Best shows
(In date order)

20.08 As I Lay Dying @ Точка
31.08 Amorphous Androgynous @ Cад «Эрмитаж»
27.09 World of Drum & Bass: The Big One @ БЦ «Нагатинский»
25.10 Battlefield Halloween: Subtitles vs Lifted @ Tuning Hall
29.11 Worldwide Darkside @ 1Rock
04.12 Above & Beyond @ ARMA 17

Best releases
(In band's alphabetical order)

16 Bit Lolitas — Murder Weapon EP
(AnjunaDeep / 15.12.2008 / #ACDDEE-032)

Animosity & Drumcorps — Altered Beast
(Man Alive Recordings / September 2008 / #MA02EP)

Armin van Buuren — Imagine
(armada music / 18.04.2008 / #ARMA120)

Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel — In And Out Of Love
(armada music / August 2008 / #ARMA153)

Audio — To The Edge of The Reason
(Tech Freak Recordings / 07.07.2008 / #TECHFREAKLP003)

Bring Me the Horizon — Suicide Season
(Epitaph / 29.09.2008 / #B001FZ0A4K)

The Cab — Whisper War
(decaydance / 29.04.2008)

Danjo & Styles — Duende (La Vuelta)
(High Contrast Nu Breed / 21.10.2008 / #HCNB.011)

Danny Byrd — Supersized
(Hospital Records / May 2008 / #NHS139CD)

Dieselboy — Substance D
(Human Imprint Recordings / 06.05.2008 / #HUMA8024-2)

Ferry Corsten — Twice In A Blue Moon
(PIAS Holland / 01.11.2008 / #900.0700.020)

Various — The Firm LP
(offkey / September 2008 / #OKLP 001)

Various — From The Inside Out
(Lifted Music / 14.01.2008 / #LFTD003)

Various — The Future Sound of Cambridge
(Hospital Records / 03.11.2008 / #NHS144CD)

Jem — Down To Earth
(ATO Records / 16.09.2008 / #ATO0060)

The Killers — Day & Age
(Island Records / 24.11.2008 / #602517872875)

Lange feat. Sarah Howells - Out Of The Sky
(Maelstrom Records / 07.08.2008 / #MAELT083P)

Limewax — Romance Explosion EP
(Freak Recordings / May 2008 / #FREAK028)

London Elektricity — Syncopated City
(Hospital Records / 29.09.2008 / #NHS142CD)

Noisia — Stigma / Crank
(Vision Recordings / November 2008 / #VSN007)

Noize MC — The Greatest Hits Vol.1
(Мистерия Звука / May 2008)

Above & Beyond presents OceanLab — Sirens of the Sea
(Anjunabeats / 21.07.2008 / #ANJCD010)

Above & Beyond presents OceanLab — Miracle
(Anjunabeats / 21.07.2008 / #ACD-107)

Above & Beyond presents OceanLab — Breaking Ties
(Anjunabeats / 18.11.2008 / #ACD-119)

Orjan Nilsen — Be As One (La Guitarra)
(armada music / 11.08.2008 / #ARMA157)

Orjan Nilsen — Villa Blanca / Soulflayer
(Intuition Recordings / 02.10.2008 / #INTU018)

Pendulum — In Silico
(Warner Music UK Ltd. / 12.05.2008 / #2564 69566 1)

The Sect — Patriarch / Annihilation
(Freak Recordings / 01.09.2008 / #FREAK029)

Starchaser feat. LO-FI Sugar — So High
(Vandit Records / 31.10.2008 / #Vandit 087)

Sunlounger feat. Zara — Lost
(Magic Island Records / 22.12.2008 / #MAGIC004)


This was i great music year. Awaiting for next year's sensations. Stay tuned ;)

1. How did you get into 29?
Rooney
I heard "When did your heart go missing" on the radio and loved it.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Butterfly Boucher
A Bitter Song, on Grey's Anatomy

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33?
Boyce Avenue
I don't know any songs that are like really from Boyce Avenue, but it's maybe "having so much to say, as i'm watching you walk away"

