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1996
8.11 - Hootie and the Blowfish

Unknown Date
- Backstreet Boys, Jimmy Ray
- *NSYNC, Pink
- Albany Symphony Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma
- Gideon Freudmann

2003
3.3 - Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls
4.27 - New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Less Than Jake
5.13 - Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray, Maroon 5
6.12 - Journey, Styx, REOSpeedwagon
8.3 - Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls
8.4 - American Idol: Season 2
8.? - America, Average White Band
8.15 - Hanson, Teitur
8.22 - Def Leppard, Ricky Warwick
10.19 - Good Charlotte, Something Corporate, Mest
11.28 - Aerosmith, KISS, The Porch Ghouls

2004
3.24 - Trapt, Smile Empty Soul, Finger Eleven
4.23 - Fuel, Breaking Benjamin, Silvertide
6.12 - Smile Empty Soul, Steriogram, Moments in Grace
7.? - Blue Oyster Cult
7.14 - Hall and Oates, Michael McDonald, Average White Band
8.15 - Gavin DeGraw, Toby Lightman, Marc Broussard
9.3 - [artist[Journey, MrNorth

2005
1.26 - Tyler Hilton
2.13 - Ryan Cabrera, Aslyn, Kyle Riabko
2.18 - Gavin DeGraw, Florez
3.20 - Papa Roach, Skindred, The F-Ups, Fight of your Life
4.8 - Gavin DeGraw, Jem, Michael Tolcher
4.25 - Green Day, My Chemical Romance
5.21 - The Click Five, Brie Larson, Bowling for Soup, Pussycat Dolls, Good Charlotte, Gavin DeGraw, Backstreet Boys, Will Smith, Gwen Stefani, Rob Thomas, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Frankie J, Baby Bash, Howie Day, Akon, Natalie
7.14 - Cirque du Soleil – “O”
7.30 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Black Crowes
8.6 - Gavin DeGraw, Twist and Shout, Jon George
8.28 - Gavin DeGraw, Butch Walker
10.22 - Albany Symphany Orchestra with Albany Pro Musica, Dana Beth Miller, Lucille Beer, and Scott Ramsey
11.30 - Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz
12.12 - Bon Jovi, wetwerks
12.26 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

2006
2.3 - Cirque du Soleil – “Delirium”
2.15 – Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera
3.15 - Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights, From First to Last, The Hush Sound
8.7 - Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls
9.16 - Def Leppard, Journey
10.6 - Blue Man Group, Tracy Bonham
10.19 - The All-American Rejects, Under the Influence of Giants, IMA Robot, Damone
11.25 - Goo Goo Dolls, Over It
12.22 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

2007
1.9 - Kill Hannah, The Pink Spiders, Dropping Daylight, Saosin, Action Reaction, Love Arcade
3.10 - Kansas
4.11 – Jonathan Larson’s RENT
4.28 – Grand Fiasco, One Over Chaplin, Unspoken
5.12 - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Under the Influence of Giants
5.30 - Fall Out Boy, +44, The Academy Is..., Paul Wall, Cobra Starship
7.24 - Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Colbie Caillat
12.5 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

2008
4.26 - Kristy's Corner Store, The Peeps, Unspoken, A Sound Decision, Eve 6
5.10 - Jonathan Larson’s RENT
8.24 - Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick
12.7 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

2009
4.25 - A Sound Decision, Say Anything
7.28 – Jonathan Larson’s RENT
8.19 – American Idol: Season 8
9.3 - Journey, Heart
9.6 - Cirque du Soleil – “Alegria”
10.9 - David Cook, Ryan Star
10.24 - Jeff Dunham, Brian Haner
12.13 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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

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Comment about missed names which should be in list and not deserving ones.

this list is subject to constant revision and update. (last update 4/13/09)

(note:
"?" means subject to deletion or i need to get more familiar with;
"*" means albums or discographies I need to get my hands on again;
strikethrough means i listened to it and didn't deem it worthy)

feel free to comment, especially concerning artists or albums with * or ?


ABBA
gold: greatist hits

Ace of Base
the sign

Agua de Annique
air

Air
pocket symphony

Al Di Meola
elegant gypsy
land of the midnight sun

Al Green
the definitive greatest hits

Alamaailman Vasarat
maahan
vasaraasia*
käärmelautakunta*

Alice in Chains
Facelift
Dirt
Sap (ep)
Jar of Flies (ep)
Alice in Chains
MTV Unplugged (live)

Allan Holdsworth*
secrets

Amon Amarth
once sent from the golden hall

Andrew Lloyd Weber
jesus christ superstar

Anekdoten
a time of day

Anglagard
hybris

Ani DiFranco
not a pretty girl
knuckle down
reprieve

Arcturus
the sham mirrors

Asia
asia

Atmosphere
Overcast!
God Loves Ugly
Seven's Travels
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Strictly Leakage
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

Audioslave*

Ayreon
the human equation
01011001

AZ ?

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso*
darwin!
io sono nato libero

?
the best of the band ?

Barry White
white gold

BeardFish
sleeping in traffic: part two

Beastie Boys
licensed to ill
paul's boutique*
the mix-up*
to the 5 buroughs ?
the in sound from way out ?
ill communication ?
hello nasty ?
aglio e olio ?

