{"id":11663,"date":"2017-01-16T08:55:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11663"},"modified":"2017-01-01T18:18:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T00:18:31","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-179-185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/itunes-top-200-artists-179-185\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #179-185"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>3 years ago, we first counted down the then Top 100 artists in my iTunes library.\u00a0 Since that time, I\u2019ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact.\u00a0 So, I figured it was time to take another look, expanding out the field to the top 200 artists, based on number of plays from late 2007 through January 1, 2017.<\/p>\n

Today, we look at the remaining 6 bands tied for 185th with 25 plays apiece before starting with the first 4 bands tied for 179th, with 26.\u00a0 Again, these are all new entries to the list from the original 2013 edition.<\/p>\n

#179:\u00a0PJ Harvey
\niTunes stats:\u00a026\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The 90s indie darling has a completely even split between 2 songs to make up this total.<\/p>\n

#179: Soundgarden
\niTunes stats:\u00a026\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

5 different tracks from the bastions of Seattle’s alternative scene place them pretty low on the list.<\/p>\n

#179:\u00a0The B-52’s
\niTunes stats:\u00a026\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The Georgia-based band has 3 songs that make up this total.<\/p>\n

#179:\u00a0The Wonders
\niTunes stats: 26\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The imaginary band from the hit 1996 film That Thing You Do!<\/em> uses their one hit to make their way on to the chart.<\/p>\n

#185: Cardigans
\niTunes stats: 25\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The Swedish band, who I saw live in 2004<\/a>, make the list thanks to 3 tunes.<\/p>\n

#185: Darling Violetta
\niTunes stats:\u00a025\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The outfit responsible for the theme song to Angel<\/em> rides that track to this spot on the chart.<\/p>\n

#185:\u00a0Firehouse
\niTunes stats:\u00a025\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The glam band, who beat out Alice In Chains and Nirvana for Favorite Heavy Metal\/Hard Rock New Artist at the 1992 American Music Awards, have 3 songs making up their play total.<\/p>\n

#185:\u00a0Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
\niTunes stats:\u00a025\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

A pretty even split between her 2 songs to make up this spot on the list.<\/p>\n

#185:\u00a0Matthew Sweet
\niTunes stats: 25\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The singer’s total comes from 3 hits from the early to mid 90’s.<\/p>\n

#185: The Cure
\niTunes stats: 25\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

One of the originators of the Goth Rock scene of the early 80s, The Cure use 2 tracks to make up their total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3 years ago, we first counted down the then Top 100 artists in my iTunes library.\u00a0 Since that time, I\u2019ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact.\u00a0 So, I figured it was time to take another look, expanding out the field to the top 200 artists, based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[925,3037,2856,521,195,530,328,1120,539,437,1183,782,2894,1268,428,461],"class_list":["post-11663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-alice-in-chains","tag-american-music-awards","tag-angel","tag-cardigans","tag-darling-violetta","tag-firehouse","tag-itunes","tag-lisa-loeb-nine-stories","tag-matthew-sweet","tag-nirvana","tag-pj-harvey","tag-soundgarden","tag-that-thing-you-do","tag-the-b-52s","tag-the-cure","tag-the-wonders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11733,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11663\/revisions\/11733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}