Once again, please ignore my nerdy compulsion to make unnecessarily complicated charts tracking my musical tastes.
Top fifty artists with play counts and position changes from last year's list. Bolded artists were not within last year's fifty. Underlined are artists I didn't like or listen to much/at all until this year.
1. Joanna Newsom (806 plays) UP 34
2. Laura Marling (701 plays)
3. Sufjan Stevens (678 plays)
4. Nina Nastasia (609 plays)
5. She & Him (581 plays) UP 28
6. Owen Pallett (565 plays)
7. Janelle Monáe (551 plays)
8. Azure Ray (454 plays)
9. The Narrative (426 plays) UP 37
10. Shannon Wright (411 plays) UP 10
11. Lydia (373 plays) UP 6
12. Beach House (341 plays) DOWN 5
13. Stars (332 plays) UP 14
14. The Morning Of (307 plays)
15. Los Campesinos! (293 plays) DOWN 5
16. Stephen Trask (259 plays)
17. iamamiwhoami (233 plays)
18. The Antlers (231 plays)
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Top fifty artists with play counts and position changes from last year's list. Bolded artists were not within last year's fifty. Underlined are artists I didn't like or listen to much/at all until this year.
1. Joanna Newsom (806 plays) UP 34
2. Laura Marling (701 plays)
3. Sufjan Stevens (678 plays)
4. Nina Nastasia (609 plays)
5. She & Him (581 plays) UP 28
6. Owen Pallett (565 plays)
7. Janelle Monáe (551 plays)
8. Azure Ray (454 plays)
9. The Narrative (426 plays) UP 37
10. Shannon Wright (411 plays) UP 10
11. Lydia (373 plays) UP 6
12. Beach House (341 plays) DOWN 5
13. Stars (332 plays) UP 14
14. The Morning Of (307 plays)
15. Los Campesinos! (293 plays) DOWN 5
16. Stephen Trask (259 plays)
17. iamamiwhoami (233 plays)
18. The Antlers (231 plays)
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