måndag 18 Okt 2010, 8:40
On every Last FM birthday, I write a journal entry about my top 50 artists at the time. Now it's time again - to compare my charts from 365 days ago it to my current top 50. The first number is their current position, and the second number is the position in my charts one year ago.
1 (1) Lucinda Williams
2 (4) The Smashing Pumpkins
3 (5) Joan as Police Woman
4 (2) Gemma Hayes
5 (3) Tori Amos
6 (6) Sheryl Crow
7 (8) Madonna
8 (7) Leona Naess
9 (19) Amerie
10 (11) Liz Phair
11 (9) Jill Scott
12 (13) Kanye West
13 (10) PJ Harvey
14 (44) The xx
15 (14) Teedra Moses
16 (12) Web Sheldon
17 (23) Laura Veirs
18 (16) Laura Nyro
19 (15) Rachael Yamagata
20 (17) Aimee Mann
21 (21) Arcade Fire
22 (18) Antony and the Johnsons
23 (20) Björk
24 (28) Regina Spektor
25 (46) CéU
26 (25) Emilíana Torrini
27 (26) Vanessa da Mata
28 (22) Portishead
29 (27) Shelby Lynne
30 (24) The National
31 (-) Robyn
32 (-) Arctic Monkeys
33 (32) Shannon Wright
34 (31) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
35 (33) Missy Elliott
36 (30) Joni Mitchell
37 (29) The Long Blondes
38 (41) Kelis
39 (-) Kings of Convenience
40 (38) Interpol
41 (-) Sade
42 (35) Vashti Bunyan
43 (37) Sonic Youth
44 (43) Natalie Merchant
45 (36) Fiona Apple
46 (40) Suzanne Vega
47 (42) Ray LaMontagne
48 (34) Nicole Atkins
49 (39) Britney Spears
50 (49) Phoenix
Few things have changed. Only four new artists entered the top 50 (last year it was nine). I suppose that, as I said last year, the charts tend to become established as time goes by. It's hard for me to listen to a new artist so heavily that it's capable to enter the top 50. In the past 12 months, only one artist that I hadn't heard before entered my top 50: Arctic Monkeys. And the interesting thing is, I only started to listen to them because of my friend Ivan, whom I met here on Last FM. This still is the best social network around. And every year I keep meeting amazing, wonderful new people.
For me, it's nice to see how the xx jumped from #44 to #14. 2010 was their year, right? Even though their album is from 2009. But in 2010: two Glastonbury concerts, a Mercury Prize award, their songs being played in several TV series… I'm glad to see the success they got. They deserve it (and they placed four tracks on my top 50).
The highest new entry, Robyn, deserves the title. With her Body Talk albums, she is now undoubtedly the best pop artist around. And Pt. 3 wasn't even released yet! Could it be album of the year?