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These are the locations of my Top 100 artists.

Australia

1. Darren Hayes
2. Savage Garden
3. Kylie Minogue
4. We Are Smug
5. Sam Sparro
6. Something for Kate

Belgium

1. Eva De Roovere
2. Das Pop

Brazil

1. Luigi Masi

Canada

1. Dragonette
2. Alanis Morissette
3. Michael Bublé
4. Anjulie

Colombia

1. Juanes

Denmark

1. Alphabeat

France

1. Zazie
2. Tahiti 80
3. Yelle
4. Anggun*
5. Christophe Maé
6. Cédric Atlan
7. The Dø

Indonesia

1. Anggun*

The Netherlands

1. Boudewijn de Groot
2. Fontane

New Zealand

1. Ladyhawke

Spain

1. La Casa Azul

Sweden

1. Jay-Jay Johanson
2. Måns Zelmerlöw
3. The Hoosiers*
4. Darin
5. The Ark
6. Pacific!
7. Sebastian Karlsson
8. The Cardigans
9. Lo-Fi-Fnk
10. Nouveau Riche
11. Pay TV

United Kingdom

1. Mika
2. Girls Aloud
3. The Pipettes
4. The Indelicates
5. Little Boots
6. The Hoosiers*
7. The Boy Least Likely To
8. Amy Winehouse
9. La Roux
10. The Kooks
11. The Beatles
12. Ellie Goulding
13. Jamie Lidell
14. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
15. James Morrison
16. Keane
17. Texas
18. The Ting Tings
19. Infadels
20. VV Brown
21. Friendly Fires
22. Lily Allen
23. Alice Russell
24. Jamie Cullum
25. Paloma Faith
26. The Saturdays
27. Spandau Ballet
28. Frankmusik
29. Morcheeba
30. The Last Shadow Puppets
31. Joss Stone
32. Ladytron
33. Joe and Will Ask?
34. Nerina Pallot

United States

1. En Vogue
2. OK Go
3. Maroon 5
4. Metric
5. Scissor Sisters
6. Robin Thicke
7. Imperial Teen
8. Jason Mraz
9. Diana Ross and The Supremes
10. The Gossip
11. Lady GaGa
12. Kennedy
13. Walter Meego
14. Mary Wells
15. Valeze
16. The Postal Service
17. Young Love
18. Linda Ronstadt
19. Katy Perry
20. Michael Jackson
21. chicago soundtrack
22. The Beach Boys
23. Moby
24. Bishop Allen
25. Teddy Geiger
26. Matchbox Twenty
27. Augustana
28. Rob Thomas
29. A Fine Frenzy
30. The Fray
31. Matt Nathanson

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

#1 Darren Hayes

1 Savage Garden
2 We Are Smug
3 Delta Goodrem
4 Daniel Bedingfield
5 Will Young
6 JC Chasez
7 Dannii Minogue
8 Kylie Minogue

#2 En Vogue

9 SWV
10 Janet Jackson
11 TLC
12 Monica
13 Toni Braxton
14 Xscape
15 Faith Evans
16 Brownstone

#3 Savage Garden

17 Darren Hayes
18 Boyzone
19 Backstreet Boys
20 Matchbox Twenty
Delta Goodrem
21 Ronan Keating
22 Natalie Imbruglia
23 Roxette

#4 Mika

24 Lily Allen
25 Scissor Sisters
26 Pixie Lott
27 Lady GaGa
28 Robbie Williams
29 Alphabeat
30 Little Boots
31 Frankmusik

#5 Jay-Jay Johanson

32 Perry Blake
33 Oi Va Voi
34 Baxter
35 Ilya
36 Bedük
37 Wax Poetic
38 Elsiane
39 Bang Gang

#6 Måns Zelmerlöw

40 E.M.D.
41 Ola
42 Sarah Dawn Finer
43 Danny
44 Charlotte Perrelli
45 Jonathan Fagerlund
46 Darin
47 Kevin Borg

#7 Girls Aloud

48 The Saturdays
49 Sugababes
50 Rachel Stevens
51 Cheryl Cole
52 Annie
53 Girls Aloud vs. Sugababes
54 Victoria Beckham
55 Emma Bunton

