Although I joined last.fm nearly 3 years ago, in the beginning the main attraction of the site was the statistics tracking. I don't think I even spoke to anyone else here in the first year. While I looked at the recommendation pages and checked a few artists out (and liked some) I never really tried out the recommendation radio. I mainly found new artists from the similar artists lists on the artist pages. A huge majority (well over 99%) of the 70,000+ plays I have are of music I already know and own.

More recently, I have spent time trying…

Like the "Top artist/track statistics" journals, this is mainly for personal reference.

Complete to 7 November 2010

1. Most weeks as top album (albums)
17
The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
15
Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
13
Ladytron - Velocifero
12
Metric - Fantasies
9
The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control
8
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This
Sky Larkin - Kaleide
6…

Like the "Top artist statistics" journal, this is mainly for personal reference.

Complete to 7 November 2010

1. Most weeks as top track (tracks) (minimum 3 weeks)
20
Be Your Own Pet - Becky
9
The Long Blondes - Once And Never Again
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
8
The Chiara L's - Knives
The Raveonettes - Suicide
Blood Red Shoes - Colours Fade
7
The Chiara L's - Holy Ghost
6
Lichenstein - Stalking Skills
Good Shoes - Small Town Girl
5
Charlotte Hatherley - I Want You To Know
Bikini Kill - DemiRep
Blood Red Shoes -…

This list of top artist statistics is mainly for personal reference.

Complete to 7 November 2010

1. Most weeks as top artist
30
Be Your Own Pet
29
The Long Blondes
22
Los Campesinos!
20
Metric
The Fiery Furnaces
16
Vivian Girls
11
Ladytron
10
The Raveonettes
Blood Red Shoes
8
Sky Larkin
6
Sonic Youth
5
The Motorettes
Katastrophy Wife
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
The Kiara Elles
The Fall
Joy Division
Betty And The Werewolves
2
The Delgados
Bikini Kill
The Slits
1
Girls At Our Best!
Camera Obscura
Penetration
Good Shoes
Crocodiles
The Vaselines
Vice Squad
Pulp

2.…