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Old 18-01-2011, 06:58
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I sometimes check out the last.fm top 400 monthly world play count.I truely think that this list is the best list that I think that reflects present popularity of artists.I often wonder some of the artists that lay just outside this list also though.I did some googling & found that someone had done some research into the overall play count of artists of artists since last.fm started.This may not be a totally accurate list (there are probably some omissions & repeat entrees - read comments below) & is a year or so out of date.The list does go against who is perceived to be popular against who exactly is popular though.Some fans of certain artists may have different listening habits & may have a low showing on the list also - it does give alot of indications to my mind though.

Alot of recent pop artist are not on this list because they haven't been around long enough to get a high play count.It is a good comparison for more established pop artists though.

http://www.last.fm/user/Egg21/journa...for_play_count.

Compare this to the months play count artists as well if you like

http://www.last.fm/charts/artist
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Old 18-01-2011, 07:11
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Not quite sure how Last fm works but it certainly is an interesting (and close to my own personal taste) chart. I think it probably just proves that the people who use that service are completely different and probably a little older (and wiser?) than those buying their music online or in the shops at the moment. An individual track chart would be very interesting also.
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Old 18-01-2011, 07:30
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Not quite sure how Last fm works but it certainly is an interesting (and close to my own personal taste) chart. I think it probably just proves that the people who use that service are completely different and probably a little older (and wiser?) than those buying their music online or in the shops at the moment. An individual track chart would be very interesting also.
You can do one if you like.Think I give it a miss personally.Looked through where Rihanna was 15 months ago - 156. Rihanna: 24854480 as compared to 56,589,866 plays now (nearly 32 million plays since then).She must be one of the biggest climbers - just to counteract all you out & out pop lovers out there saying this play count isn't truely reflective of popularity.She actually had the 8th best scrobbles of 2010 just checked http://www.last.fm/bestof/2010/chart/8

Actually think that the majority of people that use last.fm are actually under 30 - a large proportion are actually younger than that.Not saying there are a few oldies that use it also.

Just found this official list compiled by last.fm themselves.This is broken down tag by tag though
http://www.last.fm/bestof/2010/tags
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Old 18-01-2011, 09:18
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Not quite sure how Last fm works but it certainly is an interesting (and close to my own personal taste) chart. I think it probably just proves that the people who use that service are completely different and probably a little older (and wiser?) than those buying their music online or in the shops at the moment. An individual track chart would be very interesting also.
I've been addicted to this website for years! Was shocked to see that Ke$ha came top of the best of 2010 though. There was so much great music released last year, its slightly alarming that she was the most played artist to release music that year.
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Old 18-01-2011, 13:11
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Once again proof, as if it were needed, that rock music continues to thrive, and that Metallica are one of the most popular bands in the world.
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Old 18-01-2011, 15:31
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It is interesting I think a lot self proclaimed "Biggest band in the world" really arent in terms of actual CHOSEN play. By that I mean what people have put on themselves rather than whats force fed
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Old 18-01-2011, 15:55
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It's actually pretty amazing that the most listened to artist in the past week is one that split up over 40 years ago. The next highest inactive band is Nirvana at no. 13. We also have Pink Floyd, Queen, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Oasis and The Smiths in the top 50. Justin Bieber and Cheryl Cole barely enter the top 400.

Would be interesting to find out the demographics of people that scrobble using Last.FM. I've found it to be relatively balanced but that's just through the odd profile I've looked it while I've been scrobbling myself.
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Old 18-01-2011, 16:23
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It's actually pretty amazing that the most listened to artist in the past week is one that split up over 40 years ago. The next highest inactive band is Nirvana at no. 13. We also have Pink Floyd, Queen, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Oasis and The Smiths in the top 50. Justin Bieber and Cheryl Cole barely enter the top 400.

Would be interesting to find out the demographics of people that scrobble using Last.FM. I've found it to be relatively balanced but that's just through the odd profile I've looked it while I've been scrobbling myself.
It's mainly an American userbase, but other than that I suspect it's rather broadly balanced. Just seems that rock fans listen to their music more!
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