{"id":23672,"date":"2026-06-08T05:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23672"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:47:07","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/itunes-top-200-artists-8-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>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

We continue today with twin sisters who bonded in high school over a love of music following the discovery of their stepdad’s guitar.\u00a0 My eighth most listened to artist: Sara Quin and Tegan Quin, known professionally as the band Tegan & Sara.<\/p>\n

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#8: Tegan and Sara
\niTunes stats: 847 plays
\nPrevious ranking: #7<\/a><\/p>\n

Tegan and Sara entered my consciousness in the early 2000s, when I Hear Noises<\/em> started to get some airplay on WXRT and someone gave me an MP3 knowing I would be into it.\u00a0 Since then, I’ve seen them in concert<\/a>, read their book<\/a>. and listened to their music, with 84 songs, 61 of which I’ve listened to, from ten different albums in my collection.\u00a0 They’ve dropped down one spot on the charts, despite a nearly 29% increase in listens over the past five years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw them in concert in October of 2005, at the end of what was a very busy week.\u00a0 Prior to the show, I settled in at Rock Bottom in River North to watch the end of Game 3 of the ALDS as the White Sox finished off their sweep of the Red Sox.\u00a0 After the game, a group of us hopped on the Red Line and headed north to Wrigleyville to check out Tegan and Sara at the Metro.\u00a0 To be honest, I don\u2019t remember much about the show at all. \u00a0The album they were touring in support of, So Jealous<\/em>, is one of my favorites and I\u2019m sure I enjoyed the performance. \u00a0But, my favorite baseball team was headed for the ALCS, I\u2019d just been to two playoff games, and the Weezer and Foo Fighters show was earlier that week. \u00a0It\u2019s all sort of jumbled together at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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