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Caro diario,
è proprio vero che chi non muore si rivede, eh? Ebbene, avrai capito che io non sono morto. E tu, di conseguenza, mantieni il tuo stato di pseudovita. Perché diciamocelo: è scontato che come conseguenza di una mia ipotetica morte, tu cesseresti di esistere, o meglio cesseresti di vivere. Non che io voglia affermare la mia superiorità nei tuoi confronti, voglio solo che tu ti renda conto di quanto valga la tua dipendenza da me.
Bene, bene, bene, eccoci qui ad aggiungere un altro articolo al mio diario di Last.fm.
In questo momento sto ascoltando musica celtica, ma fino a poco fa ero intento nell'ascolto di Mika, Elisa e imogen heap. Come spesso, di questi tempi. Il primo cantante mi trasmette allegria, vitalità, gaiezza, voglia di vivere e di sorridere. La cantautrice italiana, invece, mi dà modo di pensare, riflettere, ricordare, sperare. Infine la cantante dei furono Frou Frou sa trasmettermi pace, tranquillità, calma e fermezza.
Quanto adoro la musica. Penso di essere uno di quelli che ascoltando le parole di Andrea Bocelli e Giorgia in Vivo Per Lei si ritrovano perfettamente nello stereotipo dell'uomo che vive per la musica. E ci credo, quando dico che non potrei vivere senza musica. Un'esistenza senza musica equivale a un'esistenza priva di emozioni, sarebbe vuota, sarebbe insensata. Ed io non riesco neanche a immaginare come si potrebbe passare anche un solo giorno senza musica.
La musica esisteva già con le più antiche civiltà, e nel corso dei millenni e dei secoli si è tramutata, si è sviluppata, si è migliorata e si è peggiorata, ma ha sempre cercato di trasmettere qualcosa. E privarmi di quel qualcosa è come uccidermi, è come trafiggere il mio cuore con una lama affilata e tagliente, facendomi patire un'agonia lunga e desolata, prima di permettermi di lasciare questo mondo.
Io trascorro la maggior parte della giornata ascoltando musica. Vado a letto ascoltando la musica, dormo ascoltando la musica, mi sveglio ascoltando la musica, faccio colazione ascoltando la musica, vado a scuola ascoltando la musica, torno da scuola ascoltando la musica. Anche in palestra ascolto la musica, e quando studio ascolto la musica, e quando disegno ascolto la musica, e quando leggo ascolto la musica, e quando sono al computer ascolto la musica. Ed è forse quando ascolto la musica che mi sento vivo.

Diario, oggi ho fatto un articolo breve rispetto al solito. È che quando si parla di musica, io non riesco a trovare le parole per descriverla, e finisco a pensare all'infinito.

Tante care cose, guys.

Igor.

By Andrea Bocelli

Di., 3. Nov. – Gotthard

I love going to concerts. And even more so, when I can go to gigs in foreign countries because it's always extra special. Get to know new concert venues, another audience, everything new and exciting!

Now what a big surprise that one of our biggest bands in Switzerland - Gotthard - would play in London during our November holidays. Sure enough we decided to go there. Gotthard played on 3rd November at the Garage club in London. Even though the venue can be reached easily by tube (almost direct at tube station Highbury) it was a massive adventure to finally get there. It was the evening the city decided to switch on all the Christmas lights. Tube and bus stations/routes were closed! And all roads especially Oxfordstreet and Regent Street were crowded with thousands of people, Andrea Bocelli singing Christmas and winter songs and Jim Carrey being at the premiere of his new movie "A Christmas Carol" on the red carpet all at the same time. So we crossed our ways through the crowds and big events and got just on time to the Garage. It's a nice little club with lots of great rock gigs there, just the way I like it. Great Vodka-Orange too (and much cheaper than everywhere else), yumm!

We were very surprised to see lots of people wearing Gotthard T-Shirts, probably some of them Swiss fans, but also many UK people waiting for the biggest Swiss Hardrock band! When the show started the hall was crowded.
A rock band from Brighton/UK, The Crave started the evening as support act. Even though I haven't ever heard of them, they got me from the very first song. The Crave are making melodic, great rock music, some of it very rough and cool! And music you could absolutely imagine listening to on radio and everywhere. The kind of music that should conquer the top of the charts. Having great songs and being amazing live is one thing...but hey, they also look damn good! Very good looking young men. I bought their album and now can't wait to hear some more from them! I bet their signatures will be worth a whole lotta money soon.

