Commercially available formats determined by itunes, amazon.com and record label web pages.
Reality television ties are as recorded by wikipedia.

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Number of band/artist members determined by wikipedia.
Band/artist first active determined by wikipedia.
When wikipedia information was unavailable, date of first release
or date of myspace page creation was used.
Artist year of birth determined by wikipedia.

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Locations of artists in Billboard’s Top Hot 100 determined by their myspace pages and,
when more specificity was required, wikipedia.
Locations of artists in Pitchfork’s 100 Best determined by their myspace pages and,
when more specificity was required, wikipedia or Pitchfork’s own reviews.

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Record labels determined by wikipedia.org.
When a song was released by more than one label the larger label was used.
Label ownership determined by wikipedia.org and discogs.com.

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