Your Most Listened to Artists of 2010

[u2popmofo]

Since these sorts of lists can often wind up quite different than a "favorites" or "best" list (and sometimes can even help you shape your list), I thought it would be interesting to share our most listened to artists of the year.

If you have Last FM, this is quite simple to acquire this info with the "Last 12 months" tab for your artists or songs. If not, you can attempt it less scientifically with your music player's play counts or flat out guessing.

Here are my top 10 artists based on total listens:

1. The New Pornographers
2. Shearwater
3. The National
4. U2
5. Arcade Fire
6. Los Campesinos!
7. Sufjan Stevens
8. Jonsi
9. Midlake
10. Broken Social Scene

(Very closely followed by Four Tet, Radiohead, Beach House, Vampire Weekend, and Okkervil River)

I may include songs later. Let's see everyone else's lists!

 

[iron yuppie]

This was an interesting discovery for me, as my list shows some surprises (most notably, the absence of Radiohead, who still sits atop my all-time listening list by a comfortable margin).

1. The National
2. Depeche Mode
3. The Cure
4. Morrissey
5. Elton John
6. U2
7. Miles Davis
8. Feist
9. Neil Young
10. LCD Soundsystem

 

[LemonMelon]

1. The National - 95
2. R.E.M. - 91
3. Broken Social Scene - 83
4. Gorillaz - 81
5. The Flaming Lips - 80
6. The New Pornographers - 78
7. Kanye West - 76
8. David Bowie - 70
8. Bob Dylan - 70
8. Elliott Smith - 70

Total plays for 2010:

9301.

So yeah, I don't really listen to that much of any one artist. I don't even rank High Violet all that highly for the year, so the National being #1 doesn't really count for much.

 

[bono_212]

I've listened to a lot of different artists this year, as opposed to last year where I listened to the Cure 1505 times.

1 U2 248
2 The National 192
3 The Cure 136
4 Arcade Fire 110
5 The Magnetic Fields 104
5 Broken Social Scene 104
7 Mumford & Sons 97
8 Bruce Springsteen 96
9 Pink Floyd 84
9 Phoenix 84
9 The Killers 84
12 Brandon Flowers 79
13 Frightened Rabbit 77
14 Shearwater 76
15 Sufjan Stevens 68

 

[u2popmofo]

This was an interesting discovery for me, as my list shows some surprises

Same here, I never would have guessed my first 2 accurately.

 

[cobl04]

I don't use last.fm so I have no idea, but surely my #1 would be LCD Soundsystem. I went from not being able to name a sob of theirs at the beginning of the year to being a rabid fan by year's end.

 

[u2popmofo]

not being able to name a sob

Lolzorsaurus, friggin' Cobbler.

 

[bono_212]

I'm glad you pointed it out, scumbo, I didn't want to be the one to do it.

 

[Salome]

1 Frank Zappa
2 U2
3 Natalie Merchant
4 Reigning Sound
5 The Dillinger Escape Plan
6 Hunters & Collectors
7 Aphex Twin
8 Crowded House
9 The Cat Empire
10 R.E.M.
11 Lambchop
12 Fleetwood Mac
13 Rudresh Mahanthappa
14 Joanna Newsom
15 Okkyung Lee

 

[cobl04]

Lolzorsaurus, friggin' Cobbler.

Friggin iPhone you mean

Massive Attack also.

 

[collapse]

1. Katatonia - 862
2. U2 - 556
3. The Twilight Sad - 529
4. Bloc Party - 466
5. Interpol - 451
6. Emery - 423
7. Mogwai - 416
8. We Came As Romans - 262
9. Ex Libras - 246
10. Foals - 205

 

[onebloodonelife]

1. The National
2. Okkervil River
3. Broken Social Scene
4. Toro y Moi
5. Four Tet
6. Shearwater
7. dead prez
8. Grizzly Bear
9. Atmosphere
10. The xx
11. Baths
12. The Radio Dept.
13. Local Natives
14. Andrew Bird
15. K'naan

 

[The Sad Punk]

I don't have Last FM so I'll take guesses:

Neon Indian
Memory Tapes
LCD Soundsystem
Sufjan Stevens
Here We Go Magic
Big Boi
Okkervil River
Washed Out
Beatles
Yeasayer

I could be totally off the ball here for a few of them, but eh. edit: whoops I forgot Yeasayer, I'd say they would have made the ten easily.

 

[PhilsFan]

1. The National
2. U2
3. The White Stripes
4. Arcade Fire
5. LCD Soundsystem
6. Gorillaz
7. Los Campesinos!
8. Radiohead
9. Broken Social Scene
10. Beach House
11. The Dead Weather
12. The Black Keys
13. Kanye West
14. Spoon
15. Phoenix

 

[u2popmofo]

Okkervil River
Washed Out

 

[Axver]

1. Crowded House
2. Porcupine Tree
3. The Chills
4. The Church
5. Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
6. Pure Reason Revolution
7. Ride
8. Agalloch
9. Able Tasmans
10. The Bats
11. Muse
12. The Chameleons
13. Isis
14. Chapterhouse
15. REM

 

[If you shout...]

