{"id":23551,"date":"2026-08-03T05:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23551"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:53:26","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-wrapup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/itunes-top-200-artists-wrapup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: Wrapup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Music.\u00a0 It is a powerful thing that brings people together, creates memories, and evokes emotions.\u00a0 It is the universal language that speaks to the soul.\u00a0 It forms the soundtrack of our lives.<\/p>\n

It has now been five years since we last counted down the Top 200 artists in my iTunes library, featuring the songs I have listened to the most since 2007.\u00a0 It is time to do so again, seeing which performers still resonate and if any newer ones have joined the fray.\u00a0 So, without further ado, here are my most listened to artists, based on number of plays as of January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

Last week, we wrapped up our latest look at the Top 200 artists I\u2019ve listened to, according to iTunes, since 2008. Now it\u2019s time to take one final look at those artists and the songs that put them on the list. The average number of listens per performer was 222.4, with the median number being 113.\u00a0 There were seven new artists debuting on the list, with the highest being the Blues Brothers at #106.<\/p>\n

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Largest Increase<\/h3>\n

Garbage \u2013 576
\nThe Beatles \u2013 411
\nGeorge Carlin \u2013 384
\nTaylor Swift \u2013 336
\nGarfunkel and Oates \u2013 226<\/p>\n

Largest Percentage Increase<\/h3>\n

Taylor Swift \u2013 158%
\nIcona Pop \u2013 93%
\nFlorence + The Machine \u2013 59%
\nMatthew Sweet \u2013 57%
\nUB40 \u2013 56%<\/p>\n

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Smallest Increase<\/h3>\n

The Dandy Warhols \u2013 3
\nThe Outfield \u2013 4
\nNancy Faust \u2013 4
\nChance the Rapper \u2013 6
\nKlaus Badelt \u2013 7<\/p>\n

Smallest Percentage Increase<\/h3>\n

Klaus Badelt \u2013 4%
\nThe Outfield \u2013 4%
\nDavid Cross \u2013 5%
\nThe Dandy Warhols \u2013 5%
\nRon Funches \u2013 6%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Music.\u00a0 It is a powerful thing that brings people together, creates memories, and evokes emotions.\u00a0 It is the universal language that speaks to the soul.\u00a0 It forms the soundtrack of our lives. It has now been five years since we last counted down the Top 200 artists in my iTunes library, featuring the songs I […]<\/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":[96,3864,7147,198,74,7364,183,3008,3641,7144,328,100,539,85,7158,5311,1299,1333],"class_list":["post-23551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-beatles","tag-blues-brothers","tag-chance-the-rapper","tag-dandy-warhols","tag-david-cross","tag-florence-the-machine","tag-garbage","tag-garfunkel-and-oates","tag-george-carlin","tag-icona-pop","tag-itunes","tag-klaus-badelt","tag-matthew-sweet","tag-nancy-faust","tag-ron-funches","tag-taylor-swift","tag-the-outfield","tag-ub40"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23551","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=23551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23926,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23551\/revisions\/23926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}