Beatallica
beatallica
a garage dayz nite

The Beatles
please please me
with the beatles
a hard day's night
beatles for sale
help!
rubber soul
revolver
sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band
magical mystery tour
the beatles
yellow submarine
abbey road
let it be
the beatles 1 (compilation)
love (comp)

Ludwig van Beethoven
piano concerto no. 1
piano concerto no. 2
piano concerto no. 3
piano concerto no. 4
piano concerto no. 5
piano sonata no. 8
piano sonata no. 14
piano sonata no. 23
string quartet no. 1
string quartet no. 2
string quartet no. 3
string quartet no. 4
string quartet no. 5
string quartet no. 6
string quartet no. 7
string quartet no. 8
string quartet no. 9
string quartet no. 10
string quartet no. 11
string quartet no. 12
string quartet no. 13
string quartet no. 14
string quartet no. 15
string quartet no. 16
symphony no. 1
symphony no. 2
symphony no. 3
symphony no. 4
symphony no. 5
symphony no. 6
symphony no. 7
symphony no. 8
symphony no. 9
violin sonata no. 1
violin sonata no. 2
violin sonata no. 3
violin sonata no. 4
violin sonata no. 5
violin sonata no. 6
violin sonata no. 7
violin sonata no. 8
violin sonata no. 9
violin sonata no. 10

Behold... the Arctopus
nano-nucleonic cyborg summoning
skullgrid

Bela Bartok
string quartet no. 1
string quartet no. 2
string quartet no. 3
string quartet no. 4
string quartet no. 5
string quartet no. 6
the miraculous mandarin
piano concerto

Between the Buried and Me
alaska
colors

Bill Bruford
one of a kind

Billy Cobham
shabazz
spectrum

Billy Joel
greatest hits

Black Star
black star

Blondie
the best of blondie

Blotted Science
the machinations of dementia

Bob Dylan
blonde on blonde
highway 61 revisited
greatest hits

Bob Marley ?
legend

Bon Jovi
cross road

Brad Mehldau
trio live 2008 ?

Johannes Brahms
cello sonata no. 1
cello sonata no. 2
piano concerto no. 1
piano concerto no. 2

Brian Eno* ?

Brother Ali
the undisputed truth

Bruce Springsteen
greatest hits

Cake
fashion nugget

California Guitar Trio ?
cg3+2

Camel
camel
mirage
the snow goose
moonmadness
rain dances ?
breathless ?
a live record (live)
nude

Caravan
if i could do it all over again, i'd do it all over you
in the land of grey and pink

Chris Cornell ?
euphoria morning
carry on
unplugged in sweden (live)

Chris Squire
fish out of water

The Chronicles of Israfel ?
starborn

Common*

Consequence
don't quit your day job

Daft Punk*
alive 2007 (live)

Damien Rice*

damien licht
dexter (ost)

Dark Tranquility
fiction ?

The Darkness ?
permission to land

David Gilmour
live in gdansk ?

Days of the New ?

De La Soul*
3 feet high and rising

dead prez
let's get free
revolutionary but gangsta

Dean Martin
all the hits

Death ?
human
individual thought patterns
sound of perseverance
symbolic

Debussy* ?
string quartet

The Decemberists ?

Deftones*
adrenaline
around the fur
deftones

Dimmu Borgir
enthrone darkness triumphant ?
godless savage garden ?
death cult armageddon
puritannical euphoric misanthropia
in sorte diaboli ?
spiritual black dimension ?
stormblast ?

The Dissociatives
the dissociatives

DJ Danger Mouse
the grey album

DJ Krush ?
milight

DJ Shadow
endtroducing*

Doom
born like this

Dr Dre
the chronic
chronic 2001

Dream Theater*
When Dream And Day Unite
Images and Words
Awake
A Change of Seasons (ep)
Falling Into Infinity
Scenes From a Memory
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Train of Thought
Octavarium
Systematic Chaos
Live at the Marquee (live)
Live Scenes From New York (live)
taste the memories (fan club)
nightown nostalgia (bootleg)
ytsejam records:
New York City 3/4/93 (live)
When Dream and Day Reunite (live)
The Majesty Demos 1985-1986 (demos)
los angeles, ca 5/18/98 (live)
tokyo, japan 10/28/95
dark side of the dream (cover)
master of puppets (cover)
the number of the beast (cover)

dredg
Catch Without Arms
El Cielo

Earth, Wind and Fire
the very best

Eddie Vedder
into the wild ?

Electric Light Orchestra
out of the blue

Eloy ?
dawn ?
inside ?
ocean ?

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
brain salad surgery*
pictures at an exhibition
tarkus
trilogy

Eminem ?
the eminem show
encore
the marshall mathers lp
slim shady lp

Epica ?
the divine conspiracy ?

Eric B & Rakim
paid in full

Eric Clapton ?
complete clapton ?

Evergrey
in search of truth
the inner circle
a night to remember (live)

Familjen
det snurrar i min skalle

Fates Warning
a pleasant shade of grey ?

Fear Factory ?

fiddler on the roof
fiddler on the roof

Fish
sunsets on empire?

Fleetwood Mac
rumours*

Flight of the Conchords
flight of the conchords

Flobots
fight with tools

Focus
moving waves
hamburger concerto*

Foo Fighters
foo fighters

Foreigner
the very best of

Frank Sinatra
my way (compilation)

Frank Zappa* ?
best of
hot rats

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
the very best of

Fripp & Eno ?
the equatorial stars

Frost ?
experiments in mass appeal

The Fugees ?
the score ?

The Game
the documentary
lax*

Garaj Mahal*

Garmarna ?
guds speleman ?
vedergallningen ?
vittrad ?

Garth Brooks
the hits ?

The Gathering
mandylion ?

