{"id":11667,"date":"2017-02-06T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11667"},"modified":"2017-01-02T08:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T14:12:25","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-159-167","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/itunes-top-200-artists-159-167\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #159-167"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/itunes-top-100-96-118\/itunes_image\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg 268w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/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<p>We continue on today with the remaining 4 acts tied for 167th, the 3 tied for 164th, and the first 3 tied for 159th, spanning the 1960s through the 2010s.<\/p>\n<p>#167:\u00a0Cee Lo Green<br \/>\niTunes stats: 27\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Tied with his own collaboration effort with DJ Danger Mouse, Cee Lo Green makes it as a solo artist thanks to his one megahit.<\/p>\n<p>#167: Bad Religion<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a027\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>2 hits from the band, who I saw open for <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/concert-flashback-pearl-jam\/\">Pearl Jam<\/a> at Soldier Field in 1995, make up this total.<\/p>\n<p>#167:\u00a0Belly<br \/>\niTunes stats: 27\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The band, formed by former Throwing Muses member Tanya Donelly, uses contributions from 2 songs to make the list.<\/p>\n<p>#167:\u00a0Alice Cooper<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a027\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The so-called Godfather of Shock Rock hits the chart thanks to contributions from 3 different tracks.<\/p>\n<p>#164: The Doors<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a028\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>3 tracks make up the total from the seminal LA rock group fronted by Jim Morrison.<\/p>\n<p>#164: Poe<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a028\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The trippy singer scores with 4 different songs to make up her total.<\/p>\n<p>#164:\u00a0Frente!<br \/>\n<!--more-->iTunes stats:\u00a028\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre Australian band&#8217;s total comes from their two US hits.<\/p>\n<p>#159:\u00a0The Mamas &amp; The Papas<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a029\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Only 3 tunes from the influential 60s group make up their total.<\/p>\n<p>#159:\u00a0Stan Bush<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a029\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The star of the <em>TransFormers: The Movie<\/em> soundtrack has 2 tracks comprise his total.<\/p>\n<p>#159:\u00a0Sponge<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a029\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>3 tunes from the 90s alternative band make up their total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/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":[466,464,288,971,1003,536,328,7138,176,1184,2432,1237,456,7137,1281,303,5083,687],"class_list":["post-11667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-alice-cooper","tag-bad-religion","tag-belly","tag-cee-lo-green","tag-dj-danger-mouse","tag-frente","tag-itunes","tag-jim-morrison","tag-pearl-jam","tag-poe","tag-soldier-field","tag-sponge","tag-stan-bush","tag-tanya-donelly","tag-the-doors","tag-the-mamas-the-papas","tag-throwing-muses","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667","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=11667"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11737,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions\/11737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}