By genre, 2000-present
Top Tracks and Albums as determined by Pitchforkmedia.com. Genre determined by the Itunes store.
Charts
The Wide World of Alternative
Genre determined by the Itunes store. Location of artist determined by myspace profiles and Wikipedia.
Popular Names in Popular Music
First names appearing in the lyrics of the top five songs of every
year from 1891 to present. Top five songs determined by the
Billboard Pop ME charts. Lyrics determined by sheet
music archives and various song lyric websites offering great
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Probably Not
A Many Splendored Thing
Some Things in Common
Number of band/artist members determined by wikipedia.
Locations of artists determined by their myspace pages and,
when more specificity was required, wikipedia or Pitchfork’s own reviews.
Genre was determined by allmusic.com.
Formats Today
Commercially available formats determined by itunes, amazon.com and record label web pages.
Reality television ties are as recorded by wikipedia.
Popular Artists
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.