#8 OK Go

56 Hot Hot Heat
57 We Are Scientists
58 Rooney
59 The Bravery
60 The Fratellis
61 Phantom Planet
62 Louis XIV
63 Boy Kill Boy

#9 The Pipettes

64 Lucky Soul
65 The Long Blondes
66 The Indelicates
67 Camera Obscura
68 Rose Elinor Dougall
69 Kate Nash
70 Those Dancing Days
71 Tilly and the Wall

#10 The Indelicates

72 Hefner
The Long Blondes
73 Helen Love
74 The Pipettes
Lucky Soul
75 Emmy the Great
76 Tullycraft
Yeti

#11 Zazie

77 Calogero
78 Christophe Willem
79 Mylène Farmer
80 Pascal Obispo
81 La Grande Sophie
82 Les Enfoirés
83 Anaïs
84 Marc Lavoine

#12 Little Boots

85 La Roux
86 Marina & the Diamonds
Annie
87 VV Brown
88 Ladyhawke
Frankmusik
89 Dragonette
90 Florence + The Machine

#13 The Hoosiers

91 Scouting for Girls
92 The Feeling
93 The Pigeon Detectives
94 The Holloways
95 Air Traffic
The Fratellis
96 One Night Only
97 The Wombats

#14 Maroon 5

98 OneRepublic
99 Rob Thomas
Matchbox Twenty
100 James Morrison
101 James Blunt
102 Jason Mraz
103 Gavin DeGraw
104 Jesse McCartney

#15 Darin

105 Måns Zelmerlöw
Danny
E.M.D.
Ola
Kevin Borg
106 Erik Segerstedt
107 Agnes
108 Luigi Masi

#16 Kylie Minogue

Dannii Minogue
109 Madonna
110 Sophie Ellis-Bextor
111 Girls Aloud
Rachel Stevens
Annie
Emma Bunton
112 Geri Halliwell

#17 Tahiti 80

113 Axe Riverboy
114 Cloudberry Jam
115 Phoenix
116 Mocca
117 Swan Dive
118 Armchair
119 Fugu
120 Club 8

#18 The Boy Least Likely To

121 I'm From Barcelona
122 Bishop Allen
123 Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
124 Architecture in Helsinki
125 Camera Obscura
126 Voxtrot
127 Belle and Sebastian
128 Math and Physics Club

#19 Amy Winehouse

129 Adele
130 Duffy
131 Joss Stone
132 Corinne Bailey Rae
Lily Allen
133 Macy Gray
134 Erykah Badu
135 Alicia Keys

#20 Alphabeat

Little Boots
136 Private
Cheryl Cole
The Saturdays
Annie
VV Brown
Sugababes
137 Robyn

Final Score:

