Category: year in review

2021 Playlist Year in Review

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It’s time once again to check out my yearly totals from last.fm. A large part of my listening is shuffle play as I sit at my computer, but starting in 2016, offline albums are included. About the only things not included in these tallies are streaming internet radio and whatever I listen to in the car. Enough explanation; on to the numbers!

Top 20 played artists, based on individual song play counts

  1. Genesis (366)
  2. Pet Shop Boys (270)
  3. Steven Wilson (239)
  4. Porcupine Tree (236)
  5. Anthony Phillips (209)
  6. Steve Hackett (179)
  7. Dream Theater (176)
  8. Joe Hisaishi (175)
  9. Peter Gabriel (155)
  10. Pink Floyd (136)
  11. Tony Banks (102)
  12. Satoru Kousaki (95)
  13. Yes (91)
  14. J.A. Seazer (90)
  15. Thy Catafalque (87)
  16. BABYMETAL (81)
  17. Yasunori Mitsuda (79)
  18. Nobuo Uematsu (75)
  19. Shinkichi Mitsumune (73)
  20. Michiru Oshima (73)

Top 20 played-from albums*, based on individual song play counts

*this is not the same as most-played albums! For this list, every time a song plays is a “vote” for the album it is from, whether in shuffle mode of my entire library or listening to the album all the way through, with each play of a song counting once. Or to put it another way, the more songs an album has on it, the easier it is to climb this list.

  1. Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (57)
  2. Hydelic – Tetris Effect Soundtrack (50)
  3. Michiru Oshima – Little Witch Academia Original Sound Track Archive (45)
  4. Kou Otani – Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Operation 1 Soundtrack (38)
  5. Kensuke Ushio – Boogiepop and Others Soundtrack (35)
  6. Tony Banks – A Curious Feeling (32)
  7. Hiromi Mizutani – Non Non Biyori Soundtrack (31)
  8. Kenichiro Suehiro – SPACE PATROL LULUCO Appended Disc: Original Soundtracks & Audio Dramas (30)
  9. Genesis – We Can’t Dance (28)
  10. Peter Gabriel – Flotsam and Jetsam (27)
  11. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (25)
  12. George Michael – Faith (25)
  13. Mabanua – BNA Complete album Soundtrack (25)
  14. Hiromi Mizutani – Non Non Biyori Vacation Soundtrack (24)
  15. Hiroyuki Sawano – KILL la KILL COMPLETE SOUNDTRACK (24)
  16. Joe Hisaishi – Children of the Sea Soundtrack (24)
  17. Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack (24)
  18. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing….. (23)
  19. Hideakira Kimura – Gundam Build Divers Series Original Soundtrack (23)
  20. Kevin Penkin – Made in Abyss Soundtrack (23)
  21. Porcupine Tree – In Absentia (23)
  22. Takahiro Obata – The Promised Neverland Soundtrack (23)

There is no top songs list because there is too large of a sample size of individual songs for such a list to have any real meaning. My shuffle playlist is designed to avoid overplaying any particular song, so I have many songs with the same number of play counts over any particular time span. If you’re really interested in these numbers though, see my last.fm library.

Also, you can compare this list to 2018, 2019, or 2020. Summaries for years prior to that are on my now-closed tumblr, though I have them archived locally for posterity.

2020 Playlist Year in Review

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2020 has been a year to forget. It even has drained much of my motivation for coming up with blog posts. Hopefully I can turn that around a bit in 2021. But the music still went on! Did a year like no other change my listening habits at all? Let’s find out…

It’s time once again to check out my yearly totals from last.fm. A large part of my listening is shuffle play as I sit at my computer, but starting in 2016, offline albums are included. About the only things not included in these tallies are streaming internet radio and whatever I listen to in the car. Enough explanation; on to the numbers!

And because I can, I’m expanding to Top 20 this year. Why not?

Top 20 played artists, based on individual song play counts

  1. Genesis (311)
  2. Pet Shop Boys (311)
  3. Anthony Phillips (267)
  4. Porcupine Tree (256)
  5. Steven Wilson (214)
  6. Steve Hackett (153)
  7. Joe Hisaishi (141)
  8. Yes (135)
  9. Pink Floyd (115)
  10. Shinkichi Mitsumune (108)
  11. J.A. Seazer (107)
  12. Peter Gabriel (102)
  13. Yasunori Mitsuda (95)
  14. Nine Inch Nails (90)
  15. Nobuo Uematsu (88)
  16. Renaissance (87)
  17. BABYMETAL (85)
  18. “Weird Al” Yankovic (78)
  19. Takayuki Negishi (78)
  20. TORIENA (78)

Top 20 played-from albums*, based on individual song play counts

  1. Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (67)
  2. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (42)
  3. Anthony Phillips – Field Day (33)
  4. Kou Otani – Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Operation 1 Soundtrack (32)
  5. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things Original Soundtrack (32)
  6. Michiru Oshima – Little Witch Academia Original Sound Track Archive (32)
  7. Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (31)
  8. Hiromi Mizutani – Non Non Biyori Soundtrack (30)
  9. Joe Hisaishi – Princess Mononoke Soundtrack (28)
  10. Kensuke Ushio – Boogiepop and Others Soundtrack (28)
  11. Roger Waters – The Wall Live 2010-2013 (27)
  12. J.A. Seazer – Revolutionary Girl Utena OST 11: I, Revolution Pharsalia <transformation> (26)
  13. Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack (26)
  14. BABYMETAL – METAL GALAXY (25)
  15. Porcupine Tree – In Absentia (25)
  16. Akira Takemoto – Serial Experiments Lain Bootleg Soundtrack (24)
  17. The Chipmunks with David Seville – Christmas With The Chipmunks (24)
  18. Michiru Yamane – Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Soundtrack (24)
  19. Yasunori Mitsuda – Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht Soundtrack (24)
  20. Masashi Hamauzu – Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack (24)

*this is not the same as most-played albums! For this list, every time a song plays is a “vote” for the album it is from, whether in shuffle mode of my entire playlist or listening to the album all the way through, with each play of a song counting once. Or to put it another way, it’s easier for an album with fifteen short tracks to climb this chart than one with five long ones, for example.

