Most Listened To in 2009

Posted by Chris Campbell at Thursday, December 31, 2009

This obviously doesn't count vinyl, CDs, car, overtaking friends' stereo systems, but here's my Top 40 listened to artists via last.fm (along w number of songs played):

1 Bruce Springsteen 1,622
2 Wilco 1,157
3 Son Volt 951
4 Eels 758
5 Townes Van Zandt 575
6 Tim Easton 525
7 Richard Buckner 511
8 Damien Jurado 469
8 Bonnie "Prince" Billy 469
10 Josh Ritter 452
11 Neko Case 403
12 Nick Drake 383
13 Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard 371
14 Bob Dylan 339
15 Josh Rouse 329
16 Neil Young 320
17 The Gourds 300
18 Chip Robinson 262
19 Joe Henry 259
20 Uncle Tupelo 257
21 Slobberbone 250
22 Okkervil River 237
23 Leonard Cohen 225
24 The Magnetic Fields 222
25 Thao 214
26 Yo La Tengo 212
27 Arcade Fire 197
28 The Beatles 190
29 Big Star 187
29 Steve Earle 187
29 Sam Cooke 187
32 Johnny Cash 182
33 Andrew Bird 172
33 John Prince 172
35 Brakes 169
36 M. Ward 166
37 Matthew Ryan 160
37 Nathan Moore 160
39 Pernice Brothers 159
40 The Handsome Family 156