{"id":11671,"date":"2017-02-20T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2017-01-15T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T22:31:18","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-139-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/itunes-top-200-artists-139-150\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #139-150"},"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\u00a0continue today with having completed 1\/4 of the top 200, with our\u00a0first returning artist who has suffered a large fall\u00a0down the list.<\/p>\n<p>#150:\u00a0P.M. Dawn<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a031\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The trip-hop duo makes the list thanks to contributions from 3 of their hit singles.<\/p>\n<p>#145: The Presidents\u00a0of the United States of America<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a032\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The debut album from the band contributes their 3 songs that make up their total.<\/p>\n<p>#145:\u00a0LL Cool J<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a032\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>3 tracks from the New York rapper cum Hollywood icon make up his total.<\/p>\n<p>#145:\u00a0Led Zeppelin<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a032\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The quintessential rock band of the 1970s make the chart based on the total from 3 songs.<\/p>\n<p>#145:\u00a0Ice Cube<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a032\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The gangsta rap maestro uses 2 solo tracks to make up this total.<\/p>\n<p>#145: Cher<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a032\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Only 2 tracks, including a duet (triet?)with Beavis and Butt-head, place Cher on the chart.<\/p>\n<p>#139:\u00a0The White Stripes<br \/>\n<!--more-->iTunes stats:\u00a033\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The duo from Detroit take 3 different tracks to combine for their total.<\/p>\n<p>#139:\u00a0Ozzy Osbourne<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a033\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/91-100\/\">#94<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our first returning entry, Ozzy managed to add only 9 new listens over the past 3 years to drop 45 spots in the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>#139:\u00a0Hoyt Curtin<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a033\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The former primary musical director for Hanna-Barbera combines the totals from theme songs tp 4 cartoons to make up this total.<\/p>\n<p>#139:\u00a0Dion &amp; The Belmonts<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a033\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>3 tracks from the early 60s stalwarts make up their total.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":[973,972,1000,7146,3918,1063,328,301,1124,1171,3967,407,448],"class_list":["post-11671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-beavis-butthead","tag-cher","tag-dion-the-belmonts","tag-hanna-barbera","tag-hoyt-curtin","tag-ice-cube","tag-itunes","tag-led-zeppelin","tag-ll-cool-j","tag-ozzy-osbourne","tag-p-m-dawn","tag-the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america","tag-white-stripes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671","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=11671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11850,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11671\/revisions\/11850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}