Now time for Gotthard. Have seen them live before and kinda knew what to expect. And let me tell you, I do think this was one of their best concerts ever. It felt like they truly enjoyed every bit of the gig and so did the audience. It was a huge rock party with all of Gotthards biggest songs, especially the most hard rockin' ones like Hush, Lift U Up and Mountain Mama which made us dance like mad and shake our heads! :-D During some songs they asked the audience which songs to play and made a little acoustic set with beautiful ballads including the wonderful Heaven which I loved so much. The singer Steve Lees voice seemed strong and perfect and so was the sound. It surely was one of our best evenings in London this time. It kinda felt like a piece of home to see a Swiss band in England. And it also made us feel proud that we've got such great music here in Switzerland - wahey!!


OFFICIAL GOTTHARD WEBSITE

Because it's been almost two years since I filled this out...I thought it would be fun to see how this has changed.

1. How did you get into 29? (Martina Sorbara)
My friend Christina loved her first. She has excellent taste in music, so I looked her up.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Clay Aiken)
Haha...umm...I guess something he sang on American Idol? I don't remember whether I watched the auditions that season or picked up the show later.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Chris Isaak)
No idea. I don't really pay attention to his lyrics...more his music and his voice.

4. What is your favorite album by 49? (Spice Girls)
Haha, I guess I prefer Spice World?

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Mariah Carey)
Five.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Billy Joel)
First, how is Billy only #50?! That's disturbing. I love so many of his songs (so many!!), but if I have to pick just one, I always go with The Longest Time. I was so disappointed that he didn't sing it at Wrigley Field last summer.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Sarah McLachlan)
Mm, yes. Wintersong. It's such a beautiful type of sad, though.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Andrea Bocelli)
Vivo Per Lei (con Giorgia), unless it's Olympic time. Then it's Because We Believe.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Vienna Teng)
Harbor, Whatever You Want, Antebellum.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The Beatles)
There are probably a hundred. I mean, really, does their discography ever end? All You Need Is Love would be the most obvious.

11. What is your favorite album by 40? (Shania Twain)
Come On Over. Seriously, weren't the majority of the songs on that album released to great success?

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Jack Johnson)
Better Together!

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Laura Pausini)
I discovered her through a fantastic lady that I used to work for. She passed away a few years ago, but listening to Laura always makes me think of her.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Michael Jackson)
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. I think.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Backstreet Boys)
BSB makes me so nostalgic. Specifically, I guess I'll go with As Long As You Love Me

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Madonna)
None. I'm sure that would be a great show, though!

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Destiny's Child)
I don't know what the first song I heard would have been, but the first one that I liked was probably Bills, Bills, Bills.

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (John Mayer)
Continuum! Easily.

19. What is your favorite song by 1? (Emm Gryner)
So far, this is the only ranking that hasn't changed since the last time I did this survey, and the answer hasn't changed either. My favourite Emm song is still Blackwinged Bird

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (Rascal Flatts)
No! I would love to, but I don't have any local friends who like them.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Rachael Yamagata)
Her songs make me think of many fabulous road trips with Jules.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Sara Bareilles)
Gravity. So. Incredible.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Astor Piazzolla)
I have no idea. Since I'm a skating fan, Libertango is a safe bet!

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Diana Krall)
The Girl In The Other Room

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Regina Spektor)
Hotel Song or Samson

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Alicia Keys)
I'm sure it was Fallin'

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Chantal Kreviazuk)
Here's another one that hasn't changed! But the answer might...the verdict is still out. What If It All Means Something has been my favourite, but her new one, Plain Jane is gaining ground. We'll see.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Céline Dion)
Céline is still #2. And S'il Suffisait D'Aimer is still my favourite. Although there are SO MANY.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Sarah Slean)
My Invitation, and I didn't really like it, so I didn't listen to her for a long time. I'm still not crazy about that song, but I do love her.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Kelly Clarkson)
I can't believe she's ranked so high, first of all. I don't feel like I listen to her that often. Maybe because it takes me so many listens to decide whether or not I like her songs, haha. I guess my favourite is Since U Been Gone. Does that make me shallow?

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Keith Urban)
I haven't.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Chicago)
Just You 'N' Me

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (Superchick)
Beauty from Pain

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Coldplay)
I don't think there's any that make me groan.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Daniel Bedingfield)
James Dean (I Wanna Know)

36. What is your favorite album by 48? (Blue Rodeo)
I definitely haven't heard all their albums, but I have The Days in Between and I like it.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (U2)
I haven't ever, although I'm sure it's a great show. I'm not sure I would shell out the cash for it, though.