4. What is your favorite album by 46?
Let's Go Sailing
I honestly don't know any of their albums, the only song I know is "All I Want From You Is Love", also heard it on Grey's Anatomy.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Jem
None.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Bruno Coulais
Vois sur ton chemin

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
The Script
Breakeven

8. What is your favorite album by 15?
It's the sountrack of the Mamma Mia! Movie, so it's the whole album.

9. What is your favorite song by 4?
Jason Mraz
I'm yours

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Snow Patrol
Make Love To Me Forever

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
The Cardigans
No idea... i just like a few songs

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Kate Nash
The Nicest Thing

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Paolo Nutini
Watching MTV at 6:30 AM and listening to a good song that made me search for his album...
The song was Jenny don't be hasty

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
The Headlights
Everybody needs a fence to lean on

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Kate Havnevik
Nowhere warm is absolutely beautiful.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Gavin DeGraw
0

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Rosie Thomas
It Don't Matter To The Sun
also on Grey's Anatomy

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Ingrid Michaelson
Girls & Boys

19. Who is your favorite member of 1?
The Fray
No favourite member as i don't even know their names.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Meiko
No and i won't because there's just this song "Reasons To Love You" that made me listen to it 256 times.

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
The Damnwells
Listening to "Golden Days" on a sunny day in September.

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Colbie Caillat
Can't remember the name... the song with James Morrison, i think.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 49?
The Perishers
Trouble Sleeping, found it on the sountrack of O.C.

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Maximo Park
The most of their songs is annoying as hell to me, so there is no favorite album.

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Keane
Somewhere only we know is great.

26. What is the song you don't like by 26?
Lily Allen

27. What is your favorite album by 3?
Emil Bulls
All In Tune With The Universe

28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Mando Diao
If I don't live today

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
A Fine Frenzy

30. What is your favorite song by 8?
Amy Winehouse
You Know I'm No Good

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Anna Nalick
0 and this won't change

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Coldplay
God Put A Smile On My Face

33. What is you favorite album by 12?
Lifehouse
The first one.

34. What is the worst song by 45?
The sountrack of Cruel Intentions
Comin up from behind is like the biggest shit ever.

35. What is your favorite album by 34?
James Morrison
Have no idea.

36. What do you not like by 48?
Oasis
I don't care about them.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
Damn it, stupid "seen live" question! I haven't seen Mirah live!

38. What is your favorite song by 36?
Duffy
Mercy - but Rain On Your Parade is good as well

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Santana
Maria Maria

40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Augustana
Don't know, don't own any.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy?
Plain White T's
Hey There Delilah

42. What is your favorite album by 41?
Adele
19

43. What is your favorite song by 24?
OneRepublic
hmm... Stop And Stare

44. What is a good memory you have involving 47?
Clueso
Not existing.

45. What is your favorite song by 35?
Bittersweet
The Mating Game

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Yann Tiersen
Comptine d'un autre ete i just love it so much!

47. What is your favorite album by 5?
Sia
i don't give a shit about fuckin albums

48. Who is your favorite member of 37?
Psapp
is that a band or a solo artist? =/

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43?
The Strokes
What Ever Happened?

50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Avril Lavigne
2

Let’s take a musical journey through my life...

1992: Birth. I’ve been told I was humming as I exited the womb.

1993-1997: Sesame Street, Sharon Lois and Bram, and The Muppets.


My first CD purchased with my own money was Shania Twain. I made my parents take me to Sam the Record Man at age four and listened to it days on end. Man, I Feel Like A Woman! I could probably still sing all the lyrics if you asked me to.

My parents attempted to foster good music taste in me. We had a huge C.D and tape collection and my parents raised me, pretty much, on Barenaked Ladies. Other favourites were The Corrsand The Beatles. Although Girl Power hit me hard – *NSYNC, 98 Degrees, soulDecision, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Spice Girls – I still secretly loved the classics my parents shared with me. I brought in Santana and Michelle Branch’s The Game of Love to Girl Guide’s “Favourite Songs!” night while the rest of the girl guides brought in Britney Spears.