Geddy Lee
my favorite headache

Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich
krupa & rich

Genesis
From Genesis to Revelation ?
Trespass
Nursery Cryme
Foxtrot
Selling England By The Pound
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
A Trick of the Tail ?
Wind And Wuthering ?
...And Then There Were Three... ?
Seconds Out (live) ?
Turn It On Again - The Hits (compilation)

Gentle Giant
gentle giant
acquiring the taste
three friends
octopus
in a glass house
the power and the glory
free hand
interview
playing the fool (live)

Gnarls Barkley
st. elsewhere
the odd couple

Gojira*

Gorillaz
demon days

Grieg ?
violin sonata no. 3

Grobschnitt
ballerman
rockpommell's land

Gryphon
red queen to gryphon three
*

Hammer of the Gods
two nights in north america (cover/live)

Harmonium
si on avait besoin d'une cinquieme saison

Hawkwind
in search of space*
warrior on the edge of time

Herbie Hancock ?
head hunters
*

hi-tex ?
hi-teknology 2: the chip ?

HIM ?

hyrule symphony

Ian Anderson*
plays the orchestral jethro tull
rupi's dance*
the secret language of birds

Ice Cube
amerikkka's most wanted
death certificate
the predator
lethal injection

Immortal Technique
revolutionary vol. 1
revolutionary vol. 2
the 3rd world

In Flames
colony
come clarity
the jester race/black inheritance

Iron Maiden
*

James Brown ?
gold ?

Jason Becker
perpetual burn

Jay-Z
Reasonable Doubt
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter
the dynasty: roc familia
The Blueprint
the blueprint²: the gift & the curse
The Black Album
Kingdom Come
American Gangster

King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King
In the Wake of Poseidon
Lizard
Islands
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Starless and Bible Black
Red
Discipline
Beat
Three of a Perfect Pair
Thrak
The ConstruKction of Light
The Power to Believe
The Great Deceiver (live)
The Night Watch (live)
Absent Lovers (live)
The Deception Of The Thrush (compilation) ?
Epitaph* (live) ?
Cirkus (live) ?
On Broadway (live) ?
Live In Berkeley (live)
B'BOOM: Live in Argentina (live) ?

Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Houses of the Holy
Physical Graffiti
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Coda
How The West Was Won (live)

Meshuggah
Contradictions Collapse
Destroy Erase Improve
Chaosphere
Nothing
I (ep)
Catch 33
obZen

Metallica*
Kill 'em All ?
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
And Justice For All
Metallica
Load
Reload
Death Magnetic
S&M (live)

The Moody Blues
days of future passed
in search of the lost chord
on the threshold of a dream
to our children's children's children
question of balance
every good boy deserves favour
seventh sojourn

Mos Def
black on both sides
the new danger
true magic

Mozart
don giovanni
le nozze de figaro
mass, 'requiem'
piano sonata no. 3
piano sonata no. 10
piano sonata no. 13
serenade no. 6 'serenata notturna'
serenade no. 9 'posthorn'
serenade no. 13 'eine klein nachtmusik'
symphony no. 40
symphony no. 41 'jupiter'

Muse
absolution
black holes and revelations

Mussorgsky
pictures at an exhibition
night on bald mountain

N.E.R.D.
seeing sounds

Nas
Illmatic
It Was Written
I Am... ?
Nastradamus ?
Stillmatic
God's Son ?
Street's Disciple ?
Hip Hop Is Dead*
Untitled

Nightwish
Wishmaster*

No-Man
Flowermouth
Returning Jesus
Speak (compilation) ?
Together We're Stranger
Schoolyard Ghosts

Norah Jones*
Come Away With Me*
Feels Like Home*
Not Too Late*

Notorious BIG
Ready to Die
Life After Death

Nwa
Straight Outta Compton*

Oceansize
frames

The Offspring
the offspring
smash

Opeth
Orchid
Morningrise
My Arms, Your Hearse
Still Life
Blackwater Park
Deliverance
Damnation
Ghost Reveries
Watershed
The Roundhouse Tapes (live)

OSI ?

Ours ?

OutKast ?
speakerboxxx/the love below

Ozric Tentacles ?
pungent effulgent

Paco de Lucia Al Di Meola John McLaughlin
friday night in san francisco

Pagan's Mind ?
god's equation

Pain of Salvation
Entropia
One Hour by the Concrete Lake
The Perfect Element I
Remedy Lane
BE
Scarsick
12:5 (live)
the second death of pain of salvation

Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau
metheny/mehldau quartet

Pearl Jam
Ten
Vs.
Vitalogy
No Code
Yield
Binaural ?
Riot Act ?
Pearl Jam
Live on Two Legs (live)
Lost Dogs (compilation)

A Perfect Circle
mer de noms

Peter Gabriel ?
car
passion

Peter Hammill* ?
chameleon in the shadow of night

Pharrell Williams ?
in my mind ?

Pink Floyd
the piper at the gates of dawn
a saucerful of secrets ?
more (ost) ?
ummagumma ?
atom heart mother ?
meddle ?
obscured by clouds
dark side of the moon
wish you were here
animals
the wall
the final cut ?
a momentary lapse of reason ?
division bell ?
relics (compilation)
pulse (live)

The Police*
outlandos d'amour
reggatta de blanc
zenyatta mondatta
ghost in the machine
synchronicity

Porcupine Tree
On the Sunday of Life ?
Up the Downstair ?
The Sky Moves Sideways ?
Signify
Stupid Dream
Lightbulb Sun
Voyage 34
Recordings ?
Metanoia ?
In Absentia
Futile (ep)
Deadwing
Lazarus (ep)
Fear of a Blank Planet
Nil Recurring (ep)
Coma Divine (live)
XM (live)
XMII (live)
Rockpalast (live)
We Lost the Skyline (live)
Warszawa (live)
Arriving Somewhere (live)

Premiata Forneria Marconi*
per un amico

Prokofiev ?
violin concerto no. 1
violin concerto no. 2
violin sonata

Q-Tip
the renaissance
amplified

Queensryche
operation mindcrime

Rachmaninov* ?
spring cantata, op. 20
youth symphony
caprice bohemien, op. 12
isle of the dead, op. 29
the rock, op. 7
scherzo in f major, ?
prince rostislav
vocalise for orchestra, op. 34 no. 14
piano concerto no. 1
piano concerto no. 2
piano concerto no. 3
piano concerto no. 4
symphonic dance, op. 45
the bells, op. 35
three russian songs, op. 41
rhapsody on a theme of paganini, op. 43, nos. 18-24

Radiohead*
pablo honey
the bends
ok computer
kid a
amnesiac
hail to the thief
in rainbows
toronto (bootleg)

Raekwon ?
only built 4 cuban linx...

