{"id":11676,"date":"2017-02-27T03:20:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T09:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11676"},"modified":"2017-01-15T16:49:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T22:49:06","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-129-139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/itunes-top-200-artists-129-139\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #129-139"},"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 today with a wide variety of musical styles, including a couple of returning artists and a few sports-related entries.<\/p>\n<p>#139:\u00a0Chance the Rapper<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a033\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago native makes is with 2 &#8220;tracks&#8221; that are outtakes from his intro video for the 2016 White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>#139: Billy Idol<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a033\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>3 tracks from Billy Idol combine to make up this total.<\/p>\n<p>#129:\u00a0Warren G<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a034\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The stepbrother of Dr. Dre combines the total from 3 tracks off his debut album to make this spot on the chart.<\/p>\n<p>#129:\u00a0UB40<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a034\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The British reggae band make the list based on their total listens from 4 different tracks.<\/p>\n<p>#129: Tommy James &amp; The Shondells<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a034\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>4 tracks, 3 of which were just purchased last year, make up the total for the 60s stalwart.<\/p>\n<p>#129: The Breeders<br \/>\niTunes stats:\u00a034\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/83-90\/\">#84<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our second returning artist, the group added a miniscule 6 new listens over the past 3 years, causing them to drop 35 spots in the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>#129:\u00a0Republica<br \/>\n<!--more-->iTunes stats:\u00a034\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: <a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/91-100\/\">#98<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our third returning artist saw a drop of 31 spots thanks to only 11 new listens for their 2 songs.<\/p>\n<p>#129:\u00a0Montell Jordan<br \/>\niTunes stats: 34\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Just the one song, used as walk up music by the recently departed Adam Eaton, makes up this total.<\/p>\n<p>#129:\u00a0Lily Allen<br \/>\niTunes stats: 34\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The English chartreuse uses only\u00a03 songs to make up her total.<\/p>\n<p>#129:\u00a0Carpenters<br \/>\niTunes stats: 34\u00a0plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The king and queen of 70s soft rock use 6 separate tracks to make up this 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":[2473,424,970,7147,93,328,104,7148,727,197,523,1333,477,49],"class_list":["post-11676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-adam-eaton","tag-billy-idol","tag-carpenters","tag-chance-the-rapper","tag-dr-dre","tag-itunes","tag-lily-allen","tag-montell-jordan","tag-republica","tag-the-breeders","tag-tommy-james-the-shondells","tag-ub40","tag-warren-g","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11676","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=11676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11852,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11676\/revisions\/11852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}