# Who wins your iTunes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880 "2008-06-23T04:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/1 "2008-06-23T04:01:05Z")
My winner is Prince by a huge margin - 292 songs. The next closest are U2 at 65, and Colin James at 62. Mundane and pointless, I know, but it’s about music, so here it is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/2 "2008-06-23T04:16:00Z")
My top ten artists by number of songs: The Beatles, 217 Steely Dan, 66 Chuck Berry, 50 Beethoven, 41 Ella Fitzgerald, 41 Santana, 39 Mozart, 37 Billy Joel, 36 Stevie Wonder, 35 Heart, 34 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/3 "2008-06-23T04:17:09Z")
Blur tops the list with 160 songs. I don’t know who is second. I was a huge fan for many years. I… I can’t get rid of them. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/4 "2008-06-23T04:22:29Z")
Radiohead wins with 326. Below that are: Tears For Fears, 256 Mesh, 122 Enon, 156 Yoko Kanno, 106 Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, 73 Cat Stevens, 58 Akino Arai, 56 Beck, 41 For those wondering how my top totals are possible, I’m an avid collector of b-sides, live versions and artist’s remixes from my favorite bands. Radiohead have been some prolific mofos from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/5 "2008-06-23T04:27:10Z")
1,855 Beatles tracks, out of a total catalog of 22,591 songs. (Prior to their breakup, the Beatles only officially released about 250 songs.) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/6 "2008-06-23T04:30:28Z")
530 Aerosmith 183 Tom Petty 127 theSTART 104 No Doubt 5009 total tracks. Those’re just what I assumed offhand (in that order, no less)… where are these stats available? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/7 "2008-06-23T04:35:02Z")
I just select the ones I see with a really long list (after sorting by Artist, of course), and lift them as if to move them - the cursor tells me how many I just picked up. If there’s a better way to find out, I’m all ears. 160 Blur songs, eh? I guess they’ve done more than just Song 2. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/8 "2008-06-23T04:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] I just select the ones I see with a really long list (after sorting by Artist, of course), and lift them as if to move them - the cursor tells me how many I just picked up. If there’s a better way to find out, I’m all ears. 160 Blur songs, eh? I guess they’ve done more than just Song 2. 😃 [/QUOTE] I export the list to a text file, paste the list into Excel, do Subtotals by Artist, and then sort in descending order. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/9 "2008-06-23T04:40:13Z")
The Beatles have a commanding lead. AC/DC, the Clancy Brothers, Dire Straits and the Moody Blues are fighting for second. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/10 "2008-06-23T04:54:12Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] I export the list to a text file, paste the list into Excel, do Subtotals by Artist, and then sort in descending order. [/QUOTE] What does “do subtotals by artist” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/11 "2008-06-23T05:09:39Z")
Another way to count is to sort by Artist in iTunes, select the entire artist group (click the first song by that artist, scroll down, and Shift + click the last), then click and drag the whole group. The number of tracks in the group will appear next to your mouse pointer. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/12 "2008-06-23T05:19:18Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] What does “do subtotals by artist” mean? [/QUOTE] OK, I did that. Now how do I get the number totals per artist? Can i sort by quantities? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/13 "2008-06-23T05:36:18Z")