SEVENTH GRADE
2004-2005
One word: Chum. This radio station helped me mainstream it out in middle school and fit in with the crowd. Among my typical favourites were Jeremy Fisher’s High School and Hey Julie by Fountains of Wayne.

The boy I had a crush on liked Neil Young and The Beatles (His favourite song was Hey Jude.)

EIGHTH GRADE
2005-2006
I saw Bob Kemmis open for Jann Arden, and The Perishers for Sarah McLachlan, and immediately fell in love with the two. Especially Bob Kemmis. Hello, creepy emails to the man who probably didn’t get much fan mail. He always replied. I hope he doesn’t think I’m weird. Because, well, I was this close to being one of those fucked up celebrity stalkers (He was a celebrity in my eyes.)

My three best friends in middle school had varying music tastes. The first, who I am still best friends with (and managed to slightly influence her to better artists), liked Family Channel Hits – i.e. Hannah Montana, The Cheetah Girls, Disney music, etc.
Best Friend 2 liked Death Cab for Cutie, Jem, and Jimmy Eat World. (AKA The O.C. mixes)
Best Friend 3 was a hipster – I don’t even know the names of the music she listened to. She was really wild and changed her mind every five minutes. I’ll guess that she liked things like Belle and Sebastianand Tilly and the Wall – a little beyond her time. Although her taste and style changed daily. She now attends alternative school and I hadn’t seen her since eighth grade when I ran into her at a bar. She smoked about 18 cigarettes in the time we spent together on the patio. If I hadn’t been drunk...I probably would’ve made up some reason to leave.

A friend outside of school sent me towards Teddy Geiger, Elvis Perkins, and The Artic Monkeys. THANK YOU!

NINTH GRADE
2006-2007
I went through weird music phases in grade nine. I was nostalgic over my favourite pop hits of the 90’s – looking back on it, in my opinion, it was a little too soon. My parents continued to attempt to influence my taste in music by taking me to see Micheal Franti and Spearhead at the Guverment and various musicals– i.e. Wicked and Queen and Ben Elton.
I caught on to the musical trend and was so obsessed that I made my mother enroll me in a theatre Company. I was obsessed with music from what I saw live, as well as Jonathan Larson, Hairspray, and the few musicals I was in: as Anne in Anne Of Green Gables (my big claim to fame) as well as Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, and smaller parts in Annie, and Bye Bye Birdie. Unfortunately, I realized I’m completely and utterly uncoordinated and can’t take dancing roles, and thus my short-lived “stardom” came to it’s end.
Oh, also, my school choir made me obsessed with classical & 4-part music. Hello, Il Divo and Mozart in my library. We also performed a wonderful arrangement of Billy Joel’s And So It Goes which I will always associate with my choir crush on the bass section lead. He performed those Ooohs so god damn well!

TENTH GRADE
2007-2008
Fall 2007 – My older sister attempted to help my suffering music tastes and introduced me to The Mountain Goats, Tegan and Sara, TV on the Radio. I DISCOVERED Regina Spektor WHICH CHANGED MY LIFE. I saw her perform in October at The Kool House. Later in the fall I began writing my own music (aka emo beats) on piano about death and weird gothic shit. I listened to artists like Bayside, The Weakerthans, Paolo Nutini, The Clash, Björk

Winter/Spring 2008- In early winter I listened to Kimya Dawson, Damien Rice, The Smiths, and other slow-moving music. However, my ex boyfriend who I began dating in December really changed and influenced my taste in music. He loved M.I.A., Fiest, The New Pornographers, C.S.S, Imogen Heap, etc.

His friends, who I began rolling with as well, got me hooked on Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, a little Ron Sexsmith and R.E.M..
I went to the M.I.A. concert in June with my boyfriend and my sister, at which point, I threw up before she came on. A little too much mixing of substances, yes. My biggest mistake in my life thus far.