Rainbow ?
rising ?

Ravel ?

Reflection Eternal
train of thought

Renaissance ?
scheherezade and other stories
turn of the cards

Rick Wakeman
journey to the centre of the earth
the six wives of henry viii

Rimsky-Korsakov ?
scheherezade*

Riverside*
out of myself
second life syndrome
rapid eye movement
reality dream (live)

The Roots
things fall apart
phrenology
the tipping point
game theory
rising down

Run DMC
greatest hits (compilation)

Rush*

Santana
abraxas

Savatage
handful of rain

SBB
iron curtain

schubert ?
erlkonig

Shakira*
pies descalzos
donde estan las ladrones?
laundry service
servicio de lavanderia
fijacion oral vol 1
oral fixation vol 2
mtv unplugged (live)
live & off the record (live)
oral fixation tour (live)
the remixes (compilation)
grande exitos (compilation)
love in the time of cholera (ep)

Shostakovich ?
symphony no. 5
symphony no. 6
symphony no. 7
symphony no. 9
symphony no. 10

Sigur Ros ?
aegetis byrjun

Silverchair
frogstomp
freak show
diorama
young modern

Smashing Pumpkins
siamese dream
mellon collie and the infinite sadness
american gothic (ep)
adore
zeitgeist*

Snoop Dogg ?
doggystyle

Soilwork ?
sworn to a great divide ?

Sonata Arctica ?
unia ?

Soundgarden
Superunknown
Down on the Upside

Steve Hackett ?
spectral mornings
voyage of the acolyte

Steve Unruh ?

Steve Vai
passion & warfare ?

Steven Wilson
insurgentes

Stevie Wonder
definitive collection (compilation)

Stravinsky
rite of spring
petrushka
firebird*

Strawbs
grave new world ?

Styx
greatest hits

Supertramp
crime of the century
greatest hits

System of a Down ?
toxicity
steal this album! ?
mesmerize
hypnotize

Talib Kweli
quality
ear drum
the beautiful struggle

Talking Heads ?
best of

Tan Dun & YoYo Ma
crouching tiger hidden dragon (ost)

The Tangent
a place in the queue

Tangerine Dream ?
phaedra ?

Thelonius Monk ?
brilliant corners
monk's dream
thelonius monk with john coltrane

3
the end is begun
wake pig ?

Timbuktu
the botten is nadd
oberoendeframkallande

Tool
Opiate (ep)
Undertow
Ænima
Lateralus
10,000 Days ?

Transatlantic
bridge across forever

A Tribe Called Quest
the low end theory
midnight marauders
people's instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm

Tristania ?

2Pac
greatest hits (compilation)
all eyez on me

Turtle Island Quartet
a love supreme

The Turtles
greatest hits

UK
uk

Unexpect ?
in a flesh aquarium

Van der Graaf Generator
the aerosol grey machine
the least we can do is wave to each other
h to he, who am the only one
pawn hearts
godbluff
still life
world record
the quiet zone / the pleasure dome
vital (live)
lost live tapes ()
the radio one sessions ()

Vanden Plas
christ 0

Vienna Teng
dreaming through the noise

virt

Vivaldi
violin concertos 1-4 the four seasons

Vladimir Horowitz
horowitz plays chopin vol 1

Von Frickle

Weather Report
black market

The Who
who's next
tommy
quadrophenia

the wire soundtrack

Wishbone Ash
argus ?

Wu-Tang Clan
enter the wu-tang (36 chambers)
8 diagrams

XTC
skylarking

Yes
the yes album
fragile
close to the edge
tales from topographic oceans
relayer
going for the one ?
tormato ?
drama ?

Yezda Urfa
boris
sacred babboon

Yngwie Malmsteen
rising force

Yo-Yo Ma * ?

Youssou N' Dour ?

The Zombies
odessey and oracle

50 Cent
the massacre

(All lists in www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com - Tüm listeler için www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com)





Honorable Mention;

New Zealand; Crowded House, Split Enz, Flight of Conhcords
Colombia; Shakira, Carlos Vives, Aterciopelados
Pakistan; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali, Sabri Brothers
Egypt; Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Amr Diab
Senegal; Orchestra Baobab, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour
Algeria; Khaled, Warda, Rachid Taha
Georgia; Elisabeth Leonskaja, Katie Melua, Giya Kancheli
Uruguay; Francisco Canaro, Julio Sosa, Alfredo Zitarrosa
Nigeria; Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Keziah Jones
Bosnia & Herzegovina; Goran Bregovic, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Indexi

Edited Ranking

MUSIC WORLD RANKING TOP 50 COUNTDOWN


50. IRAN

BESTS FROM IRAN

Best Iranian Pop Singer: Googoosh
Folk Artis: Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