Some of this has more to do with how CDs are divided into tracks than anything else!.. Wagner - 277 Xenakis - 214 John Cage - 193 Stockhausen - 178 Josquin - 171 Webern - 162 Shostakovich - 155 White Stripes - 154 Scelsi - 148 Captain Beefheart - 130 Ferneyhough - 100 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/14 "2008-06-23T06:03:00Z")
Well, nearest as I can figure (“artist” and “composer” being different categories, but with occasional overlap), it looks like: Pink Floyd—21 Sarah Brightman—19 Tom Waits—19 Jerry Goldsmith—15 John Williams—13 Rasputina—12 Yoko Kanno—11 Grey De Lisle—10 Johnny Cash—9 Moby—9 John Barry—8 Nick Cave—8 Dead Can Dance—8 Dresden Dolls—8 Garbage—8 U2—8 Vangelis—8 Clancy Brothers—7 Evanescense—7 The Tiger Lillies—7 Cincinati Pops—6 After about there, I don’t think I have more than about five songs from any particular artist. To quote the Bard, I think that means I test somewhere between “hockey player” and “serial killer.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/15 "2008-06-23T06:50:01Z")
The Sea And Cake - 50 songs The Beatles - 46 songs Red Hot Chili Peppers - 33 songs I have a lot of music but lots of scattered albums - not one of those “must have every album” guys. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/16 "2008-06-23T07:12:18Z")
OK, here’s mine, dug out manually. Dang. \*\*Prince: \*\*518 \*\*XTC: \*\*361 \*\*Queen: \*\*318 \*\*Ella Fitzgerald: \*\*271 \*\*Nine Inch Nails: \*\*131 \*\*Parliament: \*\*131 \*\*Kirsty MacColl: \*\*97 \*\*PJ Harvey: \*\*97 \*\*Magnetic Fields: \*\*90 \*\*Radiohead: \*\*89 \*\*Skunk Anansie: \*\*86 \*\*Jimi Tenor: \*\*82 \*\*Victoria Williams : \*\*75 \*\*Holly Cole: \*\*73 \*\*Roger Miller: \*\*70 \*\*Queens of the Stone Age: \*\*63 \*\*Super Furry Animals : \*\*59 \*\*Desert Sessions: \*\*57 \*\*Robbie Fulks: \*\*55 \*\*Marilyn Manson: \*\*51 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/17 "2008-06-23T11:13:55Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] OK, here’s mine, dug out manually. Dang. \*\*Prince: \*\*518 \*\*XTC: \*\*361 \*\*Queen: \*\*318 \*\*Ella Fitzgerald: \*\*271 \*\*Nine Inch Nails: \*\*131 \*\*Parliament: \*\*131 \*\*Kirsty MacColl: \*\*97 \*\*PJ Harvey: \*\*97 \*\*Magnetic Fields: \*\*90 \*\*Radiohead: \*\*89 \*\*Skunk Anansie: \*\*86 \*\*Jimi Tenor: \*\*82 \*\*Victoria Williams : \*\*75 \*\*Holly Cole: \*\*73 \*\*Roger Miller: \*\*70 \*\*Queens of the Stone Age: \*\*63 \*\*Super Furry Animals : \*\*59 \*\*Desert Sessions: \*\*57 \*\*Robbie Fulks: \*\*55 \*\*Marilyn Manson: \*\*51 [/QUOTE] Sorry, it’s probably too late but when I get home from work, I’ll type up step by step instructions. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/18 "2008-06-23T12:04:39Z")
Oooh, okay! First off, I don’t really use itunes as my big music player, so I’m counting from windows media player instead. 😃 And, here at work, I don’t have my whole music collection on the hard drive, more like a ‘best of’ collection. Here are the artists coming in with more than 18 songs: ```auto Amy Grant 26 Leann Rimes 26 Faith Hill 23 Trisha Yearwood 23 The Corrs 22 She-Daisy 21 Chely Wright 20 Lisa Brokop 20 Mary Chapin Carpenter 20 Reba McEntire 20 Jessica Andrews 19 ``` (Hmm, notice a pattern there? 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/19 "2008-06-23T12:16:10Z")
The Beatles with 107. after that, everyone goes down dramatically, but I only have 877 songs. REM 23 Soundgarden 22 U2 20 Nine Inch Nails 20 Dead Kennedys 23 The Cure 16 Sonic Youth 15 Rolling Stones 15 Led Zeppelin 14 Minor Threat 13 The Who 12 Urge Overkill 12 Faith no More 12 Jimi Hendrix 10 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880/20 "2008-06-23T12:21:47Z")
These sort of statistics are automatically shown in Winamp, so writing this list was easy. My top 10: Therion 175 Talking Heads 161 Megadeth 122 Ulver 116 Metallica 106 Lacrimosa 88 Green Day 81 Napalm Death 69 Led Zeppelin 66 Opeth 65 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-your-itunes/453880.md?page=2)