I have now been a member of my current Last.fm account for four years now. I had old ones from around 2006 but I never stuck around with them that much beyond a few hundred plays. I don't know why but I just haven't got tired of using it yet. My tastes have changed a lot in the past four years with the first year being nothing but idols/jpop. Over the years, western artists have been incorporated more into my library. I will list my top five artists of January 26 2012-January 26 2013.
1. Ayumi Hamasaki - 3,973 plays
2. One Direction - 1,457
3. AKB48 - 1,369
4. Depeche Mode - 811
5. Rurutia - 619
Ayu being my number one again this year isn't a huge surprise. Her music suits my every mood and I feel like I am constantly listening to her. Her albums range from classical to electronic to trance to pop to rock. Anything off her albums can suit my mood. One Direction being second is a surprise. I didn't realize I listened to them so much this year. I can't see this lasting as their albums don't make a huge impression but they obviously did to me last year. AKB48, Depeche Mode, and Rurutia are normal artists every year to show up this isn't much new. Nishino Kana and Morning Musume were the artists to drop out this year.
Here are my most played songs in the past year.
1. AKB48 - UZA 321 plays
2. Fairies - White Angel 107 plays
3. One Direction - Save You Tonight 105 plays
4. One Direction - I Wish 103 plays
5. Fairies - One Love 101 plays
I loved Uza and it is absolutely one of my favourite AKB48 songs in the past year. It is probably one of their top 5 singles for me. Fairies is relatively new and this single really caught my attention. I felt myself constantly playing both of those songs on repeat. One Direction is to be expected but these two songs aren't my favourites so I'm wondering how they ended up so high.
Now.. let's look at my total stats from January 2009 to January 2013.
Overall, my top artists remain -
1. Ayumi Hamasaki - 23,862 plays
2. AKB48 - 11,102 plays
3. Morning Musume - 8, 257
4. Nishino Kana - 3,188
5. Depeche Mode 3,061
So.. as I have states above, Nishino and Morning Musume are the only ones to drop out of my ranks this year. I really loved Morning Musume at the very beginning and listened to them a lot but now this shows that other artists have come through to my attention. I'm always curious to do these to see how my music tastes change, if at all. One thing's for sure, Ayu will always be my queen. ♥
And.. my top played songs ever on last.fm so far...
1. AKB48 - Beginner 689 plays
2. Itano Tomomi - Dear J 447 plays
3. Nishino Kana - Distance 388 plays
4. Ayu - Last Angel 347 plays
5. AKB48 - UZA 321
I would say.. this is very accurate. I absolutely played the shit out of Beginner. I guess I just really love AKB's 'cool' songs. Uza also sneaked into my top songs ever ranking. Dear J, Distance and Last Angel remain some of my favourite songs in the past two years. I was absolutely addicted to them when they came out. I still love and enjoy them. Distance will always be a meaningful song to me. ♥
Okay that is it for this year now !
Let's see what next year brings ☆
