2012 Music I Listened To The Most

Happy New Year's Eve! Time for the annual music review - let's start by looking at the artists I listened to the most in 2012. (In parenthesis: the number of times I listened to a song by the artist and the artist's place in the top 10 last year.)

1. U2 (2,330 | #3)
2. Tom Waits (1,307 | #1)
3. Tori Amos (1,114 | #5)
4. The Decemberists (994 | #6)
5. Neko Case (933 | - )
6. Ani DiFranco (765 | #10)
7. Laleh (685 | -)
8. Lana Del Rey (620 | -)
9. Nick Drake (603 | - )
10. First Aid Kit (582 | - )

Five of the artists are the same as last year. Two of them released albums this year (The Decemberists' live album We All Raise Our Voices To The Air and Ani DiFranco's Which Side Are You On?) but the top three artists did not. I suppose I just listen to them a lot no matter what.

On to the albums that got the most play:

1. Laleh - Sjung (528)
2. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne (470)
3. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (417)
4. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (414)
5. The Decemberists - We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (380)
6. Ani DiFranco - Which Side Are You On? (349)
7. Drake - Take Care (334)
8. Grimes - Visions (329)
9. First Aid Kit -The Lion's Roar (317)
10. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (301)

Making the only repeat appearance, the Jay-Z/Kanye album was in 4th place on the list last year. Out of curiosity I checked which albums I've listened to the most in total since I started keeping track in iTunes (December 6, 2006):

1. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (873)
2. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (865)
3. Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne (827)
4. Neke Case - Blacklisted (781)
5. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (760)
6. Adele - 21 (679)
7. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (665)
8. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (653)
9. Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live (645)
10. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone (634)

Needless to say, I've been enjoying these albums. My favorite 2012 albums (and songs!) to follow in a separate post.

This list in previous years: 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.