137 / 160

McFly - Met them also - seen about 12 times including MEN, Sheffield arena, leeds lights, part in the park, kirklees party in the park, doncaster, apollo to name a few
Gareth Gates - YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS YOUNG
V - years ago when i was young - support mcfly
Nylon - years ago when young - support mcfly
famous last words - crap years ago - support mcfly
The Click Five - support for mcfly Met them also
Lil' Chris - mcfly support
Elliot Minor mcfly support and at a random gig somewhere
Saving Amiee - mcfly support
Basshunter - party in the park
Alphabeat party in the park
The Script party in the park
Sandi Thom party in the park
Scouting for Girls party in the park
David Jordan party in the park
Go:Audio party in the park
Metallica - leeds fest
Rage Against the Machine leeds fest
Tenacious D leeds fest
The Killers leeds fest
Queens of the Stone Age leeds fest
Alexisonfire leeds fest
Biffy Clyro leeds fest
Feeder leeds fest and my uni ball
Athlete - uni ball and some random gig
Avenged Sevenfold - leeds fest
The Subways - leeds fest
Taking Back Sunday leeds fest
Hoobastank - summer sonic
Placebo - summer sonic
B'z - summer sonic
All American Rejects - summer sonic
Mastadon - summer sonic
The Cribs local gig years ago in wakefield and leeds fest and doncaster dome - MET THEM
The Fratellies leeds fest
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - leeds fest
The Enemy - leeds fest
Lightspeed Champion - leeds fest
serj tankin - leeds fest
The Last Shadow Puppets - leeds fest
Dizzie Rascal - SHIT - leeds fest
Editors - leeds fest
Hadouken - crap - leeds fest
Dirty Pretty Things - leeds fest
Lostprophets - Leeds gig
The Automatic - uni
Reemer - crap support band for mcfly
David Archuleta - crap support band for mcfly
Avenue - crap support band for mcfly
Story of the Year - taste of chaos
ムック - taste of chaos
Atreyu - taste of chaos
Linkin Park - summer sonic
Kasabian leeds fest
Ironik - shit - dewsbury gig
Plain White T's - leeds fest
Mindless Self Indulgence - leeds fest
Babyshambles - leeds fest
Pendulum - leeds fest
Arctic Monkeys - sheffield gig
Andy Abraham - part in the park
Dead by Sunrise - Suprise during Linkin Parks set at Summer Sonic 09
Sky Larkin - Doncaster Dome - cribs support - ok
Los Campesinos! - Doncaster Dome - Cribs support - singing crap but music impressive with all the instruments.
The Slits- doncaster dome - STRANGEST BAND EVER - THEY GOT BEER-ED TO DEATH WAS AMUSING.

To come:

30 Seconds to Mars - MEN arena
Kids In Glass Houses - Hull city hall
Lostprophets - Hull City hall

Olly's favorite songs of the week (48/09)

01. (01) Lady GaGa - Bad romance #1
03. (02) ISC #2
03. (02) Wesentlich - So tief #1
04. (09) Space Cowboy - Devastated #4
05. (04) Alphabeat - The spell #4
06. (07) N-Dubz - I need you #6
07. (RE) Paramore - Brick by boring brick #1
08. (05) Wesentlich - Das Blatt #3
09. (06) Wesentlich - Erkenn dich nicht mehr #2
10. (08) Noch ne Band - Momente in Scherben #1
11. (12) Wesentlich - Am Ende des Tunnels #11
12. (10) The Cab feat. Cassadee Pope - Take my hand #1
13. (16) Foo Fighters - Wheels #13
14. (14) Andrew Spencer - Stop loving you (Ti-Mo Remix) #14
15. (15) Manian - Ravers in the UK #15
16. (11) Noch ne Band - Der Traum #7
17. (19) Luxuslärm - Sag es wie es ist #17
18. (21) Scooter - The sound above my hair #18
19. (NEU) Die Ärzte - Himmelblau #19
20. (NEU) Karpatenhund - Notfalls werde ich für immer warten #20
21. (13) Xavier Naidoo - Alles kann beser werden #11
22. (NEU) Weezer feat. Lil Wayne - Can't stop partying #22
23. (23) Sonic Syndicate - Burn this city #15
24. (17) Jordin Sparks - S.O.S. (Let the music play) #5
25. (18) 30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens #10
26. (22) Shiloh - I remember #14
27. (20) Boys Like Girls - She's got a boyfriend now #8
28. (24) Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina - Stereo love #24
29. (25) Bon Jovi - We weren't born to follow #18
30. (26) Bandito - Rockin' at the disco #14

Out:

(27) Paramore - All I wanted #12
(28) Tone Damli Aaberge - Butterflies #21
(29) Ela Rose feat. David DeeJay - I can feel #21
(30) Saint feat. Stacey Barnes - After you're gone #7

