# allmusic.com's top searches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allmusic-coms-top-searches/284308>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 12, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allmusic-coms-top-searches/284308 "2005-01-12T01:15:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allmusic-coms-top-searches/284308/1 "2005-01-12T01:15:14Z")

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I didn’t know that…

The AMG publishes the top searches for the previous week. Check out the [artists](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED948A97520CE992D4DDABD7DF529D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54851472F353F28C93FDFB6AB578B0FD2EA45F43DBC0EF52F6D9632D5DF0&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_topartistsearch.html), [albums](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED948A97520CE992D4DDABD7DF529D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54851472F353F28C93FDFB6AB578B0FD2EA45F43DBC0EF5FF6DC642D5DF0&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_topalbumsearch.html), and top [url="[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED948A97520CE992D4DDABD7DF529D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54851472F353F28C93FDFB6AB578B0FD2EA45F43DBC0EC57F6D9632D5DF0&sql=32:amg/info\_pages/a\_topsample.html](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED948A97520CE992D4DDABD7DF529D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54851472F353F28C93FDFB6AB578B0FD2EA45F43DBC0EC57F6D9632D5DF0&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_topsample.html)"audio samples.

I don’t really have much to add; it’s nice to see Black Sabbath in the top 100.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allmusic-coms-top-searches/284308/2 "2005-01-12T01:19:13Z")

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[audio samples](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781ED948A97520CE992D4DDABD7DF529D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54851472F353F28C93FDFB6AB578B0FD2EA45F43DBC0EC57F6D9632D5DF0&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_topsample.html).

Fixed link

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**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allmusic-coms-top-searches/284308/3 "2005-01-12T02:33:33Z")

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Wow. In the top 100 album searches, there is exactly **one** from the 1980’s (and very few even from the 1990’s). Those of us who think the 80’s and 90’s were pretty much a musical ghetto can draw some validation from this.

My next goal - do enough searches to push a Mike Keneally album into the top 100. I think it would be a full time job with multiple browsers running… 🙂

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allmusic-coms-top-searches/284308/4 "2005-01-12T09:16:21Z")

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> [@tpayne](#):
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> Wow. In the top 100 album searches, there is exactly **one** from the 1980’s (and very few even from the 1990’s). Those of us who think the 80’s and 90’s were pretty much a musical ghetto can draw some validation from this.

All that demonstrates is that the _names_ of albums from the 60s are better rooted in the public’s minds.