49. LEBONAN

BESTS FROM LEBONAN

Academy Award Winning Composer: Gabriel Yared
Best Arabic Singing Voice Ever: Fairuz
Most Famous Lebanese Singer abroad: Paul Anka
UNESCO Artist for Peace: Marcel Khalife

48. LITHUANIA

BESTS FROM LITHUANIA

Best Lithuanian Classical Composer: Clara Rockmore
Best Lithuanian Rock Band: Foje
One of the Greatest Violin Players of All-Time: Jascha Heifetz

47. ARMENIA

BESTS FROM ARMENIA

Four time Grammy Award nominated Armenian Band: System of a Down
Best Armenian Classical Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Three times Oscar Winner Composer: Michel Legrand
Greatest Duduk Player Ever: Djivan Gasparyan
Most Famous Armenian Singers : Cher, Charles Aznavour

46. PERU

BESTS FROM PERU

Greatest Singing Voice Ever (over 4 octaves): Yma Sumac
Greatest Peruvian Musician: Chabuca Granda
Peruvian Hip-Hop Singer: Immortal Technique

45. ICELAND

BESTS FROM ICELAND

Best Icelandic Band Ever Sigur Ros
Greatest Female Musician of Iceland: Bjork
Best Icelandic Classical Composer: Johann Johannsson

44. ETHIOPIA

BESTS FROM ETHIOPIA

Father of Ethiopian Jazz: Mulatu Astatqe
Best Gurage Singer: Mahmoud Ahmed
Ethiopian James Brown, Soul Singer: Alemayehu Eshete

43. SOUTH AFRICA

BESTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Best South African Composer (European Origin): Trevor Jones
Best South African Jazz Musicians: Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela
Grammy Award Winning Artist, Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba

42. ROMANIA

BESTS FROM ROMANIA

Best Romanian Musicians Ever: George Enescu, Dinu Lipatti
Best Gipsy Bands ever: Fanfarte Ciocarlia, Taraf de Haidouks
Master of the Pan-Flute: Gheorge Zamfir
Greatest Band of Romania: Phoenix

41. MALI

BESTS FROM MALI

One of the Top Three Greatest African Musicians Ever (with Fela Kuti and Miriam Makeba): Ali Farka Toure
Golden Voice of Africa, Albino Singer: Salif Keita
Best African Music Duo ever (blind couple): Amadou & Mariam

40. DENMARK

BESTS FROM DENMARK

Best Danish Composer Ever: Carl Nielsen
Best Danish Bands: Mew, Mercyful Fate
Best Danish Electronic Musician: Trentemoller

39. UKRAINE

BESTS FROM UKRAINE

The Sound: Stan Getz
Best Ukranian Bands: Fleur, Nokturnal Mortum, Drudkh

38. SERBIA

BESTS FROM SERBIA

Greatest Garage Rock Band of Ex-Yugoslavia: Partibrejkers
Best Serbian Gypsy Musician: Saban Bajramovic
Best Acoustic Rock Singer of East Europe: Djordje Balasevic

37. WALES

BESTS FROM WALES

The Most Inventive and Influential Figure in Contemporary Electronic Music: Aphex Twins
One of the Most Powerful Singing Voices Ever: Tom Jones
Best Welsh Bands: Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals

36. CHILE

BESTS FROM CHILE

Best Chilean Musicians Ever: Violeta Parra, Victor Jara
Best Chilean Folk Band: Inti-Illimani
Best Chilean Rock Bands: Los Prisioneros, Los Jaivas

35. CHINA

BESTS FROM CHINA

Multiple Grammy Awards Winner Cellist: Yo-Yo Ma
Grammy and Oscar Winner Contemporary Classical Composer: Tan Dun
Best Chinese Pop Singers Ever: Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong

34. ISRAEL

BESTS FROM ISRAEL

Best Israeli Band: Orphaned Land
One of the Greatest Violinist of the 20th Century: Itzhak Perlman
Best Israelian Female Musician Ever: Chava Alberstein

33. BELGIUM

BESTS FROM BELGIUM

Best Belgian Classical Composer: Cesar Franck
One of the Most Renowned Jazz Guitarists due to His Innovative and Distinctive Playing: Django Reinhardt
Greatest Belgian Singer Ever: Jacques Brel

32. CROATIA

BESTS FROM CROATIA

Best Grunge Band of East Europe: Laufer
Greatest Croatian Pianist: Ivo Pogorelich
Best Croatian Bands: Azra, Prljavo Kazaliste

31. FINLAND

BESTS FROM FINLAND

Greatest Finnish Musician of All-Time: Jean Sibelius
Best Symphonic Metal Band Ever: Nightwish
Death Metal Band: Amorphis

30. CATALONIA (Autonomous Community)

BESTS FROM CATALONIA

Greatest Cello Player of All-Time: Pablo Casals
Best Classical Guitar Composer Ever: Isaac Albeniz
Mambo Musician: Xavier Cugat

29. PUERTO RICO

BESTS FROM PUERTO RICO

Godfather of Latin Jazz: Ray Barretto
Most Renowned Singer and Composer of Salsa Music: Ismael Rivera
King of Mambo Music: Tito Puente
Great Salsa Singer: Hector Lavoe
Most Successful Puerto Rican Musical Group Ever: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

28. HUNGARY

BESTS FROM HUNGARY

Top Hungarian Classical Composers and Pianists: Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok
Best Film Score Composers: Gyorgy Ligeti, Miklos Rozsa
Best Hungarian Folk Music Band: Muzsikas

27. CZECH REPUBLIC

BESTS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC

Composer of New World Symphony, One of The Greatest Romantic Music Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Most Famous Czech Composer just aftert Dvorak: Bedrich Smetana
Best Czech Folk Musicians: Jaromir Nohavica, Karel Kryl