There is no top songs list because there is too large of a sample size of individual songs for such a list to have any real meaning. My shuffle playlist is designed to avoid overplaying any particular song, so I have many songs with the same number of play counts over any particular time span. If you’re really interested in these numbers though, see my last.fm library.

Also, you can compare this list to 2018 or 2019. Summaries for years prior to that are on my now-closed tumblr, though I have them archived locally for posterity.

2019 Playlist Year in Review

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It’s time once again to check out my yearly totals from last.fm. A large part of my listening is shuffle play as I sit at my computer, but starting in 2016, offline albums are included. About the only things not included in these tallies are streaming internet radio and whatever I listen to in the car. Enough explanation; on to the numbers!

Top 10 played artists, based on individual song play counts

  1. Genesis (321)
  2. Pet Shop Boys (317)
  3. Steven Wilson (306)
  4. Porcupine Tree (280)
  5. Anthony Phillips (258)
  6. Joe Hisaishi (216)
  7. Steve Hackett (178)
  8. Peter Gabriel (126)
  9. Tony Banks (116)
  10. Dream Theater (111)
  11. TORIENA (111)

Top 10 played-from albums*, based on individual song play counts

  1. Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (102)
  2. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things Original Soundtrack (72)
  3. Akira Takemoto – Serial Experiments Lain Bootleg (55)
  4. Kou Otani – Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Operation 1 Soundtrack (39)
  5. Shiro Hamaguchi – Girls und Panzer Original Soundtrack (39)
  6. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing….. (38)
  7. Joe Hisaishi – Princess Mononoke Original Soundtrack (35)
  8. Tony Banks – A Curious Feeling (34)
  9. Porcupine Tree – In Absentia (31)
  10. Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning (30)
  11. Steven Wilson – The Raven that Refused to Sing (and other stories) (30)
  12. The Beatles – The Beatles (30)
  13. Tony Banks – Bankstatement (30)
  14. Takatsugu Muramatsu – Mary and the Witch’s Flower Original Soundtrack (30)

*this is not the same as most-played albums! For this list, every time a song plays is a “vote” for the album it is from, whether in shuffle mode of my entire playlist or listening to the album all the way through, with each play of a song counting once. Or to put it another way, it’s easier for an album with fifteen short tracks to climb this chart than one with five long ones, for example.

There is no top songs list because there is too large of a sample size of individual songs for such a list to have any real meaning. My shuffle playlist is designed to avoid overplaying any particular song, so I have many songs with the same number of play counts over any particular time span. If you’re really interested in these numbers though, see my last.fm library.

Also, you can compare this list to 2018. Prior years’ summaries are on my now-closed tumblr, though I have them archived locally for posterity.

2018 Playlist Year in Review

Posted on by NieA_78

It’s time once again to check out my yearly totals from last.fm. A large part of my listening is shuffle play as I sit at my computer, but starting in 2016, offline albums are included. About the only things not included in these tallies are streaming internet radio and whatever I listen to in the car. Enough explanation; on to the numbers!

Top 10 played artists, based on individual song play counts

  1. Pet Shop Boys (411)
  2. Genesis (323)
  3. Porcupine Tree (320)
  4. Steven Wilson (286)
  5. Anthony Phillips (198)
  6. Steve Hackett (180)
  7. Yes (142)
  8. BABYMETAL (123)
  9. Shinkichi Mitsumune (122)
  10. Peter Gabriel (116)

Top 10 played-from albums*, based on individual song play counts

  1. Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. (91)
  2. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things Original Soundtrack (48)
  3. Kou Ootani – Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Operation 1 OST (42)
  4. Steven Wilson – Last Day of June Original Soundtrack (41)
  5. Joe Hisaishi – Princess Mononoke Original Soundtrack (30)
  6. Yukari Hashimoto – Yurikuma Arashi Original Soundtrack (30)
  7. Koji Kondo – Super Mario World OST & Arrange Album (30)
  8. Tomoki Kikuya – Hidamari Sketch Original Soundtrack (29)
  9. Exposé – Exposure (28)
  10. Steve Hackett – Genesis Revisited II (28)
  11. Yasunori Mitsuda – Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack (28)

*this is not the same as most-played albums! For this list, every time a song plays is a “vote” for the album it is from, whether in shuffle mode of my entire playlist or listening to the album all the way through, with each play of a song counting once. Or to put it another way, it’s easier for an album with fifteen short tracks to climb this chart than one with five long ones, for example.

There is no top songs list because there is too large of a sample size of individual songs for such a list to have any real meaning. My shuffle playlist is designed to avoid overplaying any particular song, so I have many songs with the same number of play counts over any particular time span. If you’re really interested in these numbers though, see my last.fm library.

Also, you can compare this list to 2016 or 2017.