http://open.spotify.com/user/caaakeeey/playlist/6QAKnenuZoowNqxRzZbeRg Last Safe Diff: 22 sep 2015 Top 40 most recognisable artists (24 dec 2015) 17 Elvis Presley 15 The Beatles 13 Frank Sinatra 12 Elton John 11 ABBA 10 Queen 10 Led Zeppelin 10 Stevie Wonder 9 Michael Jackson 8 The Prodigy 8 Aerosmith 7 Basement Jaxx 7 Tom Jones 7 Katy Perry 7 Billy Joel 7 The Kinks 7 U2 7 Pink Floyd 6 Eminem 6 The Clash 6 The Rolling Stones 6 Justin Timberlake 6 Foo Fighters 6 Coldplay 6 Rihanna 6 Bob Dylan 6 JAY Z 6 Muse 6 David Bowie 6 Red Hot Chili Peppers 6 Snoop Dogg 6 Julie Andrews 6 Madonna 6 Phil Collins 6 Kanye West 6 The Beach Boys 6 Radiohead 6 Christina Aguilera 6 David Guetta 6 Lady Gaga Song Inclusion by Year (24 Dec 2015) A few notes here; - Years obtained by naively polling dbpedia with a text search. ~300 songs had no data, and an unknown number had incorrect years (maybe ~200?) - Generally an increase over time, with a dramatic increase in 1964. - Possibly songs to find in 1971-173 - Another slowdown 88-91 - indicative of a poor period for music? my own taste bias? being born around that time? - Falls off again 2012+, likely for a number of reasons - songs havent had time to permeate culture, many recent songs sitting in the committee, the dbpedia resource does not have some of the most recent releases 2 1954 6 1956 7 1957 3 1958 3 1959 7 1960 2 1961 1 1962 5 1963 14 1964 12 1965 16 1966 17 1967 14 1968 21 1969 20 1970 11 1971 11 1972 9 1973 12 1974 20 1975 13 1976 25 1977 16 1978 27 1979 19 1980 18 1981 32 1982 30 1983 20 1984 14 1985 15 1986 27 1987 11 1988 11 1989 9 1990 14 1991 18 1992 18 1993 20 1994 22 1995 25 1996 33 1997 34 1998 48 1999 45 2000 50 2001 53 2002 51 2003 50 2004 55 2005 56 2006 36 2007 52 2008 46 2009 35 2010 30 2011 22 2012 29 2013 14 2014