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Last Saturday, I discussed the issues with the current similar artist formula...especially Metallica being top 10 in similarity with The Offspring (like what?).

Well, since then, I put my programming skills to work and well, I built a little program to test to see it would work with other artists. Results were noticed on several bands/artists as their similar artists over went a make over. However, it did lead to new problems as I tried testing it out super-mainstream acts including our favorite band...Radiohead.


Rage Against the Machine showed up as a similar artist.


...well, apparently. Radiohead's top 250 similar artists currently are all over the place in random genres. A bigger batch of similar artists would be needed to get the best results, but the question is...is my new formula better. I'm going to show you some examples of artists top 25 similar artists...before, and after. You guys make the decision.


Oh, you don't remember the formula? Very well...time for a quick summary
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OST:

Babes in Toyland
Desperado
Dr. Dolittle
Interview with the Vampire
Men in Black
Next Friday
Nightmare Revisited
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Queen of the Damned
Save The Last Dance
Selena
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
The Craft
The Fast and the Furious
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Rugrats Movie
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (The Score)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (The Score)
True Blood
True Blood: Season 2
Twilight
Twilight - The Score

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112 - 112
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
2Pac - Greatest Hits
2Pac - R U Still Down?

A:

A Band Called Pain - Broken Dreams
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Aaliyah - Aaliyah
Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
Aaliyah - One in a Million
Ace of Base - The Sign
Adina Howard - Do You Wanna Ride
Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
All-4-One - All-4-One
Another Animal - Another Animal
Apocalyptica - 7th Symphony
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Last.FM Milestones1st track: (18 Jan 2009)
Bloodhound Gang - The Roof Is On Fire1000th track: (07 Feb 2009)
Everything But The Girl - Missing2000th track: (25 Feb 2009)
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife3000th track: (30 Mar 2009)
Eric Clapton - She Rides (Let It Rain Original Version)4000th track: (20 May 2009)
DJ Manian - Rhythm And Drums (Vs. Tune Up)5000th track: (15 Jun 2009)
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)6000th track: (19 Jul 2009)
Santana - Cry Baby Cry (ft. Joss Stone & Sean Paul)7000th track: (31 Aug 2009)
Spineshank - While My Guitar Gently Weeps8000th track: (29 Sep 2009)
Muse - Time Is Running Out9000th track: (20 Oct 2009)
Prem Joshua - Lahore Connection (The Namaskar Mudra) (Radio Mix)10000th track: (11 Nov 2009)
Tomte - Ich sang die ganze Zeit von Dir11000th track: (30 Nov 2009)
American Steel - Sons Of Avarice12000th track: (01 Jan 2010)
museum creatures - oliver rainbear13000th track: (20 Jan 2010)
Puddle Of Mudd - Pitchin' A Fit14000th track: (11 Feb 2010)
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Some entries I've had to adjust for truer accuracy (explanation too long, and even longer when I tell it) but it's minor. With that said, here are my most scrobbled 123 tracks, 111 albums, and 100 albums of 2010! :)

Top 123 Tracks

123 My Favorite Nothing – Janelle Monáe31
122 Tootsee Roll – 69 Boyz31
121 Yesterday – En Vogue31
120 Love Sign – Nona Gaye & Prince31
119 Affair – Cherrelle31
118 Stomp! – Brothers Johnson31
117 Batdance – Prince31
116 O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Little Drummer Boy (Medley) – Mariah Carey31
115 Hip Hop Lover – En Vogue31
114 All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey32
113 I'm So Into You (Radio Remix) – SWV32
112 Parents Just Don't Understand – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince32
111 Top Of The World – Playa32
110 Friends To The End – Ed Gilbert, David L. Lander, Richard Kind and Dana Hill32
109 Head To Toe – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam32
108 Christmas Time Is In The Air Again – Mariah Carey32
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According to Anthony Liekins Last.fm user tag cloud, this year I'm more or less into hip-hop, indie, rock, alternative, singer-songwriter, electronic, acoustic, jazz, blues, indie rock, underground hip-hop, funk, folk, classic rock, pop, soul, reggae, alternative rock, southern rock, post-punk, underground, chill, jazz hop, chillout, 60s, blues rock and trip-hop.

My number one favourites in 2010 are Blue Scholars, an underground hip-hop/indie duo from Seattle, United States. I'm totally amazed by their performance - marvelous melodic samples mixed with social and political urban delivery, themes I always have had evaluate. For example, see Back Home about necessity to bring back US troops from Iraq war and 50 Thousand Deep, which is concerned about Battle in Seattle, the historic protest in 1999, as thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999.

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