BanditoBon JoviShiloh30 Seconds to MarsBoys Like GirlsEdward Maya feat. Vika JigulinaJordin SparksSonic SyndicateWeezerXavier NaidooKarpatenhunddie ärzteScooterLuxuslärmNoch ne BandManianFoo FightersAndrew SpencerThe Cab Feat. Cassadee PopeWesentlichParamoreN-DubzAlphabeatSpace CowboyLady GaGa

MynameisAshley's top albums (overall) 1. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster (204) 2. One for the Team - Build It Up (157) 3. Stars - Nightsongs (151) 4. Various Artists - Just Friends (94) 5. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (55) 6. The Presidents of the United States of America - These Are The Good Times People (49) 7. Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat (39) 8. Noah and the Whale - The First Days Of Spring (37) 9. Mumm-Ra - These Things Move in Threes (37) 10. The xx - xx (33)


I can't think of ten albums, so instead here are five. These are the albums where I can sing along to almost every song, where I would rarely skip a track, and here are the few I would take along if my iPod ever broke and all I had was a CD player.

One for the Team - Build It Up
Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster
The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

victorvienna's top albums (overall)
1. Brendan James - The Day Is Brave (1307) 2. The Swell Season - The Swell Season (1055) 3. Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces (811) 4. Josh Kelley - Special Company (789) 5. Jack Johnson - On And On (770) 6. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static (763) 7. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams (725) 8. Duffy - Rockferry (704) 9. Lykke Li - Youth Novels (702) 10. Kings of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (634) 11. Kings of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (628) 12. [unknown] - Songs We Sing (625) 13. Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales (612) 14. Travis - The Boy With No Name (602) 15. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (559) 16. Damien Rice - O (543) 17. Yelle - Pop-up (525) 18. M.I.A. - Kala (524) 19. Damien Rice - 9 (517) 20. Britney Spears - Circus (515) 21. Thomas Newman - Wall-E (OST) (506) 22. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice (503) 23. The Frames - The Cost (498) 24. Cheyenne Kimball - The Day Has Come (492) 25. Moby - Hotel (491) 26. David Gray - White Ladder (485) 27. M.I.A. - Arular (479) 28. Damien Rice - Live from the Union Chapel (461) 29. Travis - Singles (439) 30. Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat (430) 31. Britney Spears - Blackout (428) 32. Glen Hansard - Once [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 (426) 33. Chris Garneau - El Radio (405) 34. Bitter:Sweet - The Mating Game (383) 35. Damien Rice - B-Sides [Bonus Track] (382) 36. Jack Johnson - Curious George: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies (370) 37. Brooke Hogan - Undiscovered (365) 38. Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew (358) 39. Jem - Finally Woken (341) 40. Original Broadway Cast - Avenue Q (340) 41. Cocoon - My Friends All Died In A Plane Crash (301) 42. Feist - The Reminder (288) 43. Alexz Johnson - Instant Star (288) 44. Erlend Øye - Unrest (287) 45. Milla - The Divine Comedy (286) 46. Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (274) 47. Glen Hansard/Markéta Irglová - Once [Bonus DVD] Disc 1 (269) 48. Kings of Convenience - Versus (260) 49. Damien Rice - Lives (254) 50. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (248)

Olly's favorite songs of the week (47/09)