And summer? This would be my time to embrace the pop music at Camp as well as abroad on a Blyth Trip in Italy. At camp, I loved New Kids on the Block’s comeback music, Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours. Also, Sara Barielles’ Love Song. In Italy, I loved their taste – it was like, they got all of our pop music five years later. It was a little bit of an oldschool jam on every radio station, in every store. And at the clubs, they had recent American Music so we embraced Radar by Britney Spears and Shake It by Metro Station. Oh, also, one of my roommates shared with me Norweigan Recycling and boy, I loved it. Although it isn’t in my library – I don’t know how or where to download/purchase it – I listen to it on YouTube.

GRADE ELEVEN
Now.
I suppose my current favourites range from MGMT, Rachael Yamagata, Fiona Apple, Kate Nash, Imogen Heap. A bit of Architecture in Helsinki, and Beirut.
Oh! And one of my sister’s friends, Char McGee. I found her old CD which she made by herself, and really like her music.

My current best friends do not share the same music tastes as me at all. One loves country, another, punk, and another, dance music. The last one is good to have parties with because she makes rockin playlists. As much as I love that kind of music, I don’t know names or have much in my own music library.

I have also really begun to enjoy Original Movie Scores (John Powell’s P.S I Love You, and Cliff Eidelham’s Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.) I love Eddie Vedder’s Into The Wild music – the lyrics are beautiful. And if you have a chance, be sure to check the album art. It’s quite something.

Sooo...I doubt anyone completely read through that...
But it was fun to take a trip down memory lane.

50. Perfume - GAME
49. Sheila Sondergard - Spoke Too Loud
48. Simple Plan - Simple Plan
47. Boomkat - A Million Trillion Stars
46. The Hush Sound - Goodbye Blues
45. Charlotte Sometimes - Waves And The Both Of Us
44. The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
43. The Weepies - Hideaway
42. Tristan Prettyman - Hello
41. Firefox AK - If I Were A Melody

40. Little Jackie - The Stoop
39. Natalie Walker - With You
38. Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality
37. Brooke Waggoner - Heal for the Honey
36. P!nk - Funhouse
35. Tahiti 80 - Activity Center
34. Rachael Yamagata - Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart
33. She & Him - Volume One
32. Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw
31. Ben Folds - Way to Normal

30. Katie Herzig - Apple Tree
29. Jem - Down To Earth
28. Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini
27. Joshua Radin - Simple Times
26. Heathers - Here, Not There.
25. Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
24. Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
23. Duffy - Rockferry
22. Celeste Lear - Looking Up from Underwater
21. The Kooks - Konk

20. Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
19. Jennifer Paige - Best Kept Secret
18. Leona Naess - Thirteens
17. The Script - The Script
16. Low vs. Diamond - Low vs. Diamond
15. The Offspring - Rise And Fall Rage And Grace
14. Priscilla Ahn - A Good Day
13. Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro
12. Russian Red - I Love Your Glasses
11. Yoav - Charmed And Strange

10. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
09. Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
08. Santogold - Santogold
07. Lady GaGa - The Fame
06. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
05. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
04. Lenka - Lenka
03. Adele - 19
02. Lykke Li - Youth Novels

01. Kerli - Love is Dead

My Top 200 of 2008 sorted by genres and countries:


Electronic

Tags: Trip-hop, Trance, Progressive Trance, Psychedelic Trance, House, Ambient, Chillout, Minimal Techno, Downtempo, Glitch, Breakbeat, Drum n' bass, Electropop, Electroclash.

