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It's that time of year again. I've always loved keeping track of my own top musical acts and tracks, and I'm so glad I have last.fm to make it easy.

As in years past, I'm also listing the top track(s) and top album(s) for each artist in my top 50, and the position those tracks and albums attained in my charts for 2009. If you see some tracks with the same position number (likewise for albums), it's because they were tied for that position.

As usual, I listened to a mix of new and old music in 2009. Some of it was new to me, but released a few years ago. Some of it was released this year. And there are always some favorite oldies on my charts.

The past two years, Fefe Dobson was my top artist. This year, she's not even in the top 5. I decided to give Sunday Love a break and listen to some other stuff. Which artists topped Fefe this year? Which artists earned the top spots on my 2009 artist, album, and track charts? Read on to find out!

#50: Amy Macdonald 146 plays
Top track: Let's Start A Band track #183
Top album: This Is The Life album #34

#49: Goldfrapp 147 plays
Top track: Strict Machine track #72
Top album: Black Cherry album #36

#48: Fleetwood Mac 148 plays
Top track: Tusk track #275
Top album: The Dance album #156

#47: Leslie Hunt 149 plays
Top track: American Dream Man track #19
Top album: See Jane Dance album #67

#46: War 150 plays
Top track: Gypsy Man track #215
Top album: The Very Best of War Disc 1 album #80

#45: Black Eyed Peas 151 plays
Top track: Meet Me Halfway track #77
Top album: THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) album #37

#44: Carina Round 152 plays
Top track: Take The Money track #72
Top album: Slow Motion Addict album #55

#43: Kylie Minogue 154 plays
Top track: 2 Hearts track #113
Top album: Fever album #95

#42: Jessie James 160 plays
Top track: Blue Jeans track #145
Top album: Jessie James album #31

#41: The Beatles 170 plays
Top track: (No individual track exceeded 11 plays)
Top album: The Beatles 1 album #67

#40: Ladyhawke 171 plays
Top track: My Delirium track #39
Top album: Ladyhawke album #26

#39: Tanya Tucker 181 plays
Top track: Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) track #451
Top album: Tanya Tucker'S Greatest Hits album #60

#38: Avril Lavigne 191 plays
Top track: Complicated track #227
Top album: Under My Skin album #56

#37: Blondie 202 plays
Top track: (No individual track exceeded 11 plays)
Top album: The Platinum Collection Disc 1 album #50

#36: Röyksopp 203 plays
Top track: Vision One track #68
Top album: Junior album #22

#35: Tegan and Sara 205 plays
Top track: Living Room track #227
Top album: If It Was You album #23

#34: Miley Cyrus 208 plays
Top track: Fly on the Wall track #20
Top album: Breakout album #29

#33: Johnny Cash 213 plays
Top track: Bridge Over Troubled Water track #126
Top album: American IV: The Man Comes Around album #45

#32: Dragonette 214 plays
Top track: Jesus Doesn't Love Me track #39
Also: Black Limousine track #41
Top album: Galore album #18

#31: Waylon Jennings 217 plays
Top track: I've Always Been Crazy track #399
Top album: RCA Country Legends Disc 1 album #75

#30: Brandy 228 plays
Top track: Sadiddy track #192
Top album: Afrodisiac album #62

#29: Rob Zombie 240 plays
Top track: Living Dead Girl track #65
Top album: Hellbilly Deluxe album #25

#28: Otep 249 plays
Top track: Perfectly Flawed track #102
Top album: The Ascension album #16

#27: Jewel 250 plays
Top track: Only One Too track #202
Top album: Goodbye Alice in Wonderland album #33

#26: Alesha Dixon 251 plays
Top track: The Boy Does Nothing track #48
Top album: The Alesha Show album #34

#25: Type O Negative 265 plays
Top track: Christian Woman track #227
Top album: Bloody Kisses album #53

#24: The B-52's 266 plays
Top track: Pump track #96
Top album: Funplex album #30

#23: Natalie 294 plays
Top track: My Candy track #108
Top album: Everything New album #23

#22: Heart 306 plays
Top track: Magic Man track #275
Top album: Heart Greatest Hits: Live album #103

#21: Boomkat 322 plays
Top track: Burn (Black Irish Remix) track #86
Top album: A Million Trillion Stars album #21

#20: Janet Jackson 339 plays
Top track: Rock With U track #227
Top album: Discipline album #87

#19: Girls Aloud 350 plays
Top track: Deadlines & Diets track #113
Top album: The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits album #9

#18: Miranda Lambert 352 plays
Top track: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend track #59
Top album: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend album #10

#17: Alanis Morissette 356 plays
Top track: Straitjacket track #8
Top album: Flavors of Entanglement album #14

#16: Mya 367 plays
Top track: AYO track #113
Top album: Beauty and the Streets: Mixtape, Vol. 1 album #40

#15: The Donnas 368 plays
Top track: You Make Me Hot track #126
Top album: Bitchin' album #46

#14: Jennifer Love Hewitt 369 plays
Top track: Let's Go Bang track #84
Top album: Let's Go Bang album #39

#13: Stevie Scott 385 plays
Top track: Know Better Next Time track #41
Top album: Stevie Scott album #15

#12: Carrie Underwood 418 plays
Top track: Last Name track #108
Top album: Carnival Ride album #17

#11: Aaliyah 481 plays
Top track: Age Ain't Nothing But a Number track #50
Top album: Age Ain't Nothing but a Number album #11

*** AND NOW THE TOP 10 ***

#10: Fefe Dobson 559 plays
Top track: I Want You track #17
Top album: Joy album #20 (not even released yet, but some of the tracks were available, and I thought the album would be called Heart Attack, but whatever)

#9: Britney Spears 572 plays
Top track: Piece Of Me track #90
Top album: Blackout album #13

#8: George Jones 643 plays
Top track: The Race Is On track #102
Top album: The Gospel Collection album #7

#7: Rihanna 654 plays
Top track: Disturbia track #34
Top album: Rated R album #19

#6: Kerli 667 plays
Top track: I Want Nothing track #11
Also: Hurt Me track #14 (tied)
and: Creepshow track #14 (tied)
Top album: Love Is Dead album #5

#5: Demi Lovato 759 plays
Top track: Get Back track #1 (459 plays for this one track alone)
Top album: Get Back album #6

#4: Megan McCauley 947 plays
Top track: Tap That track #3
Also: I'll Pay You To Shoot Him track #8
Top album: Better Than Blood album #3

#3: The Ting Tings 1,093 plays
Top track: Shut Up And Let Me Go track #2
Also: That's Not My Name track #5 (tied)
and: We Walk track #5 (tied)
and: Impacilla Carpisung track #10
Top album: We Started Nothing album #1

#2: Lady GaGa 1,217 plays
Top track: Beautiful, Dirty, Rich track #4
Also: I Like It Rough track #7
Top album: The Fame album #2
Also: The Fame Monster album #43



#1: Mandy Moore 1,290 plays

Top track: Nothing That You Are track #23
Top album: Wild Hope album #4
Also: Amanda Leigh album #8
and: Coverage album #41
and: I Wanna Be With You album #67
and: The Best of Mandy Moore album #152