{"id":23554,"date":"2026-07-27T05:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23554"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:53:00","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/itunes-top-200-artists-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #1"},"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

In 1994, producers Butch Vig and Steve Marker teamed up with Duke Erikson to form a new band, taking a “remix sensibility and somehow translate it into all of the possibilities of a band setup.”\u00a0 Later that year, Marker saw a video from the band Angelfish on 120 Minutes<\/em> and shared it with his new bandmates in the hopes of snaring themselves a singer.\u00a0 When Angelfish performed at the Metro in Chicago during their North American tour, the group met with the band’s singer, Shirley Manson, and invited her to Madison to audition.\u00a0 The rest, as they say, is history.\u00a0 So, we wrap things up today with the artist I’ve listened to the most over the last 19 years: Garbage.<\/p>\n

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#1:\u00a0Garbage
\niTunes stats: 2073 plays
\nPrevious ranking: #1<\/a><\/p>\n

With 255 songs in collection, 152 of which have been listened to, from 29 different releases, Garbage has added 954 new plays over the past 4 years, increasing their total by 85%.\u00a0 In addition to being my most listened to band, they are also the band I have seen in concert the most, with now nine shows at seven venues across two states.<\/p>\n

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My first show was in 2002<\/a>, while they were touring in support of\u00a0their third studio release, Beautiful Garbage<\/em>.\u00a0 My most recent was in last September, when they performed at the Salt Shed, the new venue created on the site of the old Morton Salt factory.\u00a0 That show threatened to be their last headlining performance in the area, so who knows what the future holds.\u00a0 In between, I saw them at the Metro (twice), the Vic, the Riviera (again), Ravinia, the House of Blues in Boston, and, for the first time outdoors, the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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