals, some covers I play or sing on) tops the list, followed by the Beatles and ex-Beatles, and I expect the Grateful Dead come in at number 3.

 

Sadly, my turntable doesn't tally the hours per artist
Maybe someday...

 

HMSTerror’s Music Profile — Users at Last.fm

Something close to this most probably.

 

I don't even think I can name 50 bands

 

with the help of my last.fm page (I disregarded Polish bands virtually unknown here):

1. The Moody Blues
2. The Beatles
3. The Hollies
4. The Searchers
5. Justin Hayward
6. The Move
7. Genesis
8. Marketa Irglova
9. Pink Floyd
10. The Kinks
11. Bee Gees
12. ELO
13. The Byrds
14. Yes
15. Jethro Tull
16. The Monkees
17. Radiohead
18. Clannad
19. Herman's Hermits
20. Maire Brennan
21. Justin Hayward & John Lodge
22. Cat Stevens
23. Paul McCartney
24. The Rolling Stones
25. Blossom Toes
26. Simon & Garfunkel
27. Freddie & The Dreamers
28. Supergrass
29. The Who
30. The Cure
31. John Lennon
32. Nick Drake
33. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
34. Dead Can Dance
35. John Lodge
36. The Zombies
37. Roy Wood
38. PJ Harvey
39. Tim Buckley
40. David Gilmour
41. The Yardbirds
42. Gerry & The Pacemakers
43. The Spencer Davis Group
44. Fleetwood Mac
45. The Rutles
46. Peter & Gordon
47. Oasis
48. Syd Barrett
49. The Mamas & The Papas
50. Glen Hansard

If I wanted to manipulate this, I would throw Doors and Queen and CSN in instead of...

 

This is the one and only thing last.fm can do that's worthwhile at this point, so here:

1 Black Sabbath

2 Deep Purple

3 AC/DC

T3 Cheap Trick

5 The Rolling Stones

6 Bruce Springsteen

7 Dwight Yoakam

8. Little Mike & The Tornadoes

9 Muddy Waters

10 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

T10 Van Halen

12 The Beatles

13 Buddy Guy

14 Bridget Kelly Band

15 Judas Priest

T15 Lucinda Williams

T15 ZZ Top

18 Cash Box Kings

19 David Bowie

T19 Fleetwood Mac

21 Elvis Presley

22 Steely Dan

23 Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers

24 Frank Zappa

T24 Prince

26 Alejandro Escovedo

27 Blue Öyster Cult

T28 Jerry Lee Lewis

T28 Jim Lauderdale

T28 John Lee Hooker

31 Kenny Neal

T31 Samantha Fish

33 Ryan Adams

34 Tinsley Ellis

35 The Byrds

36 Dio

T37 Lady Gaga

T37 Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King

39 Dire Straits

T39 Gene Clark

T39 Howlin' Wolf

42 Robbie Fulks

T42 Stevie Wonder

44 Chuck Berry

T44 George Harrison

T44 Nina Simone

47 Gary Moore

T47 Talking Heads

49 Bob Dylan

T49 Bobby "Blue" Bland

T49 Jimmy Rogers

T49 Otis Rush

T49 Otis Spann

This is just for the last two years, but it's something. It had "Cash Box Kings and "The Cash Box Kings" separate, so I had add those up. I also added my Buddy Guy & Junior Wells to my Buddy Guy totals. I did not add my Elf plays to Dio's totals, however.

Biggest surprise? No Rainbow in my Top 50. Would be for all-time in reality, though.

 

I'm not all digital (well, I am this year, but only because I'm away from home). Much of my digital listening occurs in my crash pad rather than my main home via files on a hard drive attached to my bluray player where this program ('app' if you insist) wouldn't work, and then classical listening would throw it all off anyway, with one recording of Bach's Mass credited to the composer, another to the conductor, another to the orchestra, other to the orchestra spelled differently... I hate those stupid tag things.

 

1. Waterboys
2. Waterboys
3. Waterboys
(Etc.)
36. Waterboys
37. Waterboys
38. Mike Scott
39. Mike Scott
40. Waterboys
41. Waterboys
42. Waterboys
43. Mike Scott
(Etc.)

I don't have any statistics, but I have probably spent 100+ hours on Mike's music more than any other artist.

The Rolling Stones would probably be second, followed by Elvis Costello, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, and the Church (all bands I've been unhealthily obsessed with), but not one of them comes close to the depths of unhealthiness and obsession that I've sunk into Mr. Scott and his wonderful, wonderful art.

 

Beatles
Chicago (1969-1977)
Earth, Wind & Fire
Beach Boys
Victor Feldman
Donald Fagen
Zombies
Dave Clark 5
Buddy Holly
Enoch Light
Roberto Delgado
James Last
Beethoven
Gershwin
Mozart
Chopin
Tchaikovky
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mahler
Bruckner
Claude Bolling
Eumir Deodato
Bread
Carpenters
Pink Floyd
Don McLean
Electric Light Orchestra
Moody Blues
Alan Parsons Project
Everly Brothers
Steely Dan
Abba
Earl Klugh
Bob James
Esquivel
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Astrud Gilberto
Michael Franks
Dave Brubeck
Simon & Garfunkel
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Billy Vaughn
Lincoln Mayorga
David Benoit
Bill Evans
Carole King
Bee Gees
Jim Croce
Miles Davis
Supertramp

 

Gotta love this!

