{"id":23921,"date":"2026-07-20T04:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=23921"},"modified":"2026-07-20T04:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:50:52","slug":"itunes-top-200-artists-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/itunes-top-200-artists-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Top 200 Artists: #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg 268w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Today, we have our penultimate entry with the artist I\u2019ve listened to the second most over the last 13-ish years.\u00a0 Formed in Liverpool, England in 1960, I present to you the Fab Four, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.\u00a0 Collectively known as The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/beatles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16965\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/beatles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/beatles.jpg 900w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/beatles-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/beatles-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/beatles-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>#2:\u00a0The Beatles<br \/>\niTunes stats: 2147 plays<br \/>\nPrevious ranking:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/itunes-top-200-artists-2\/\">#2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arriving on US shores in early 1964, The Beatles put together what is today considered a catalog of thirteen studio albums and one compilation.\u00a0 Those releases are the core of the 99 tracks that make up their 2147 plays, for an average of 21.7 listens per track.\u00a0 Their counts would be even higher, but their totals were reset in 2009 when I replaced the original CD releases from the 1980s with a remastered box set.<\/p>\n<p>While the band broke up four years before I was born following the release of 1970\u2019s <em>Let It Be<\/em>, I have managed to see Paul McCartney in concert twice, first at Wrigley Field in 2011 and then again at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in 2017.\u00a0 His touring band puts on quite a show and I\u2019m sure I\u2019d be interested if and when he comes back through town again, assuming the price was reasonable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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