26. INDIA

BESTS FROM INDIA

Greatest Indian Musician Ever: Ravi Shankar
Sitar Maestro: Vilayat Khan
Most Famous Female Bollywood Playback Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
One of the Most Versatile Singing Voices Ever: Mohammed Rafi

25. TURKEY

BESTS FROM TURKEY

Creators of Turkish Music, Classical and Sufi Music Composers: Dede Efendi, Tanburi Cemil Bey
Best Turkish Singing Voices Ever: Zeki Muren, Muzeyyen Senar
Best Anatolian Rock Musicians: Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Cem Karaca, Selda
Queen of Turkish Pop: Sezen Aksu
Best Turkish Band Ever: Nekropsi, Moğollar



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24. MEXICO

BESTS FROM MEXICO

A Rock and Roll Pioneer and a Forefather of the Chicano Rock Movement: Ritchie Valens
Most Famous Actor and Singer of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema: Pedro Infante
The King of Space Age Pop: Esquivel
Internationally Known Music Trio: Los Panchos
Best Ranchera Musicians Ever: Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Vicente Fernandez

23. AUSTRALIA

BESTS FROM AUSTRALIA

One of the Greatest Hard Rock Bands Ever, Pioneers of Heavy Metal: AC/DC
Rock Band fronted by Nick Cave: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Greatest Ethereal Wave Band Ever: Dead Can Dance

22. SCOTLAND

BESTS FROM SCOTLAND

Greatest Electronic Music Duo Ever: Boards of Canada
Best Scottish Bands Ever: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream
Best Known Scottish Band: Belle & Sebastian

21. PORTUGAL

BESTS FROM PORTUGAL

Queen of Fado, One of the Greatest European Singers ever: Amalia Rodrigues
Most Talented Portuguese Musician in the 20th century, Man with a 1000 fingers: Carlos Paredes
Most Famous Portuquese Singer abroad: Nelly Furtado

20.GREECE

BESTS FROM GREECE

Greek Soprano, Best European Female Voice of the Twentieth Century: Maria Callas
One of the Greatest Composers of Electronic Music of All-Time: Vangelis
Modernist Composer: Iannis Xenakis
Academy Award Winner Film Composer: Manos Hadjidakis

19. NORWAY

BESTS FROM NORWAY

Greatest Norwegian Musician Ever: Edvard Grieg
Electronic Music Duo: royksopp
Famous New Wave Band of 80s: a-ha

18. IRELAND

BESTS FROM IRELAND

Most f,Famous Irish Band: U2
Grammy Award Winning Singer, Songwriter: Van Morrison
Famous Hard Rock Band: Thin Lizzy

17. NETHERLANDS

BESTS FROM NETHERLANDS

Greatest Dutch Bands: The Gathering, Golden Earring, Focus
Top Djs of the World: Ferry Corsten, Dj Tiesto, Armin van Buuren

16. SWEDEN

BESTS FROM SWEDEN

Greatest Pop Music Group of Scandinavia: ABBA
Top Swedish Folk Singer: Cornelis Vreeswijk
Best Swedish Band Ever: Opeth

15. CUBA

BESTS FROM CUBA

The Best Known and Most Influential Female Figure in the History of Cuban Music, Queen of Salsa: Celia Cruz
Greatest Guitarist and Composer of Cuban Trova Music: Compay Segundo
Popular Afro-Cuban Singer of Cuba: Ibrahim Ferrer
Leader of Nueva Trova Movement: Silvio Rodriguez

14. ARGENTINA

BESTS FROM ARGENTINA

Creator of Nuevo Tango, Excellent Bandoneon Player: Astor Piazzolla
The Most Prominent Figure in the History of Tango: Carlos Gardel
Composer of Mission Impossible Theme, Four Times Grammy Award Winner, with 21 times Nominations: Lalo Schifrin

13. JAPAN

BESTS FROM JAPAN

Best Japanese Film Score Composer: Joe Hisaishi
Video Game Composer, Composer of Final Fantasy Series: Nobuo Uematsu
Greatest Enka Singer: Meiko Kaji

12. POLAND

BESTS FROM POLAND

One of the Greatest Classical Composers of All-Time: Frederic Chopin
One of the Greatest Pianist of 20th Century: Arthur Rubinstein
Best Sung Poetry Singers Ever: Marek Grechuta, Jacek Kaczmarski

11. SPAIN

BESTS FROM SPAIN

Blind Composer and Virtuoso Pianist: Joaquin Rodrigo
Greatest Classical Guitarist: andres segovia
Most Famous Flamenco Guitarist of All-Time: Paco de Lucia

10. CANADA

BESTS FROM CANADA

Greatest Canadian Musician Ever: Neil Young
Jewish Canadian Folk Rock Musician: Leonard Cohen
Best Canadian Female Singer and Songwriter: Joni Mitchell
Greatest Canadian Bands Ever: Rush, Arcade Fire, The Band

9. BRAZIL

BESTS FROM BRAZIL

A Primary Force Behind the Creation of the Bossa Nova Style: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Creator of Bossa Nova Beat, Father of Bossa Nova: Joao Gilberto
Bob Dylan of Brazil: Caetano Veloso

8. JAMAICA

BESTS FROM JAMAICA

Most Well-Known Reggae Artist of All-Time: Bob Marley
Ska and Reggae Vocal Group: Toots & The Maytals
Influential Dub and Reggae Singer: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

7. AUSTRIA

BESTS FROM AUSTRIA

One of the Three Greatest Composers of All-Time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Father of the Symphony: Joseph Haydn
Composer of Unfinished Symphony: Franz Schubert
The Waltz King: Johann Strauss II