Mike Scott is an absolute genius!! Most underrated artist of the last ~35 years by some margin

 

1. Beatles
2. Kinks
3. Paul McCartney
4. George Harrison
5. Nick Drake
6. The Who
7. Rolling Stones
8. Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers
9. John Lennon
10. Raspberries
11. The Zombies
12. REM
13. Moody Blues
14. The Leopards
15. Rodriguez
16. The Pretenders
17. Small Faces
18. U2
19. Beau Brummels
20. Pink Floyd
21. The Blue Things
22. Jim Croce
23. The Beach Boys
24. The Cars
25. Traveling Wilburys
26. Marshall Crenshaw
27. Simon & Garfunkel
28. Kevin Quinn-Kelly
29. Bob Dylan
30. Ringo Starr
31. The Remains
32. The Mamas & the Papas
33. Joan Jett
34. The Ramones
35. ELO
36. The Carpenters
37. Neil Young
38. The Byrds
39. CCR
40. The Hollies
41. Abba
42. The Strokes
43. Beck
44. Kaleidoscope (US)
45. Traffic
46. The Bee Gees
47. Kaleidoscope (UK)
48. The Pretty Things
49. The Sonics
50. The Creation

 

New album is brilliant. Much poppier than the classic stuff but that ain't a bad thing.

 

According to my last.fm account:

Spoiler

1. The Beach Boys
2. Joni Mitchell
3. Genesis
4. Dolly Parton
5. XTC
6. Brian Wilson
7. Kris Kristofferson
8. Peter Gabriel
9. The Beatles
10. The Kinks
11. Laura Nyro
12. Bob Dylan
13. Janet Jackson
14. Bee Gees
15. Porter Wagoner
16. The Zombies
17. Carole King
18. Peter Hammill
19. Kevin Ayers
20. Kate Bush
21. Liz Phair
22. Willie Nelson
23. ABBA
24. Dionne Warwick
25. Johnny Cash
26. Madonna
27. Pink Floyd
28. David Bowie
29. Taylor Swift
30. The Mamas & the Papas
31. The Rolling Stones
32. Yes
33. Nick Lowe
34. Carly Simon
35. Jethro Tull
36. Björk
37. Patti Smith
38. Van der Graaf Generator
39. Kacey Musgraves
40. Fiona Apple
41. George Harrison
42. Beyoncé
43. Beck
44. Randy Newman
45. Elvis Costello & The Attractions
46. Paul McCartney
47. Stevie Wonder
48. Elvis Costello
49. Merle Haggard
50. Graham Nash

 

As you can see from what I listen to the waterboys are right there with the Beatles. So yes I bought the three disc deluxe and have to say it's pretty good I especially like disc 2

 

Beatles
Neil Young
Led Zep
Stones
Who
Nirvana
Floyd
Hendrix
Elton
McCartney (solo)
Lennon (solo)
Stevie Wonder
Al Green
Aretha
Stylistics
Carole King
Airplane
Steely Dan
Sex Pistols
Clash
X
Pretenders
Elvis Costello
Sonic Youth
World Party
NIN
Alice In Chains
Jim Carroll Band
B-52s
CSN
Bread
Carpenters
5th Dimension
Berlin
Culture Club
Police
Fleetwood Mac
Bee Gees (not disco)
Van Morrison
Springsteen
Dylan
Doors
Thomas Dolby
Donovan
the rest are indies nobody here has ever heard of.

 

way to much work on this one, and I have way more than 50...

 

I think my favorite song still is (and always was, and probably always will be) "New York I Love You", but in the short time it's been available (and in the disproportionately enormous number of times I've listened to it) my "current favorite" has bounced between nearly all of them. Even songs that I thought were just okay on first listen, like "If I Was Your Boyfriend" and "The Elegant Companion" I've found myself reaching for. He picked the best songs to release as singles/advance tracks, but they didn't really show me what the scope of the album would be. That was for the best - I really liked all the singles but the album shattered my expectations. Here's hoping my 3CD arrives in the mail tomorrow... kinda sucks that I ordered this back in July and twelve days after release it's still in transit...

I ought to just start up an all-purpose Waterboys thread so I stop derailing other topics.

I've said this before, but I love your profile picture. But you probably realized that.

 

Artists I listen too most, not necessarily favorites:

Kate Bush
Arvo Pärt
Marianne Faithfull
Cecilia Bartoli
Billy Joel
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
The Go-Betweens
Peter Gabriel
The Police
The Ronettes
The Crystals/Darlene Love
The Psychedelic Furs
New Order
Joy Division
Lou Reed
Sting
ABBA
The Smiths/Morrissey
Roxy Music
Tears For Fears
Simon & Garfunkel
U2
Talk Talk
Bob Dylan
Talking Heads
Bryan Ferry
Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Brian Eno
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Beatles
Yoko Ono
Devo
The Clash
Iggy Pop
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kraftwerk
Danny Wilson
World Order
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Donovan
Bruce Springsteen
Simple Minds
Petula Clark
The B-52s
Siousxie & The Banshees
Mary Wells
Otis Redding
Laurie Anderson
Sex Pistols