My favourite artists for the past 15 years

I have been using Last.fm for the past 15 years (yes!) to track all the songs I listen to. Each time I play a track, whether it’s at home or on my phone, the track is added to my Last.fm profile. As you can easily imagine, after 15 years, Last.fm knows more about my music taste than most people in the world. So, without further ado, here is a list of what artists (and bands) I’ve listened to during the past decade and a half.

Rank	Plays	Artist
1	4,782	Depeche Mode
2	1,193	Avinash Meetoo
3	907	Madonna
4	906	Michael Jackson
5	696	Radiohead
6	660	Duran Duran
7	649	Erasure
8	522	The Beatles
9	512	Moby
10	487	U2
11	479	Daft Punk
12	456	Air
13	343	New Order
14	324	Björk
15	315	Kraftwerk
16	314	Aphex Twin
17	287	Jean-Michel Jarre
18	272	Indochine
19	263	A. R. Rahman
20	247	The Human League
21	232	Lana Del Rey
22	229	Pet Shop Boys
23	224	Etienne Daho
24	220	Massive Attack
25	219	Fischerspooner
26	210	Amy Winehouse
27	204	Boards of Canada
28	192	Coldplay
29	190	David Bowie
30	186	a-ha
31	186	OMD
32	186	The Cure
33	179	Lorde
34	178	David Guetta
35	171	Bob Marley
36	166	Röyksopp
37	165	Kaya
38	164	Dave Gahan
39	159	Portishead
40	156	Autechre
41	151	Kanye West
42	151	Pink Floyd
43	148	Atoms for Peace
44	147	Nine Inch Nails
45	146	The Knife
46	142	The Chemical Brothers
47	138	Django Django
48	137	Leftfield
49	132	Morcheeba
50	129	Nirvana

As you can see, I am a massive fan of Depeche Mode (and me!)

The rest is a mix of electronic music (e.g. Radiohead (yes, it’s electronic music to me!), Moby, Daft Punk, Air, Bjork, Kraftwerk, etc.), 80’s (e.g.  Duran Duran, Erasure, New Order, etc.) and classics (e.g. Madonna, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, U2, etc.)

I don’t like thinking of myself as eclectic. I’m more of a completist. I like collecting music. For me, music is a supreme art form and every kind of music is worth listening. I also sincerely believe that there is no bad music. Every single artist must love whatever he/she has done (or, else, that track would not have been released). It’s only that anyone of us has distinct taste and what I like (e.g. me!) is not necessarily your cup of tea. That’s fine.