My Top 110 Music Artists, #8

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #8 is the former American Idol contestant whose songs I played more often over the past four years than any other AI contestant, despite the fact that she’s not my top personal favorite AI contestant—that honor is held by Stevie Scott. The artist at #8 competed in American Idol season 6, which started the same month and year I joined Last.fm and started scrobbling my plays. I played a lot of this artist’s AI tracks from January 2007 (when AI season 6 started) through May 2007 (when AI season 6 ended), and that helped to push this artist up into my top 10 most played artists of the past four years. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #9

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #9 is a pop princess who is so often put down as frivolous but who sells millions of albums and by some calculations is the eighth top-selling female artist in the US. She released her first single at the age of 16 and her first album at the age of 18; she’ll be 30 on December 2, 2011, having released a total of seven studio albums, three compilation albums, and 35 singles. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #10

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

It’s taken me 100 posts and over five months, but I’ve finally reached my top 10 music artists. At #10 is a female R&B/hip-hop artist who died at the age of 22 ten years ago. It’s always tragic when any person dies that young, and it’s even more tragic when the person has shown so much talent and has a life full of promise ahead of them. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #11

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #11 is the highest ranking duo in my countdown, the act who recorded my #2 most played album of the past four years. At the time of this writing, they have the most underwhelming official web site, that gives tour dates but no information about who they are, where they are located, or what sort of music they play. And maybe that is okay, because they also have Facebook and MySpace pages with bio info and the like. Maybe it’s better to have a simple official web site that’s easily updated than a complicated web site that easily falls out of date like so many other “official” web sites out there. After all, it’s about the music, not the web site, eh. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #12

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #12 is my personal favorite music group act of all time, even if they only rank as #12 on my Last.fm charts for the past four years. I’ve been listening to this group since the 70s. This group was my #3 most played music act of 2010, and I’ve blogged about them before as being my most favorite music group of all time.

This group became very popular starting in the mid-70s. Over 35 years later they still tour and have lots of fans, of which I’m one. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #13

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #13 is my favorite former American Idol contestant, though she did not even make it into the top 20 on the show. No American Idol contestant from any season has a more beautiful voice than this young lady, and it’s a shame that she was sick the night of her top 24 performance. America did not hear that night what this artist is really capable of. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #14

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #14 is the female vocalist who recorded my #5 most played album of the past four years. Most people don’t know about her. She’s released one studio album, while two of her songs are included on the Fantastic Four movie soundtrack, and one song on the Elektra soundtrack. She recorded one version of her debut album, but then came out with another version of it that is now for sale on Amazon and iTunes. It’s the second version of the album that contains my favorite track by this artist, which happens to be my overall #10 most played track of the past four years. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #15

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #15 is a young lady known more for her acting than her singing, and whose biggest hit in the US was from the soundtrack of the movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. My very first scrobble on Last.fm was my favorite track from this artist. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #16

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #16 is my third most played American Idol contestant, and my second most played AI contestant from season five. She has released two studio albums that ranked on the Billboard Top 200 and one holiday album. Her sales have not been as impressive as those of some AI contestants, but she does have her staunch followers, and I like to think I’m one of them, even if I haven’t bought her holiday album yet. Continue reading →

My Top 110 Music Artists, #17

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Michael K. Eidson

At #17 is the highest ranking male solo artist and the highest ranking country artist on this countdown, and the artist for 5 of my top 500 albums. Sadly, this artist passed away in 2002 from complications with diabetes, after having his left foot amputated due to an infection caused by the illness. But his legacy lives on, and a tribute album by a collaboration of various well-known country artists was just released this year to honor his contributions to country music. Continue reading →

Mystic Sounds

A Spotlight on Music

Tag Archives: countdown