38. What is your favorite song by 36? (Bryan Adams)
Seriously? Obviously Summer Of '69

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Jamie Cullum)
I'm going to go with These Are The Days, because that's the first track on Twentysomething. I was with a friend when she bought it and we listened to it on the way home from Windsor.

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Michael Bublé)
It's Time

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (98 Degrees)
I still love Still.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Vanessa-Mae)
[album artist=Vanessa-Mae]The Violin Player[/track]

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Barenaked Ladies)
Falling for the First Time

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Janet Jackson)
Minneapolis!

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Shaun Groves)
Welcome Home

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Christina Aguilera)
Come On Over (All I Want Is You)!

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Charlotte Martin)
[album artist=Charlotte Martin]On Your Shore

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (John Legend)
I'm going to go with John Legend.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Frank Sinatra)
Who knows!

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Maria Mena)
Two, although one in only digital format since it wasn't released here.

Today, August 30, 2009 marks my third year on last.fm. My custom is that every year on this day I post my top ten tracks and my top ten artists of the past 365 days.

Click for Year 1
Click for Year 2

In total I have played over 139 265 tracks*.
Therefore I played over 39 000 tracks in one year.
An average of 109 songs were played each day (down from 132)


– 1. X-Ray Dog - played 1,258 this year (11,446 total).
NEW 2. Martin Phipps - played 1,123 this year.
▲3. Michael Jackson - played 1,059 this year (2,927 total).
▼4. Future World Music - played 1,058 this year (2,592 total).
▲5. Mariah Carey - played 958 times this year (3,532 total).
▲6. Beyoncé - played 900 times this year (1,399 total).
NEW 7. Audiomachine - played 873 times this year.
▼8. Moby - played 782 times this year (2,526 total)
▲9. Brandy - played 777 times this year (1,158 total)
▲10. Andrea Bocelli - played 742 times this year (1,438 total)


1. Again for the third consecutive year, X-Ray Dog have been my most played artist.
This year's top played song: Darkest Empire
This year's plays / position: 91 / #18

2. One of two new artists made their way unto my year-end top 10 charts, the highest placer is Martin Phipps. More on him and the music I have been listening to here.
This year's top played song: The Work Of The Lord
This year's plays / position: 117 / #8

3. Michael Jackson has made his way unto my top ten. Of course this is thanks to his recent death, and my discovering his older songs (Motown).
This year's top played song: Stranger in Moscow
This year's plays / position: 69 /#40

4. Trailer music creators, Future World Music has fallen one spot, and is now #4 on my year-end charts.
This year's top played song: Unstoppable
This year's plays / position: 119 / #9

5. Mariah Carey resurged this year, climbing one spot as her E=MC2 was played quite a few times (along with her old catalog).
This year's top played song: Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany)
This year's plays / position: 30 / #159

6. Beyonce's album I Am... was no doubt a hit, and it shows in my plays of her. Like Martin Phipps, and Michael Jackson, this is her first time on my year-end top 10 ten.
This year's top played song: If I Were A Boy
This year's plays / position: 145 / #4

7. The second and final new artist on my top 10 artists of the past 365 years is the Trailer music project titled Audiomachine.
This year's top played song: Thunderdome (Build @ 1:46)
This year's plays / position: 151 / #3

8. This is Moby's second year on these charts. While he falls to #8 from #7, my love for his music remains.
This year's top played song: One of These Mornings
This year's plays / position: 57 / #56

9. Brandy's album Human was released late 2008, her album plays are reflected here. She too is a new-comer to the top 10.
This year's top played song: Right Here (Departed)
This year's plays / position: 129 / #6

10. Andrea Bocelli finally made it unto the top 10 year end after missing out on his debut year, the year 2008. His Incanto, along with plays from earlier works propelled him to #10, with742 plays.
This year's top played song: Because
This year's plays / position: 109 / #12


So what have we learned? I played a significantly smaller amount of songs this past year. What would have accounted for this? My final year at University, my non-reliance on music as a past time, and traveling on the road where my CD player does not scrobble tracks. This is my first year that all my 10 ten artists were not played over 1, 000 times.

Also, unlike my first year on last.fm (August 30 2006 - 2007), where New Age music mostly filled my appetite, Pop / R&B and Trailer Music seems to be preferred these days.

*These number are not entirely accurate as I am yet to scrobble two weeks of play data from my Zune.