1 . Massive Attack - 631
2 . Hooverphonic - 578
3 . UNKLE - 505
4 . Boards of Canada - 334
5 . Röyksopp - 238
6 . Goldfrapp - 236
7 . Zero 7 - 220
8 . The Knife - 216
9 . Ferry Corsten - 135
10 . múm - 131
11 . Kosheen - 118
12 . Ladytron - 115
13 . The Postal Service - 112
14 . Tiësto - 106
15 . Moloko - 112
16 . Thievery Corporation - 110
17 . Trentemøller - 99
18 . Fauxliage - 97
19 . Sia - 97
20 . Bonobo - 93
21 . Aphex Twin - 90
22 . The Flashbulb - 85
23 . ATB - 82
24 . Booka Shade - 78
25 . Delerium - 72
26 . M83 - 72
27 . FlyKKiller - 59
28 . Björk - 58
29 . The Prodigy - 57
30 . Faithless - 56
31 . Lunascape - 56
32 . Biosphere - 47
33 . OceanLab - 49
34 . New Order - 46
35 . Flunk - 42
36 . Róisín Murphy - 41
37 . Emiliana Torrini - 38
38 . Blank & Jones - 38
39 . Air - 37
40 . Pati Yang - 37
41 . Anna Nalick - 36
42 . Pendulum - 35
43 . Kate Havnevik - 34
44 . All India Radio - 33
45 . Sally Shapiro - 32
46 . DJ Tiësto - 31
47 . Anja Garbarek - 30
48 . Armin van Buuren - 29
49 . The Ting Tings - 27
50 . Blue States - 26
51 . Texas - 23
52 . Miss Kittin - 22
53 . Fischerspooner - 22
54 . Frou Frou - 22
55 . Smoke City - 18
56 . Audrey - 17
57 . Dragonette - 15
58 . Bang Gang - 15
59 . Annie - 15
60 . Underworld - 14
61 . Lemon Jelly - 14
62 . John Murphy - 14
63 . Basement Jaxx - 13
64 . Ivy - 13
65 . Adham Shaikh - 13
66 . Spacecraft - 12
67 . Tosca - 12
68 . Cousin Silas - 11
69 . Emilie Simon - 11
70 . BT - 11
71 . Mark Snow - 11
72 . The Chemical Brothers - 11
73 . AFX - 10
74 . Squarepusher - 10
75 . Dominik Eulberg - 10
76 . Pix - 10
77 . York - 9
78 . Dubstar - 9
79 . Kaya Project - 9
80 . 菅野よう子 - 9

Rock

Tags: Rock, Alternative Rock, Electro-Rock, Indie Rock, Grunge, Post-Grunge, Progressive Rock, Industrial Rock, Alternative Metal and more.

1 . Metric - 285
2 . The Smashing Pumpkins - 212
3 . Garbage - 199
4 . Snow Patrol - 129
5 . Evanescence - 195
6 . Bush - 188
7 . Pearl Jam - 128
8 . Guns N' Roses - 115
9 . Soda Stereo - 114
10 . Gustavo Cerati - 107
11 . Stereophonics - 105
12 . Jeff Buckley - 100
13 . Chris Cornell - 98
14 . stellastarr* - 98
15 . Gavin Rossdale - 70
16 . Audioslave - 65
17 . Broken Social Scene - 54
18 . Death Cab for Cutie - 49
19 . Los Siete Delfines - 47
20 . Nine Inch Nails - 46
21 . Surferosa - 44
22 . Pixies - 43
23 . Stone Temple Pilots - 36
24 . Placebo - 34
25 . Zwan - 32
26 . Pete Yorn - 30
27 . Queens of the Stone Age - 28
28 . 50 Foot Wave - 27
29 . Sonic Youth - 24
30 . The Cranberries - 24
31 . Angelfish - 20
32 . Catatonia - 20
33 . The The - 20
34 . Temple of the Dog - 18
35 . The White Stripes - 18
36 . Midnight Oil - 17
37 . Héroes del Silencio - 15
38 . Honey is Cool - 14
39 . The Tragically Hip - 12
40 . Porcupine Tree - 12
41 . The Cult - 9
42 . Meat Puppets - 9
43 . Republica - 9

Pop

Tags: Pop, Pop-Rock, Synthpop, Dance-pop, Electro-pop, Easy-listening, Indie Pop and more.

