http://open.spotify.com/user/caaakeeey/playlist/6QAKnenuZoowNqxRzZbeRg

Last Safe Diff: 22 sep 2015


Top 40 most recognisable artists (24 dec 2015)

    17  Elvis Presley
    15  The Beatles
    13  Frank Sinatra
    12  Elton John
    11  ABBA
    10  Queen
    10  Led Zeppelin
    10  Stevie Wonder
    9   Michael Jackson
    8   The Prodigy
    8   Aerosmith
    7   Basement Jaxx
    7   Tom Jones
    7   Katy Perry
    7   Billy Joel
    7   The Kinks
    7   U2
    7   Pink Floyd
    6   Eminem
    6   The Clash
    6   The Rolling Stones
    6   Justin Timberlake
    6   Foo Fighters
    6   Coldplay
    6   Rihanna
    6   Bob Dylan
    6   JAY Z
    6   Muse
    6   David Bowie
    6   Red Hot Chili Peppers
    6   Snoop Dogg
    6   Julie Andrews
    6   Madonna
    6   Phil Collins
    6   Kanye West
    6   The Beach Boys
    6   Radiohead
    6   Christina Aguilera
    6   David Guetta
    6   Lady Gaga

Song Inclusion by Year (24 Dec 2015)

A few notes here;
    - Years obtained by naively polling dbpedia with a text search. ~300 songs had no data, and an unknown number had incorrect years (maybe ~200?)
    - Generally an increase over time, with a dramatic increase in 1964.
    - Possibly songs to find in 1971-173
    - Another slowdown 88-91 - indicative of a poor period for music? my own taste bias? being born around that time?
    - Falls off again 2012+, likely for a number of reasons - songs havent had time to permeate culture, many recent songs sitting in the committee, the dbpedia resource does not have some of the most recent releases

    2   1954
    6   1956
    7   1957
    3   1958
    3   1959
    7   1960
    2   1961
    1   1962
    5   1963
    14  1964
    12  1965
    16  1966
    17  1967
    14  1968
    21  1969
    20  1970
    11  1971
    11  1972
    9   1973
    12  1974
    20  1975
    13  1976
    25  1977
    16  1978
    27  1979
    19  1980
    18  1981
    32  1982
    30  1983
    20  1984
    14  1985
    15  1986
    27  1987
    11  1988
    11  1989
    9   1990
    14  1991
    18  1992
    18  1993
    20  1994
    22  1995
    25  1996
    33  1997
    34  1998
    48  1999
    45  2000
    50  2001
    53  2002
    51  2003
    50  2004
    55  2005
    56  2006
    36  2007
    52  2008
    46  2009
    35  2010
    30  2011
    22  2012
    29  2013
    14  2014


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### notes

Raw - dumped song name and artists
Processed - song name and artist with common imperfections cleaned up
Track Links - Raw spotify links