I have had a Last.FM account since August 15, 2005. In that time, I have “scrobbled”* 9,164 songs. According to Last.FM, that’s an average of 12 tracks a day. And really, that’s not entirely honest since I don’t only use QCD to listen to music. (I have installed a plug-in with QCD which scrobbles my songs.) And I certainly don’t always listen to music on my PC. (This doesn’t record my iPods or my Roku Soundbridge players.) Also, I don’t listen to music every day. But I do listen to it in great spurts.

Now, since I’ve joined Last.FM, they’ve made several improvements, including better record keeping on albums. Plus Last.FM and I have had disagreements on titles for music groups. So when you looked at my top 5 artists overall, #2 was “Unknown.” This is mostly due to my soundtracks & musicals.

If I went to use Last.FM radio to play my favorite tunes, it would mix regular music along with Christmas music. Unlike one friend I can mention, I don’t like to mix my Christmas music listening with my regular music listening.

So today I have decided to clear out my current database from Last.FM. And when Christmas time comes around, I’ll either create a second Last.FM account (trinalinXmas or something) or just not use QCD to scrobble my music.

Before I deleted everything, I decided to save all of my current stats. (Yes, I am that sort of person.) And if you’re interested, I’ll share some of these stats with you.

Top 10 Artists (excluding “Unknown” and “Original Cast Recording.”)

1. The Beatles
2. The Monkees
3. Pet Shop Boys
4. Chumbawamba
5. King’s College Choir
6. Monty Python
7. The Bonzo Dog Band
8. George Harrison
9. Kirsty MacColl
10. Squirrel Nut Zippers

Top 10 Albums (which isn’t very indicative since the album feature came late.)

1. GRIMMS – Sleepers
2. Chumbawamba – A Singsong and a Scrap
3. The Chieftains – The Bells of Dublin
4. Kirsty MacColl – Galore
5. Neil Innes – Re-cycled Vinyl Blues
6. Kirsty MacColl – Tropical Brainstorm
7. Mackeel – Plaid
8. Julie Andrews – Christmas With Julie Andrews
9. Monty Python – Monty Python Sings
10. Julie Andrews & André Previn – A Christmas Treasure & The Rutles – The Rutles

Top 10 Tracks (I have several albums where King’s College Choir sings some of the same Christmas tunes.)

1. King’s College Choir – O Little Town of Bethlehem
2. King’s College Choir – O Come, All Ye Faithful
3. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
4. Chumbawamba – Just Desserts
5. King’s College Choir – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
6. King’s College Choir – Away In A Manger
7. King’s College Choir – Once in Royal David’s City
8. Kirsty MacColl – England 2, Columbia 0
9. Pet Shop Boys – What Keeps Mankind Alive?
10. The Beatles – Nowhere Man

(6-10 were actually all tied for 6th place.)

*Scrobbling is what Last.FM calls “recording what music you’re playing at the time.”