How many different artists do you have on your iPod?

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Not necessarily an indication of how eclectic your tastes are, but interesting to compare nonetheless. Just check your iTunes/mp3 player program for how many distinct artists you have stored. I'm approaching 2,300 myself.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
100-300 7
301-600 5
1,001-1,500 5
Under 100 4
601-1,000 4
2,001-3,000 3
1,501-2,000 2
Over 4,000 1
3,001-4,000 0


Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:24 (fifteen years ago)

how do you check this?

Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

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

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:29 (fifteen years ago)

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

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:33 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:34 (fifteen years ago)

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

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)

Ha, the original was much bigger. Sorry.

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)

i dont know, its my iphone so like 7?

Varg Vikinem (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

214 artists on a 8gb ipod touch

mizzell, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)

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

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)

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

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 17:56 (fifteen years ago)

Holy shit. But I feel better now.

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:00 (fifteen years ago)

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

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:03 (fifteen years ago)

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

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:05 (fifteen years ago)

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.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:07 (fifteen years ago)

1259

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

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)

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

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:11 (fifteen years ago)

739

in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:13 (fifteen years ago)

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

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:14 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Jazzbo, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:18 (fifteen years ago)

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

Varg Vikinem (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:19 (fifteen years ago)

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

Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:23 (fifteen years ago)

737, but that's just the iPhone

Snop Snitchin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:36 (fifteen years ago)

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

hobbes, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:38 (fifteen years ago)

Thanks Mr. McBoing-Boing!

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Dennis Parrotin' (some dude), Thursday, 29 April 2010 18:46 (fifteen years ago)

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.

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 April 2010 19:13 (fifteen years ago)

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.

I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 29 April 2010 19:46 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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

Michael Train, Thursday, 13 May 2010 00:08 (fifteen years ago)

215

kkvgz, Thursday, 13 May 2010 00:42 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 13 May 2010 01:34 (fifteen years ago)

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.

kelpolaris, Thursday, 13 May 2010 03:50 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 13 May 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)


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