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6. RUSSIA

BESTS FROM RUSSIA

Last Great Representative of Late Romanticism in Classical Music. Sergei Rachmaninoff
One of the Five Innovators of Russian Music: Modest Mussorgsky
Russian Composer of Soviet Period: Dmitri Shostakovich
Most Influential Composer of 20th Century: Igor Stravinsky
Best Russian Bands Ever: Пикник, Алиса, Кино, Аквариум, ДДТ, Nautilus Pompilius
Composer of Swan Lake and Nutcracker Ballets: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

5. ITALY

BESTS FROM ITALY

Greatest Italian Composer Ever: Antonio Vivaldi
One of the Most Famous Opera Composers Ever: Guiseppe Verdi
Composer of More Than 500 Film and Television Productions: Ennio Morricone

4. FRANCE

BESTS FROM FRANCE

One of the Two Key Figures of Impressionist Music Along with Ravel: Claude Debussy
Composer of Gymnopedies: Erik Satie
One of the World’s most Influential Musicians: Serge Gainsbourg
Superstar of Minimalist and Avant-Garde Music: Yann Tiersen

3. GERMANY

BESTS FROM GERMANY

Greatest Composers of All-Time: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach
Most Influential Electronic Music Band of the History: Kraftwerk
Pioneer of Classical Music: Hildegard von Bingen

2. ENGLAND

BESTS FROM ENGLAND

Over One Billion Album Seller, Greatest Band of All-Time: The Beatles
Greatest Rock and Roll Band Ever: Rolling Stones
The Heaviest Band of the Seventies: Led Zeppelin
Best Progressive Rock Band Ever: Pink Floyd

1. U.S.A

BESTS FROM U.S.A

Greatest Contribution to Song-Writing: Bob Dylan
Greatest Guitarist of All-Time: Jimi Hendrix
Most Important American Musician of 20th Century: Louis Armstrong
King of Rock ’n ‘ Roll: Elvis Presley

Break out the bubbly! January 30, 2009 marks the second anniversary of my registration at last.fm. As I did on the 18-month mark on July 30, 2008 and on my first anniversary on January 30, 2008, I have taken a snapshot of my listening during these two scrobblicious years.

The lists
I have included four lists in this snapshot: two examining the past year (2008) and two examining my entire last.fm "career".

The information in these lists is worth what it is worth. (And that's not much.)

The Top 25 Artists of 2008
Here is a list of the top 25 artists for 2008.

1) James Taylor, scrobbled 834 times
2) BBC Radio 4, scrobbled 616 times
3) Ella Fitzgerald, scrobbled 607 times
4) Stacey Kent, scrobbled 580 times
5) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, scrobbled 364 times
6) Carly Simon, scrobbled 360 times
7) Diana Krall, scrobbled 311 times
8) Academy of Ancient Music, scrobbled 275 times
9) The Beatles, scrobbled 255 times
10) Yo-Yo Ma, scrobbled 228 times
11) Simon & Garfunkel, scrobbled 200 times
12) Holly Cole, scrobbled 195 times
13) I Musici, scrobbled 191 times
13) Loreena McKennitt, scrobbled 191 times
15) Blossom Dearie, scrobbled 190 times
16) Fred Astaire, scrobbled 187 times
17) Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, scrobbled 175 times
18) Billy Joel, scrobbled 159 times
19) Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà, scrobbled 158 times
20) Aldo Ciccolini, scrobbled 155 times
21) Anita O'Day, scrobbled 147 times
22) Earl Klugh, scrobbled 146 times
23) Carpenters, scrobbled 140 times
24) The Mamas & The Papas, scrobbled 138 times
24) Phoenix Chamber Choir, scrobbled 138 times

The Top 25 Tracks of 2008
Here is a list of the top 25 tracks for 2008. Acute readers will note that there are actually 29 tracks on this list.

1) Stacey Kent: I've Got A Crush On You, scrobbled 24 times
2) Janis Ian: At Seventeen, scrobbled 22 times
3) James Taylor: Copperline, scrobbled 21 times
3) Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (Art of the Fugue), BWV 1080, scrobbled 21 times
5) James Taylor: Fire And Rain, scrobbled 20 times
5) Nicolette Larson: Lotta Love, scrobbled 20 times
5) Stacey Kent: You Are There, scrobbled 20 times
8) Stacey Kent: Dreamsville, scrobbled 19 times
8) Spyro Gyra: Morning Dance, scrobbled 19 times
10) James Taylor: Handy Man, scrobbled 18 times
10) Livingston Taylor: Pajamas, scrobbled 18 times
10) Stacey Kent: The Best Is Yet To Come, scrobbled 18 times
10) Stacey Kent: Polka Dots & Moonbeams, scrobbled 18 times
14) Jackie DeShannon: What The World Needs Now Is Love, scrobbled 17 times
14) Ella Fitzgerald: How Long Has This Been Going On?, scrobbled 17 times
14) Anita O'Day: Whisper Not, scrobbled 17 times
14) Adele: Chasing Pavements, scrobbled 17 times
14) Holly Cole: Downtown, scrobbled 17 times
14) Stacey Kent: When Your Lover Has Gone, scrobbled 17 times
14) Julie London: Cry Me A River, scrobbled 17 times
21) Sonny Rollins: You Are Too Beautiful, scrobbled 16 times
21) Stacey Kent: Ooh Shoo Be Doo Be, scrobbled 16 times
21) Stacey Kent: The Boy Next Door, scrobbled 16 times
21) James Taylor: Country Road, scrobbled 16 times
21) Johann Strauss II: The Blue Danube, scrobbled 16 times
21) Livingston Taylor: My Perfect Christmas Day, scrobbled 16 times
21) Stacey Kent: The Trolley Song, scrobbled 16 times
21) Stacey Kent: Isn't It a Pity, scrobbled 16 times
21) Stacey Kent: What The World Needs Now Is Love, scrobbled 16 times

It looks like Stacey Kent was the big winner this year; this is proof of the power of last.fm, I was not really aware of Ms. Kent before last.fm.