1. How did you get into 29? (Lady GaGa)
She was always mentioned in this online forum I once belonged to and one day I decided to give her a listen and I liked what I heard.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Laban)
"Hvor skal vi sove i nat" most likely :)

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Aly & AJ)
I don't know.

4. What is your favorite album by 49? (Andrea Bocelli)
I don't have any full albums by him, just "standalone" songs.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Amy Diamond)
1 :)

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Paul Anka)
"Hello" :)

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Mika)
No, I think his songs are generally pretty happy.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Hillsong United)
"Above All" because it's a beautiful song and I used to sing it with my choir!

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Britney Spears)
My favorite right now is "Rock Me In"

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Olivia Newton-John)
Yes, of course. "You're The One That I Want" from Grease is one of them :)

11. What is your favorite album by 40? (Live Lovsang)
I don't have any of their albums. I went through a phase where I listened to their music a lot, but I never listen to it nowadays.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Janet Jackson)
She has so many great songs so I can't really choose. I've listened to "If" a lot lately though :D

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Belinda)
I have none, haha.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Chris Tomlin)
"How Great Is Our God". I recently deleted all his music from my computer though. I don't listen to him anymore.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Linda Bengtzing)
Yes - "Värsta Schlagern"!

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Ashley Tisdale)
Never

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Maria Mena)
"You're The Only One" :)

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (Rihanna)
"Good Girl Gone Bad"

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Carola)
Well, who do you think? ;)

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (Hanna Hedlund)
Not yet, but I hope to sometime this or next year.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Selena)
I can't think of any...

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Marie Serneholt)
"Wasted Love"

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Kristina från Duvemåla)
"Du måste finnas"

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Original Broadway Cast)
ICan't say ;)

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Kylie Minogue)
"Better The Devil You Know" or "Red-blooded Woman"

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Queen)
Not sure. It was probably "We Will Rock You" or "We Are The Champions" :)

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Agnetha Fältskog)
"My Coloring Book" or "11 kvinnor i ett hus"

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Nanne Grönvall)
"Håll om mig" and "Änglavakt"

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Gemini)
"Just Like That"

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Madonna)
Phew. "Deeper And Deeper" maybe

1. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Helena Paparizou
Once, back in 2001 during the rehearsals for ESC. Back then she wasn't a solo artist though, but part of Antique

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Hanna Pakarinen)
No..

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (One More Time)
"Den Vilda" - it has such beautiful melodies

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Katharine McPhee)
No idea ;P I only have a few of her songs and the ones I have I like

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (BWO)
"Temple Of Love"

36. What is you favorite album by 48? (Kirk Franklin
I don't have any full albums with him

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Rebecca St. James)
I haven't

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Whitney Houston)
"I'm Your Baby Tonight"

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Vanessa Hudgens)
One of the songs from HSM

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (Alcazar)
Disco Defenders :)

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Simone)
Her christmas cd puts me in a good mood

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Paula Abdul)
I don't have any of her full albums yet

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Michael Jackson)
I refuse to answer that. There are simply too many!

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Bliss)
Discovering that they were danish ;)

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Aqua)
I love "Turn Back Time" <3

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Lena Philipsson)
"Lena Anthem"

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (ABBA)
Hmm. Voulez-Vous I think.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Jack Johnson)
Jack Johnson ;)

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Andreas Johnson)
"Glorious" in a coffee commercial

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Hilary Duff)
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Дамы и господа, сегодня обсуждается статистика Last.fm по классической музыке.

Ladies and gentlemen, today our talk would be about classical music stats on Last.fm

предыдущие посты / previous entries
mainstream
russian rock
progressive rock
black metal
jazz
pop


Сначала наше традиционное упорядочение по количеству прослушиваний и слушателей.

First of all, our traditional arrangement with respect to number of plays and number of listeners.








Признаться честно, здесь не 100 исполнителей как обычно, а всего 85. Всяких авторов музыки к блокбастерам я безжалостно удалил из статистики. Тем не менее, эти графики демонстрируют нам кое-что, чего не наблюдалось ранее: резкое падение популярности ближе к концу выборки. Такое впечатление, что существует некий стандартный набор классических композиторов, за пределами которого - полная безызвестность.

To be honest, there are not 100 artists as usual, but only 85, because I deleted all the authors of popular movies' soundtracks without a trace of pity. The graphs exhibit something new to us: a rapid decrease of popularity near the end. It seems like there's a standard set of classical composers, and composers out of that set are rather obscure.




А здесь видно, что "музыку заказывают" три самых известных композитора: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven. Отрыв от общей массы довольно большой.