1 . Depeche Mode - 525
2 . U2 - 476
3 . The Cardigans - 224
4 . The Raveonettes - 113
5 . A Camp - 86
6 . INXS - 67
7 . theaudience - 47
8 . Duran Duran - 43
9 . Tears for Fears - 31
10 . Roxette - 25
11 . R.E.M. - 22
12 . Os Paralamas do Sucesso - 22
13 . a-ha - 20
14 . Billy Idol - 19
15 . Blondie - 18
16 . La Ley - 17
17 . Sandra - 16
18 . Tahiti 80 - 15
19 . Berlin - 15
20 . Talking Heads - 15
21 . Billy Joel - 14
22 . Europe - 10
23 . The B-52's - 10
24 . Scissor Sisters - 10
25 . The Psychedelic Furs - 9
26 . No Doubt - 9
Female Vocalists

Tags: Female vocalists, Singer-songwriter, Neo-soul, Blues Rock, Piano Rock, Baroque Pop.

1 . Duffy - 127
2 . Dido - 80
3 . Sophie Ellis-Bextor - 66
4 . Fiona Apple - 52
5 . Natalie Imbruglia - 47
6 . Rachael Yamagata - 41
7 . Sara Bareilles - 39
8 . Butterfly Boucher - 35
9 . Sheryl Crow - 33
10 . Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - 25
11 . Kylie Minogue - 29
12 . Jem - 25
13 . Scarlett Johansson - 23
14 . Madonna - 22
15 . Heather Nova - 18
16 . Imogen Heap - 14
17 . Cat Power - 14
18 . Feist - 12
19 . Nosowska - 12
20 . PJ Harvey - 10
21 . Patti Smith - 9
22 . Birgit Õigemeel - 9

Classic Rock

Tags: Classic Rock, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Acid Rock.

1 . The Beatles - 419
2 . Mike Oldfield - 335
3 . Pink Floyd - 219
4 . The Doors - 115
5 . John Lennon - 38
6 . Dire Straits - 28
7 . Jimi Hendrix - 21
8 . Paul McCartney & Wings - 19
9 . Genesis - 15
10 . Led Zeppelin - 14
11 . Eric Clapton - 9
Post-Punk

Tags: Post-Punk, New-Wave, Darkwave, Gothic Rock.

1 . Siouxsie and the Banshees - 155
2 . Joy Division - 98
3 . The Smiths - 89
4 . Peter Murphy - 41
5 . Echo & the Bunnymen - 39
6 . The Cure - 29
7 . Bauhaus - 12
8 . Fricción - 10

British

Tags: Shoegaze, Dreampop, Space Rock, Britpop, British Rock, Alternative Rock.

1 . My Bloody Valentine - 82
2 . Slowdive - 70
3 . Jesus Jones - 23
4 . Oasis - 12
5 . Keane - 12
6 . The Jesus and Mary Chain - 10
7 . Primal Scream - 9

Alt. Country

Tags: Alternative Country, Country, Pop-Folk, Folk, Yodel.

1 . Sarah Harmer - 207
2 . Kathleen Edwards - 84
3 . Cowboy Junkies - 70
4 . Jewel - 12

New Age

Tags: New Age, World Music, Instrumental music.

1 . Northern Lights - 10
2 . Vangelis - 9

Metal

Tags: Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash.

1 . Megadeth - 16

Reggae

Tags: Reggae

1 . Bob Marley & The Wailers - 10

Lounge

Tags: Lounge, Bossa nova.

1 . Sixth Finger - 9


And plays sorted by country


1 . UK - 6351
2 . USA - 2444
3 . Canada - 969
4 . Sweden - 713
5 . Belgium - 634
6 . Ireland - 541
7 . Norway - 396
8 . Australia - 360
9 . Netherlands - 301
10 . Argentina - 278
11 . Germany - 233
12 . Iceland - 227
13 . Denmark - 212
14 . France - 167
15 . Poland - 108
16 . Brazil - 31
17 . Chile - 17
18 . Spain - 15
19 . Austria - 12
20 . Jamaica - 10
21 . Greece - 9
22 . Japan - 9
23 . Estonia - 9

It is what it is. Based on 17K+ plays and 1562 artists scrobbled since June 22. Amazingly some of my favorite artists have very few plays or didn't make it to the list at all.

By the way, first, I'm working on a couple of scripts that use the last.fm API, if I make something worthy I'll publish it, second, if you don't like what you see here I don't need to know it :p. Edit: I noticed I misplaced a couple of artists, I'll fix that if I can find some time.