The Bats, wow. Keepin' the scene alive.

 

[the tourist]

According to iTunes:

The Beatles (w/solo albums as well)
The Flaming Lips
Fleet Foxes
Starflyer 59
The Black Keys/Dan Auerbach
The Morning Benders
Kanye West
The Fresh & Onlys
The National
The Zombies
Cee-Lo Green
My Morning Jacket/Jim James
Phoenix
Animal Collective
Girls

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

aww yeah.

1. duran duran (858)
2. lady gaga (459)
3. u2 (231)
4. ladyhawke (163)
5. inxs (124)
6. scissor sisters (114)
7. simple minds (106)
8. japan (98)
9. tears for fears (80)
10. depeche mode (73)
11. ministry (52)
12. spandau ballet (50)
13. kate bush (48)
14. roxy music (46)
15. heaven 17 (45)

 

[IWasBored]

hmmm. my last fm is fucked.

i'm going to say something like this, although probably not in this order:
the national
street dogs
saves the day
say anything
brian jonestown massacre
rem
the loved ones (although that might have actually been last year)
pretty sure i went on a metallica kick for a week or two
same with blink 182
shearwater (i did listen the crap out of rook but that was it, though)
joe satriani

 

[nielsgov]

Just guessing.

The National
Sigur Rós
U2
Radiohead
The Beatles
Interpol
Arcade Fire
Pink Floyd
Gorillaz

 

[cobl04]

same with blink 182

so i'm not the only person on this forum who doesn't roll my eyes in disgust when a Blink song comes on! what do you like of theirs?

 

[U2inUtah]

Good idea for a thread mofo

My Top 15 of the last 12 months:

1. U2 778
2. Alphaville 551
3. Arcade Fire 520
4. De/Vision 378
5. Iris 372
6. Midlake 372
7. R.E.M. 325
8. Midnight Oil 252
9. Fischerspooner 248
10. VNV Nation 242
11. Camouflage 222
12. AFI 217
13. Girl Talk 217
14. Erasure 203
15. Neon Trees 203

and a few others that had new albums in 2010:
16. New Pornographers 201
20. The National 187
22. Big Boi 185
23. Broken Bells 185
24. Shearwater 181
25. Sufjan Stevens 181
33. Manic Street Preachers 147
34. Beach House 133
35. Black Keys 125

 

[ultraviolet92]

fuck yeah blink!

okay here:
1. The Beatles -319
2. Led Zeppelin - 148
3. U2 - 127
4. Radiohead - 92
5. blink 182 - 72
6. Interpol - 67
7. The strokes - 66
8. David Bowie - 66
9. Phoenix - 64
10. Bob Dylan - 60
11. John Lennon - 49
12. Crystal Castles - 47
13. Gorillaz - 45
14. The Black Keys - 37
15. vampire weekend - 33

 

[ultraviolet92]

Just guessing.

The National
Sigur Rós
U2
Radiohead
The Beatles
Interpol
Arcade Fire
Pink Floyd
Gorillaz

wow sums up most of my fave bands

 

[IWasBored]

so i'm not the only person on this forum who doesn't roll my eyes in disgust when a Blink song comes on! what do you like of theirs?

i've gone through a couple of pro and anti blink phases. loved them pre-what's my age again, then with the popularity that album gained i disowned the singles off enema of the state, however i do really like that album now (and really never stopped liking it) when i listen to everything on it minus "all the small things." so let's see, from when i was 16 til about 25 i couldn't care less for them, i was briefly interested when the last self titled album came out because 1) it was a slightly different sound and 2) while i still to this day have not been able to bring myself to listen to the track: robert smith? that's always gotten a LOL out of me. angel and airwaves weren't terrible, either. right now, i've got a nostalgic spot for the early stuff, and generally enjoy the post-becoming super mainstream stuff again now (cos i don't consider myself too punk rock to enjoy it like i did at first when i was 16).

 

[PhilsFan]

There's video of me on the Internet playing in a band that covered a couple Blink songs. I believe it was First Date and Dammit.

 

[u2popmofo]

It's funny how once things are finally not constantly bombarding your senses on the radio, TV, magazines, etc., it's actually possible to appreciate some things you initially hated.

Or the opposite, as what happened to me with Green Day. I was indifferent to them initially, liked them when they weren't popular, and now hate them beyond belief.

 

[nielsgov]

The biggest problem I have with Green Day is that they call themselves a punk band.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

It's funny how once things are finally not constantly bombarding your senses on the radio, TV, magazines, etc., it's actually possible to appreciate some things you initially hated.

Or the opposite, as what happened to me with Green Day. I was indifferent to them initially, liked them when they weren't popular, and now hate them beyond belief.

so true. when things get massively popular either by mainstream and/or people in general (this falls under the "omg you HAVE to watch/hear/whatever this!!!") i usually just hate it by default. i mean, i don't give a shit whether something's popular or not, but just when things are like that. if i went back in time i'd probably enjoy a lot more 90s music now that i'm not hearing it every time i turn on the radio.