{"id":11684,"date":"2017-03-27T03:24:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2017-03-04T15:56:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T21:56:38","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-91-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/itunes-top-200-artists-91-97\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #91-97"},"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

We break in to the second half of the list\u00a0today with a diverse mix of musical genres.<\/p>\n

#97:\u00a0Smash Mouth
\niTunes stats:\u00a046\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #72<\/a><\/p>\n

A scant 13 new listens over the past 3 years led to a 25 spot drop for the NorCal band.<\/p>\n

#97: Oblivion
\niTunes stats:\u00a046\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The local punk band, fronted by a co-worker, uses the 10 tracks from their final album to make up this total.<\/p>\n

#97:\u00a0Oasis
\niTunes stats:\u00a046\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #84<\/a><\/p>\n

The British band, who at one point claimed to be bigger than Jesus,\u00a0drop 13 slots thanks to 18 new listens to their 3 songs.<\/p>\n

#97:\u00a0Arrested Development
\niTunes stats:\u00a046\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #80<\/a><\/p>\n

The Atlanta-based new age rap band drops 17 slots thanks to 16 new listens to their\u00a0 3 songs in the past 3 years.<\/p>\n

#96: Jewel
\niTunes stats:\u00a047\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The chanteuse debuts on the chart thanks to 8 different tracks.<\/p>\n

#95: Roxette
\niTunes stats:\u00a048\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #88<\/a><\/p>\n

The Swedish duo drop 7 spots despite 21 additional listens to their 5 tunes.<\/p>\n

#94:\u00a0The Beach Boys
\niTunes stats: 49\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #84<\/a><\/p>\n

The surf rock pioneers drop 10 spots in the rankings despite 21 new listens to their 5 songs in the past 3 years.<\/p>\n

#93:\u00a0U2
\niTunes stats:\u00a050\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #88<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0self-satisfied Bono and crew drop 5 spots on the list thanks to 23 new listens over the last 3 years.<\/p>\n

#92:\u00a0Neil Diamond
\niTunes stats: 52\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: #94<\/a><\/p>\n

A 2 spot jump for the\u00a0American singer-songwriter considered to be the third most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the Billboard charts, thanks to 28 new listens over the past 3 years.<\/p>\n

#91:\u00a0Salt-N-Pepa
\niTunes stats: 53\u00a0plays
\nPrevious ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The first ladies of rap make their debut thanks to the combined total of their 7 tunes.<\/p>\n

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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":[206,423,746,7330,328,411,402,541,1682,476,1214,467,295],"class_list":["post-11684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-arrested-development","tag-beach-boys","tag-billboard","tag-bono","tag-itunes","tag-jewel","tag-neil-diamond","tag-oasis","tag-oblivion","tag-roxette","tag-salt-n-pepa","tag-smash-mouth","tag-u2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684","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=11684"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12052,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11684\/revisions\/12052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}