Just in case you were wondering, here's my top 20 albums of 2008!

20. Take That - The Circus
19. Amy Studt - My Paper Made Men
18. Madonna - Hard Candy
17. Jem - Down to Earth
16. Duffy - Rockferry
15. Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination
14. Girls Aloud - Out of Control
13. P!nk- Funhouse
12. Will Young - Let It Go
11. t.A.T.u. - Весёлые улыбки

10. Jesse McCartney - Departure
9. McFly- radio:ACTIVE
8. The Saturdays - Chasing Lights
7. Same Difference - Pop
6. Beyoncé- I Am... Sasha Fierce
5. Janet Jackson- Discipline
4. Sugababes - Catfights and Spotlights
3. Britney Spears - Circus
2. Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement

And... my favourite album of 2008 is...

1. Mariah Carey - E=MC²

YAY!

1.how did you get into 29?
Dawn Landes
first hearing her cover of 'young folks' on youtube

2. what was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Nina Simone
jeez, hard to say! i guess 'aint got no, i got life'

3. what's your favorite lyric by 33?
Sufjan Stevens
not really a mine of lyrical gems.

4. how did you get into 49?
CSS
when i heard they were going to reading 08. i'd been meaning to check them out fo ages mo.

5. how many albums by 13 do you own?
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
only one. they've only done one.

6. what is your favorite song by 50?
Hafdis Huld
hrm, probably 'ski jumper'

7. is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
The Arcade Fire
nope.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Feist
'i feel it all' - no question!

9. what is your favorite song by 5?
Kylie Minogue
omg... um. i love most of her songs. but 'wow'

10. is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Kate Nash
probs 'pumpkin soup'

11. what is the worst song by 40?
Klaxons
judging from my playcount, it would be 'four horsemen of 2012'

12. what is your favorite song by 10?
Rihanna
depends... either 'disturbia' or 'good girl gone bad'

13. what is a good memory you have involving 30?
Laura Marling
listening to my ipod late at night and suddenly discovering the immensity the hidden 'alas i cannot swim' - whoot.

14. what is your favorite song by 38?
Ladyhawke
'magic', no question.

15. is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Martha Wainwright
her songs aren't particularly that happy!

16. is there a song by 25 that makes you sad?
Madonna
nope.

17. what is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
'maps'.

18. what's your favorite lyric by 11?
The Killers
from 'read my mind'
the teenage queen, the loaded gun;
the drop dead dream, the chosen one
a southern drawl, a world unseen;
a city wall and a trampoline

19. who is a favorite member of 1?
Regina Spektor
the one and only reginski

20. is there a song by 14 that makes you happy?
Santogold
'lights out' and 'creator'

21. what is a good memory involving 27?
M.I.A.
'paper planes' and fresher's week!

22. what is your favorite song by 16?
Beyoncé
'single ladies (put a ring on it)' and 'listen'

23. what is the first song you ever heard by 47?
P!nk
she's been along for ages, it's hard to remember!

24. what is your favorite album by 18?
Rufus Wainwright
'release the stars'

25. what is your favorite song by 21?
Miley Cyrus
'full circle'!! yeh bebz.

26. what is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Badly Drawn Boy
'something to talk about'

27. what is your favorite album by 3?
Rilo Kiley
'under the blacklight'

28. what is you favorite song by 2?
Dixie Chicks
'the long way around' and 'not ready to make nice'

29. what was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Jenny Lewis
solo? 'carpetbaggers'

30. what is you favorite song by 8?
Alphabeat
'boyfriend' or 'what is happening'


31. how many times have you seen 17 live?
Sarah Slean
none : (

32. is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Florence and The Machine
'kiss with a fist', 'hospital beds' and 'dog days are over' - immense.

33. how did you get into 12?
Stephanie Dosen
when i went to see duke special, and she was the support.

34. what is the worst song by 45?
Jem
again, on playcount, '24'

35. what was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Mika
'grace kel