{"id":23931,"date":"2026-06-15T04:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23931"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:12:55","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/itunes-top-200-artists-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #7"},"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

Formed in 1990 after the demise of Mother Love Bone following the death of singer Andrew Wood, Pearl Jam checks in today at #7 as we continue with the top ten.\u00a0 The new group burst onto the Seattle grunge scene in 1991 and, by the second half of 1992, became a worldwide sensation.<\/p>\n

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#7: Pearl Jam
\niTunes stats: 874 plays
\nPrevious ranking:\u00a0#8<\/a><\/p>\n

The grunge godfathers move up one spot thanks to a nearly 34% increase in plays.\u00a0 Their 874 plays, an increase of 221, come from 42 tracks spread between twelve different albums.\u00a0 Go<\/em>, my most listened to of their songs, benefited from being used as the walkup song for White Sox star Paul Konerko\u2019s final seasons and its inclusion on my various victory playlists.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen them in concert twice: at Soldier Field back in 1995 and Wrigley Field in 2018.\u00a0 The first show took place during the tour they put on without using Ticketmaster, which led to a lottery for tickets. Pearl Jam came out and performed an astounding 29 song<\/a>\u00a0set, including 2 encores. \u00a0My favorite memory of the night was during the performance of\u00a0Better Man<\/em>, when my friend Joe, not understanding the meaning of the song, said that all of the girls sang it about him, that they couldn\u2019t find a better man.\u00a0 Ironically, this was my last visit to old Soldier Field, which would be \u201crenovated\u201d in 2001 and 2002.<\/p>\n

The second show, more than 20 years later, came a long time since I had last considered myself a Pearl Jam fan.\u00a0 The show, while entertaining, certainly dragged for long periods between songs that I knew as the last album that I owned came out prior to the 1995 show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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