6 years ago, we first counted down the then Top 100 artists in my iTunes library. Since that time, I’ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact and expanded the count down to the Top 200.. It’s been 3 years, so I figured it was time to take yet another look at my Top 200 artists, based on the number of plays from late 2007 through January 1, 2021.
Twin sisters who bonded in high school over a love of music following the discovery of their step-dad’s guitar, we continue today with at #7 with Sara Quin and Tegan Quin, known professionally as the band Tegan & Sara.
#7: Tegan and Sara
iTunes stats: 657 plays
Previous ranking: #7
Tegan and Sara entered my consciousness in the early 2000s, when I Hear Noises started to get some airplay on WXRT. Since then, I’ve seen them in concert, read their book. and listened to their music, with 84 songs from 10 different albums in my collection. They’ve stayed even on the charts, thanks to a mere 50% increase in listens over the past four years.
I saw them in concert in October of 2005, at the end of what was a very busy week. 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. 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. To be honest, I don’t remember much about the show at all. The album they were touring in support of, So Jealous, is one of my favorites and I’m sure I enjoyed the performance. But, my favorite baseball team was headed for the ALCS, I’d just been to two playoff games, and the Weezer and Foo Fighters show was earlier that week. It’s all sort of jumbled together at this point.
