How many different artists do you have on your iPod?

how do you check this?

on an iPhone, if you go to the Artists list and scroll to the bottom, it will tell you how many are on there

I have 558 because all my compilations aren't on my iPod.

I have 796 because I just ripped like 40 compilations into iTunes and my iPhone is set to sync off of a smart playlist of my most recently-added stuff.

For those of you who don't know how to check, I found this image. The "Artist" column indicates there are 211 different artists in this iTunes library:
http://www.cnet.com.au/i/r/2005/software/music/tweakitunes/art_850x628.gif

Ha, the original was much bigger. Sorry.

i dont know, its my iphone so like 7?

214 artists on a 8gb ipod touch

C'mon, there have got to be some regulars out there who have me beat or I'm gonna feel like a major braggadouchebag.

1459 if I group compilations, if I count all those single track artists it's 6552.

Holy shit. But I feel better now.

My ipod is much more reasonable - 31 artists, no comps at all.

EZ, you really need to join us on ilxchatz some evening!

I've never done the chat thing, like in any context. Not averse to it, just haven't bothered.

So, what would it involve? No clue where to start.

1259

It's all those Nuggets box sets and the double CD Pavement tribute record

Yeah, I have lots of artists with only 1-2 songs apiece.

739

btw can I just say that asking "how many different artists are on yr iPod" and then posting a number from yr iTunes is a total "my dick is bigger than yrs" move

Yes, I see that now. In my defense I honestly thought there would be plenty of posters with bigger dicks. The poll is still young, however.

yeah hahaha the number gets a little bigger than 7 when we talk itunes count for me

my itunes and my ipod have the same amount of artists on them, no idea how many tho!

737, but that's just the iPhone

EZ - you gotta have an AIM account. Easiest way is to create an account here: http://products.aim.com/products/express

I don't know if AIM Express supports joining Group Chat. I use www.meebo.com - login to AIM and then it's easy to click on "Start or Join a Group Chat" (it's on the far right under "Buddy List", it looks like 3 yellow bubbles with one blue one). The group is 'ilxchatz' (no quotes). Pfunkboy 1973 is the unofficial ringleader, on most evenings.

< 100, nano i change up a few times a week

Thanks Mr. McBoing-Boing!

i have 1700+ different artist tags, but that number is REALLY inflated by all the hip hop i have where a lot of the songs with featured guests have a different tag in the 'artist' field. and i'm not about to try and count what the 'real' number would be.

posting a number from yr iTunes is a total "my dick is bigger than yrs" move

I've got 1259 artists on my iPod, but my penis is only 1 inch long. Which works out because no girl would ever sleep with me once I start talking about The Steppes and Viking Moses.

Don't have iTunes in front of me, but I'm somewhere in the 600-650 range for artists I own full albums by (i.e., those that I care enough about to have bought at least one full album). If we'

Many of these are the same person under different tags, though, such as the lovely Brian Eno having at least 9 separate tags (maybe more that I can't think of at the moment):

Eno
Brian Eno
Eno/Cale
Fripp and Eno
Brian Eno and Harold Budd
Brian Eno and Laraaji
Brian Eno and David Byrne
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble
Brian Eno and Jon Hassell

Once we're talking compilations, I probably shoot closer to the 1,500 to 2,000 range, given about 80-90 compilations with anywhere from 5 to 50 unique artists apiece.

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On my 8GB Nano there are 398 artists. In the library there are 3227. Guess that's what happens when you digitize comp LPs.

215

270, but I'm still trying to rebuild my collection after a hard drive crash. (I had about 20 gigabytes of music files , 95% of which were legally acquired.) And my penis is -4 inches long.

363, but on my iPod (8gigs) I only keep around 20-30 at a time. I see no need to keep with me EVERY SONG I'VE EVER AMASSED IN MY LIFETIME. I can always swap them out if I get bored of an an artist.

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