01. (02) Lady GaGa - Bad romance #1
02. (01) Wesentlich - So tief #1
03. (NEU) ISC #3
04. (06) Alphabeat - The spell #4
05. (05) Wesentlich - Das Blatt #3
06. (03) Wesentlich - Erkenn dich nicht mehr #2
07. (08) N-Dubz - I need you #7
08. (04) Noch ne Band - Momente in Scherben #1
09. (20) Space Cowboy - Devastated #9
10. (07) The Cab feat. Cassadee Pope - Take my hand #1
11. (09) Noch ne Band - Der Traum #7
12. (NEU) Wesentlich - Am Ende des Tunnels #12
13. (11) Xavier Naidoo - Alles kann beser werden #11
14. (17) Andrew Spencer - Stop loving you (Ti-Mo Remix) #14
15. (16) Manian - Ravers in the UK #15
16. (NEU) Foo Fighters - Wheels #16
17. (10) Jordin Sparks - S.O.S. (Let the music play) #5
18. (13) 30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens #10
19. (NEU) Luxuslärm - Sag es wie es ist #19
20. (12) Boys Like Girls - She's got a boyfriend now #8
21. (23) Scooter - The sound above my hair #21
22. (14) Shiloh - I remember #14
23. (15) Sonic Syndicate - Burn this city #15
24. (24) Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina - Stereo love #24
25. (18) Bon Jovi - We weren't born to follow #18
26. (19) Bandito - Rockin' at the disco #14
27. (21) Paramore - All I wanted #12
28. (22) Tone Damli Aaberge - Butterflies #21
29. (26) Ela Rose feat. David DeeJay - I can feel #21
30. (25) Saint feat. Stacey Barnes - After you're gone #7

Out:

(27) Paramore - Careful #2
(28) Klaas - Our own way #23
(29) R.I.O. - Serenade #16
(30) Paramore - Brick by boring brick #1

Saint Feat. Stacey BarnesEla Rose feat. David DeeJayTone Damli AabergeParamoreBanditoBon JoviEdward Maya feat. Vika JigulinaSonic SyndicateShilohScooterBoys Like GirlsLuxuslärm30 Seconds to MarsJordin SparksFoo FightersManianAndrew SpencerXavier NaidooNoch ne BandSpace CowboyThe Cab Feat. Cassadee PopeN-DubzAlphabeatWesentlichLady GaGa

Opening Credits
Mika- Lollipop (Oh my God, is it gonna be a porno movie? “Sucking too hard on lollipop” LOL)

Waking Up
Britney Spears – Lucky

First Day At School
Black Eyed Peas– Missing You (What does this music has to do with school? O-o)

Falling In Love
Katy Nash – Merry Happy

Losing Virginity
Lily Allen – Who’d Have Known (Cute!)

Fight Song
Patrick Wolf– London (A fight in London? GREAT)

Breaking Up
Pink – Cristal Ball

Prom
Alphabeat – Fascination (What a happy prom haha)

Life
Scissor Sisters– Ooh (What have I said before? My life’s also happy)

Mental Breakdown
The Kooks – Mr. Maker (HAHAHAHAHA My mental breakdown would be becoming indie LOL)

Driving
The Kooks – Eddie’s Gun (The Kooks again? Oh yeah, I forgot, I became indie.)

Depression
The Kooks– Stormy Weather (An indie depression, hm.)

Partying
Mika – Blame It On The Girls (Am I a lesbian indie now?)

Happy dance
Florence + The Machine – Drumming (Oh, I thought it was supposed to be a HAPPY dance)

Betrayal
Mika – I See You (Can somebody close the door? He’s seeing me!)

Regretting
The Killers – Joy Ride (I was almost forgetting that I’m indie)

Long night alone
Britney Spears – Over To You Know

Flashback
Cansei de Ser Sexy – Meeting Paris Hilton (WOOOOW, awesome memories! *--*)

Getting Back Together
Fergie - Clusmy

Wedding
Bat for Lashes – The Wizard (Aah, this movie isn't Harry Potter so I don't have to marry an wizard, ok?)

Birth of Child
Cansei de Ser Sexy– Believe Achieve

Final Battle
Britney Spears – Rock Boy

Death Scene
The Kooks – Tick Of Time (An indie death, cool)

Funeral Song
Mika – Toy Boy (what the f**k?)

End Credits
Arctic Monkey – Choo Choo (Here ends the indie-porno-happy-whatthehell movie!)


So here's how you do it:
- Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
- Put it on shuffle
- Press play
- For every question, type the song that's playing
- When you go to a new question, press the next button
- No cheating!