Note also that this list includes two renditions of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's classic "What the World Needs Now Is Love": the definitive Jackie DeShannon version and a cover version by the aforementioned Stacey Kent. As a result, "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is actually the top song, with 33 plays.

Top 25 "Artists": Global results
Here are the "artists" that I apparently have listened to most often since I signed up to last.fm.

The list shows the current ranking, followed by the ranking on January 30, 2008. The number of scrobbles is listed, followed by a summary of the artist's "chart movement" in the last year.

1) (2) James Taylor, scrobbled 1338 times. Up 1 position. 834 additional scrobbles.
2) (4) Ella Fitzgerald, scrobbled 877 times. Up 2 positions. 607 additional scrobbles.
3) (3) Carly Simon, scrobbled 782 times. Same position. 360 additional scrobbles.
4) (-) BBC Radio 4, scrobbled 687 times. New to chart.
5) (1) Johann Sebastian Bach, scrobbled 677 times. Down 4 positions. 127 additional scrobbles.
6) (-) Stacey Kent, scrobbled 588 times. New to chart.
7) (7) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, scrobbled 550 times. Same position. 364 additional scrobbles.
8) (6) The Beatles, scrobbled 444 times. Down 2 positions. 255 additional scrobbles.
9) (5) Loreena McKennitt, scrobbled 423 times. Down 4 positions. 191 additional scrobbles.
10) (12) Academy of Ancient Music, scrobbled 393 times. Up 2 positions. 275 additional scrobbles.
11) (-) Diana Krall, scrobbled 372 times. New to chart.
12) (9) Fred Astaire, scrobbled 322 times. Down 3 positions. 187 additional scrobbles.
13) (8) Carole King, scrobbled 310 times. Down 5 positions. 131 additional scrobbles.
14) (14) Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, scrobbled 289 times. Same position. 175 additional scrobbles.
15) (20) Blossom Dearie, scrobbled 283 times. Up 5 positions. 190 additional scrobbles.
16) (11) Aldo Ciccolini, scrobbled 279 times. Down 5 positions. 155 additional scrobbles.
17) (-) Simon & Garfunkel, scrobbled 277 times. New to chart.
18) (-) Holly Cole, scrobbled 271 times. New to chart.
19) (-) Yo-Yo Ma, scrobbled 256 times. New to chart.
20) (18) Carpenters, scrobbled 239 times. Down 2 positions. 140 additional scrobbles.
21) (-) Anita O'Day, scrobbled 227 times. New to chart.
22) (13) Livingston Taylor, scrobbled 217 times. Down 9 positions. 101 additional scrobbles.
22) (-) Earl Klugh, scrobbled 217 times. New to chart.
24) (15) Spyro Gyra, scrobbled 198 times. Down 9 positions. 86 additional scrobbles.
25) (25) Arnold McCuller, scrobbled 194 times. Same position. 109 additional scrobbles.

The following "artists" which now appear amongst the Top 25 artists were not listed a year ago: BBC Radio 4, the aforementioned Stacey Kent, Diana Krall, Simon & Garfunkel, Holly Cole Yo-Yo Ma, Anita O'Day and Earl Klugh.

Similarly, the following artists who appeared in the Top 25 a year ago are no longer present: Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Capercaillie, Michel Rivard, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ottorino Respighi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Clannad. Gone, but not forgotten.

Top 15 Tracks: Global results
Here are the ten top tracks that I apparently have listened to most often since I signed up to last.fm.

Again, the list shows the current ranking, followed by the ranking on January 30, 2008. The number of scrobbles is listed, followed by a summary of the track's "chart movement".

1) (1) Livingston Taylor: I Will Be in Love With You, scrobbled 44 times. Same position. 13 additional scrobbles.
2) (2) Spyro Gyra: Morning Dance, scrobbled 35 times. Same position. 19 additional scrobbles.
3) (2) Spyro Gyra: Shaker Song, scrobbled 31 times. Down 1 position. 15 additional scrobbles.
4) (-) Nicolette Larson: Lotta Love, scrobbled 30 times. New to chart.
5) (2) Spyro Gyra: Catching The Sun, scrobbled 29 times. Down 3 positions. 13 additional scrobbles.
5) (9) Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, scrobbled 29 times. Up 4 positions. 18 additional scrobbles.
7) (6) Livingston Taylor: My Perfect Christmas Day, scrobbled 28 times. Down 1 position. 16 additional scrobbles.
7) (-) James Taylor: Copperline, scrobbled 28 times. New to chart.
7) (-) James Taylor: Handy Man, scrobbled 28 times. New to chart.
7) (-) James Taylor: Fire And Rain, scrobbled 28 times. New to chart.
11) (-) Janis Ian: At Seventeen, scrobbled 26 times. New to chart.
12) (-) James Taylor: Country Road, scrobbled 25 times. New to chart.
12) (9) James Taylor: Secret O' Life, scrobbled 25 times. Down 3 positions. 14 additional scrobbles.
14) (-) Stacey Kent: I've Got A Crush On You, scrobbled 24 times. New to chart.
14) (-) Ella Fitzgerald: How Long Has This Been Going On?, scrobbled 24 times. New to chart.