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Last.FM Milestones6000th track: (13 Jan 2011)
Paramore - Decoy
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/55879537.png7000th track: (06 Mar 2011)
Metro Station - Tell Me What To Do
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/4267373.png8000th track: (19 Mar 2011)
Aloe Blacc - Dance For Life
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/53559859.jpg9000th track: (28 Mar 2011)
Conor Oberst - Moab
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/12501375.jpg10000th track: (09 Apr 2011)
AFI - Prelude 12/21
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/144914.jpg11000th track: (17 Apr 2011)
Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean (Acoustic)
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/33586.jpg12000th track: (02 May 2011)
Gwen Stefani - Harajuku Girls
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/338249.jpg13000th track: (08 May 2011)
Beyoncé - If I Were a Boy
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/51909815.png14000th track: (14 May 2011)
Céline Dion - New Mego's Flamenco
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/6556181.jpg15000th track: (24 May 2011)
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(ten) most played songs from (fifty) most played artists:

Rise Against
Survive
Tip the Scales
Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Whereabouts Unknown
Heaven Knows
Hairline Fracture
Under the Knife
Ready to Fall
The Approaching Curve
Kotov Syndrome

Social Distortion
Reach for the Sky
Cold Feelings
Don't Drag Me Down
Winners and Losers
I Wasn't Born to Follow
Ball and Chain
Crown of Thorns
When the Angels Sing
Highway 101
A Place in My Heart

Alexisonfire
Sharks and Danger
Accidents
Boiled Frogs
We Are the Sound
Get Fighted
Crisis
Thrones
Mailbox Arson
This Could Be Anywhere in the World
Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas)

My Chemical Romance
Headfirst for Halos
Early Sunsets Over Monroeville
I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
The Only Hope for Me is You
Disenchanted
My Way Home Is Through You
The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You
You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison
SING
Famous Last Words

Story Of The Year
Take Me Back
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So, as a celebration that I've been 6 years scrobbling my music taste, I'm making a summary on how they were. How many tracks i listened to each year and which was my top 10. I calculated the charts for every year using last.fm extra stats by C26000.

1: 3150 ---------------------2006

01.Alexisonfire [210]
02.AFI [175]
03.Coheed and Cambria [155]
04.Placebo [142]
05.Tegan and Sara [140]
06.Rise Against [138]
07.Alkaline Trio [122]
08.BoySetsFire [104]
09.Anti-Flag [102]
10.Billy Talent [97]


2: 8250 (11350)--------------2007

01.Dredg [313]
02.Silversun Pickups [308]
03.Tegan and Sara [274]
04.Coheed and Cambria [243]
05.AFI [238]
06.Mae [237]
07.Death Cab for Cutie [222]
08.The Decemberists [207]
09.Alexisonfire [189]
10.Enter Shikari [187]


3: 11450 (22800)-------------2008

01.Mew [382]
02.65daysofstatic [224]
03.Jimmy Eat World [295]
04.Thrice [183]
05.The Radio Dept. [182]
06.Fair To Midland [181]
07.Logh [179]
08.Wintersleep [170]
09.Anberlin [161]
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Last Saturday, I discussed the issues with the current similar artist formula...especially Metallica being top 10 in similarity with The Offspring (like what?).

Well, since then, I put my programming skills to work and well, I built a little program to test to see it would work with other artists. Results were noticed on several bands/artists as their similar artists over went a make over. However, it did lead to new problems as I tried testing it out super-mainstream acts including our favorite band...Radiohead.


Rage Against the Machine showed up as a similar artist.


...well, apparently. Radiohead's top 250 similar artists currently are all over the place in random genres. A bigger batch of similar artists would be needed to get the best results, but the question is...is my new formula better. I'm going to show you some examples of artists top 25 similar artists...before, and after. You guys make the decision.


Oh, you don't remember the formula? Very well...time for a quick summary
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ARTISTS
Rise Against 473
Alexisonfire 438
blink-182 432
My Chemical Romance 378
Dance Gavin Dance 305
The Rolling Stones 301
Fall Out Boy 295
Anti-Flag 266
The Bouncing Souls 243
Thrice 240
I Set My Friends On Fire 228
Funeral For A Friend 202
AFI 198
Against Me! 172
lostprophets 170
Fightstar 166
Moneen 163
Alkaline Trio 160
Story Of The Year 159
City and Colour 154
3OH!3 153
McFly 146
Anberlin 144
Ramones 143
Gob 142
Social Distortion 139
Green Day 135
Thursday 131
Atreyu 129
Go Radio 128
Flogging Molly 126
Leathermouth 125
Emarosa 125
Yellowcard 124
Enter Shikari 121
Danny Elfman 119
Charlie Simpson 112
Motion City Soundtrack 111
illScarlett 106
A Wilhelm Scream 102
Misfits 98
Midtown 97
Senses Fail 97
Bad Religion 96
zebrahead 92
Unwritten Law 88
Jonas Brothers 88
The Used 86
Aiden 85
Dead Kennedys 82


SONGS
blink-182 – Stockholm Syndrome 90
I Set My Friends on Fire – Ravenous, Ravenous Rhinos 90
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1. How did you get into 29?
Germ Attak
Found them on MySpace through my record label Wardead Records.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Disfear
I don't remember.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Agent Orange
"take the time to waste a thousand years
touch the face and wipe away the tears
speak the truth and break the heart that bleeds
stab the back and bite the hand that feeds"

4. How did you get into 49?
The Toy Dolls
My friend told me about them on highschool.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Guttermouth
Eat Your Face, Teri Yakimoto, and The Album Formerly Known... I need to get more.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Ekkaia
Sombras del Progreso.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
The Faint
No.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Beastie Boys
The Move.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Spazz
The Complete And Utter Eradication...

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
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1. How did you get into 29?
Germ Attak
Found them on MySpace through my record label Wardead Records.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Disfear
I don't remember.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Agent Orange
"take the time to waste a thousand years
touch the face and wipe away the tears
speak the truth and break the heart that bleeds
stab the back and bite the hand that feeds"

4. How did you get into 49?
The Toy Dolls
My friend told me about them on highschool.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Guttermouth
Eat Your Face, Teri Yakimoto, and The Album Formerly Known... I need to get more.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Ekkaia
Sombras del Progreso.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
The Faint
No.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Beastie Boys
The Move.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Spazz
The Complete And Utter Eradication...

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
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As you've noticed the last several years, similar artists for bands/artists have gotten worse and more unreasonable. Especially if you keep reading on and on through the top similar artists for each artist. The one that has been baffling me for a while is The Offspring, a punk rock band that's not extreme metal or hard rock (though they do have alternative influences and sounds at times). In fact, as of 12/25/2011, these are their top 50 similar artists in order:

Sum 41
Rise Against
Bad Religion
Billy Talent
Pennywise
Metallica
Green Day
blink-182
zebrahead
Millencollin

AC/DC
Nickelback
Papa Roach
System of a Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Disturbed
Anti-Flag
Rage Against the Machine
NOFX
Godsmack

Bloodhound Gang
Limp Bizkit
3 Doors Down
Rancid
Farben Lehre
Slipknot
Static-X
Nirvana
Korn
Dropkick Murphys

Ramones
Iron Maiden
Audioslave
Goldfinger
Rammstein
Drowning Pool
Pidżama Porno
Bullet For My Valentine
DragonForce
Rob Zombie

Bowling For Soup
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