From that plot we can see, that three most famous composers dominate in classical music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven.





А это график удельного числа прослушиваний для различных "классиков". Здесь ситуация еще хуже, чем в джазе - среднее значение составляет всего 9.5, максимальное значение этого показателя имеет неведомая широким массам D'Oyly Carte Opera Company - 36 прослушиваний на слушателя.

Here is specific number of scrobbles for classical composers and performers. The situation here is even worse than with jazz music. The average value is 9.5 and the maximal value belongs to quite unheard-of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which has 36 plays per listener.




Гистограмма лишь подтверждает то, что классику народ слушает без энтузиазма.

The histogram just confirms the fact that nowadays people listen to classical music without enthusiasm.




Наибольшее число сообщений в рупоре имеют наиболее популярные композиторы, как и следовало ожидать.

As one can expect, the most popular composers have the largest number of messages in their shoutboxes.




А здесь мы вновь видим эффект "потенциального баръера", заключающийся в том, что лишь исполнители с удельным числом прослушиваний выше среднего могут иметь большое число сообщений в рупоре. Правда, здесь он несколько хуже выражен из-за малости этого среднего значения.

And here I see the effect of "potential barrier" again: only artists with more-than-average number of plays per listener can have a lot of shouts. But in classical music it is less present than in another genres because of low average specific number of scrobbles.

P.S. Суммарное число прослушиваний классики на last.fm - 150 миллионов.
The total playcount of classical music on last.fm is 150 millions.


P.P.S. Спасибо Hzlqgmnzhh за полезный скрипт.
Thanks to Hzlqgmnzhh for his script.

List of considered artists:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Philip Glass, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Andrea Bocelli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ludovico Einaudi, Carl Orff, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg, Antonín Dvořák, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Nyman, Arvo Pärt, Georg Friedrich Händel, Max Richter, Franz Liszt, Gustav Holst, Glenn Gould, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Josh Groban, Richard Wagner, Camille Saint-Saëns, Igor Stravinsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Ennio Morricone, Maurice Ravel, Hayley Westenra, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sir Edward Elgar, Johann Pachelbel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gustav Mahler, Il Divo, Jean Sibelius, Steve Reich, Sergei Prokofiev, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Fauré, Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestr, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, Samuel Barber, Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Robert Schumann, George Gershwin, Enrique Granados, Zbigniew Preisner, Kronos Quartet, William S. Gilbert, Luigi Boccherini, Paul Potts, Katherine Jenkins, Leoš Janáček, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Strauss II, Fernando Sor, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Bohuslav Martinů, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Broderick, Bedřich Smetana, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Arthur Rubinstein, Nino Rota

The nice thing of being a member of Itunes is that you suddenly have more music available than in your own music store. Still not everything, I mean, I can't buy music from Pakistan or certain artists since they are only for sale in the US store, but still.
the other thing I like is that we finally have charts for more genres than in our own music magazines. So I thought it would be nice to see what sells well in the classical genre. From now on I will try to keep an eye on it and in some cases share the music I find.

Andrea Bocelli is still on almost efery hitlist, if not alone and on number one, then in combination with Sarah Brightman for example.
In the UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Sweden their Time to say goodbye is number one.
In Spain he is number one allone with Vivo por ella.
in Belgium he is number one with Because we believe which he sings with the Dutch singer, Marco Borsato.

His Con te partiro is number one in Canada. And finally in Australia it's The Prayer.

So what's left for others then?

Luciano Pavarotti is number one with Caruso in France.

Paul Potts is on one in Austria and Luxembourg with Nessun dorma.

David Garrett is on number one in Switzerland with the theme of Pirates of the Carribean, and Finland is giving honor to it's own composer J. Sibelius, with Finlandia opus 26.

Seems that many people first and most of all buy music from their own country. Partly because not all music is always available, and most likely their own music is.
Italy has on number one Giovanni Allevi & Virtuosi Italiani with Come Sei Veramenta.

Finally Greece and Japan. Greece surprises us with
Luciano Pavarotti & Frank Sinatra singing My Way.

Japan's Nobuyuki Tsujii the blind pianist with Chopin's polonaise nr 6, heroique, is on number one, from his album Debut.

I must say, not much new to discover. What it shows though is that Andrea Bocelli has conquered the hearts of almost anyone in the world who has acces to his music. And that is quite something. King of modern classic, king of vocals?

No need to come up with a title as they did for Michael Jackson. Just enjoy his music.