Sabato 1 Gen 2011, 14:09

Since the 40,000 mark slipped right past me, I figured I owed to myself to do an end of year list this year, since I missed last year. With very little further ado, here are my top 20 artists, albums, and tracks of the year:

My Top 20 Most Listened to Artists (all right, 22, if you count the tie):

1. Travis (219)
2. Sufjan Stevens (212)
3. The Band (178)
4. Feist (174)
5. Iron & Wine (151)
5. Passion Pit (151)
7. MGMT (144)
8. Ani DiFranco (141)
9. Death Cab for Cutie (137)
10. Take My Backpack (136)
10. Glee Cast (136)
12. Bon Iver (129)
13. Flight of the Conchords (125)
14. Spoon (120)
15. Snow Patrol (118)
16. Coldplay (115)
17. Jamie Drake (111)
18. Bruce Springsteen (98)
19. Nickel Creek (93)
20. Elvis Costello (90)
20. U2 (90)
20. Aimee Mann (90)

My Top 20 Most Listened to Albums (okay, 21, since there was a tie):

1. Oracular Spectacular
2. The Last Waltz
3. TMB
4. Eyes Open
5. When I Was Yours
6. The Reminder
7. Greatest Hits
8. Pride & Prejudice
9. The Best of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years
10. Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas
11. For Emma, Forever Ago
12. The Boy With No Name
13. Details
14. Because of the Times
15. Gimme Fiction
16. Manners
17. The Suburbs
18. Give Up
18. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
20. White Ladder
20. Why Should the Fire Die

My Top 20 Most Listened to Tracks (and again with the ties! Geez, it's 22):

1. Moth's Wings (60)
2. Home (57)
3. Bulletproof (55)
4. Something Good Can Work (52)
5. Airplanes (48)
6. When You Walk in the Room (47)
7. Little Bit (41)
8. Dancing On My Own (39)
9. Blood (38)
10. Sleepyhead (37)
11. Since I Left You (36)
11. Long Distance Call (36)
13. The Reeling (35)
14. Weekend Wars (34)
15. Bizarre Love Triangle (33)
15. Rootless (33)
17. Sticks & Stones (32)
17. Dog Days are Over (32)
19. 5 Years Time (29)
20. Let's Dance to Joy Division (28)
20. Hometown Glory (28)
20. I And Love And You (28)

To be honest, I still don't quite get how the Album stats work, but I'm not too surprised at how 2010 shook out. I do want to give a shout out to the album I probably listened to the most, even though it doesn't show up here at all. The CD that's been in my car for the last several months is Achtung Baby, so while it doesn't scrobble, it does get a lot of listens. This is the year that Sufjan leapfrogged over Aimee and Ani to get to #2 on my charts, thanks to 2 new albums this year and the frequent listens of Songs for Christmas last month. My friend Dianna's band, Take My Backpack has risen through the ranks of my music to come in at #10 this year, and Jamie Drake, friend-of-friends, has come in at #17. So apparently I like people I know, and music I've been listening to for a while.

Oh 2011, what musical delights shall you bring?