2009 Music - Albums I listened to the most

Just like last year, I've compiled a list of the which albums I listened to the most during the year. Last year, I only included albums I'd added in 2008. I had no way to determine when I'd played each song, so I simply excluded any albums that I had added prior to 2008. This year, I have last year's baseline (how many times I'd played each song a year ago) so now I can see how many additional times I've played each song in 2009.

Without further ado, my 10 most-listened-to-albums in 2009 (and the year they were released):

1. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
2. Ane Brun - Changing Of The Seasons (2008)
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
4. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (2009)
5. Laleh - Prinsessor (2006)
6. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008)
7. Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (2008)
8. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright (2005)
9. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night CD 1 (2009)

10. Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart (2008)

Observations:

• Two repeat albums from last year: Martha at #7 (#6 last year) and Fleet Foxes at #6 (#7 last year). I got both of them mid-year 2008 - had either of them fallen more cleanly into a single year they'd been near the top.
• Similarly, Frida Hyvönen's Silence Is Wild and Emiliana Torrini's Me And Armini didn't make it this year either, even though I've listened to both of them a tremendous amount across 2008 and 2009. Just a matter of being split across two calendar years.
• 5 albums with female singers (and one mixed). Down from 8 last year.
• 4 of the artists were new to me (Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Laleh and Ida Maria). Down from 7 last year.
• If I limit the list to albums I acquired in 2009, three drop out (Fleet Foxes and the two Martha albums) and are replaced by: Röyksopp - Junior, Regina Spektor - Far, and Theresa Andersson - Hummingbird, Go!

Just like last year, this is not my list of the Top 10 Best albums. Stay tuned for that - I will be compiling that list in the upcoming days.