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Listening Trends Month-By-Month Listening Trends for the Past 24 Months* ANDREWTHECODER’S LISTENING TRENDS MONTH-BY-MONTH LISTENING TRENDS FOR THE PAST 24 MONTHS* JAN 12 FEB 12 MAR 12 APR 12 MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12 AUG 12 SEP 12 OCT 12 NOV 12 DEC 12 JAN 13 FEB 13 MAR 13 APR 13 MAY 13 JUN 13 JUL 13 AUG 13 SEP 13 OCT 13 NOV 13 DEC 13 Orbital Kaskade Hard­Fi Massive Attack TC Green Day SKisM Sneaker Pimps The xx Keane Maxïmo Park Flobots Franz Ferdinand Depeche Mode Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Maxence Cyrin Scissor Sisters Paramore Death Cab for Cutie Does It Offend You, Yeah? Feint Rusko +!se Talking Heads Biffy Clyro DJ Shadow Justice ":%omplex The Who Linkin Park David Guetta The Hush Sound Roni Size The Killers Doxx +!se Maroon 5 Death Cab for Cutie DJ Fresh Biffy Clyro DJ Fresh Fatboy Slim Maxïmo Park The Sunshine Underground Chase & Status Wolfmother Los Campesinos! London Elektricity Bo Burnham The Strokes Sub Focus Miracles of Modern Science Camo & Krooked Maxence Cyrin Justice Maxence Cyrin The xx Miracles of Modern Science Does It Offend You, Yeah? DJ Fresh Noisia The Sunshine Underground The Fray Bastille Noisia SKisM Maxïmo Park Pendulum Keane The Strokes Linkin Park Paramore DJ Fresh Linkin Park Scissor Sisters Infected Mushroom Justice Chase & Status Camo & Krooked Los Campesinos! Little People Biffy Clyro Feint System of a Down Zedd Infected Mushroom Radiohead System of a Down Bastille Late Night Alumni Sub Focus Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Feint London Elektricity Infected +!shroom Jack Johnson Noisia Radiohead Snow Patrol Los Campesinos! London Elektricity London Elektricity The Flashbulb Me3 Infected Mushroom Pendulum Infected +ushroom Biffy Clyro Mogwai Netsky Noisia Avicii Radiohead Nero Late Night Alumni Netsky The Flashbulb Mew Mew Radiohead Infected Mushroom The Qemists The Flashbulb Radiohead Fall Out Boy Netsky Billy Talent The Flashbulb Pendulum Jack Johnson The Sounds Mew Los Campesinos! Mogwai Netsky Florence + the Machine Skrillex The Prodigy The Prodigy Panic! at the Disco OK Go Prodigy Silversun Pickups Billy Talent Bloc Party Pendulum Mew Fall Out Boy Jack Johnson Radiohead OK Go Panic! at the Disco The Go! Team Snow Patrol Parov Stelar Hot Chip Idlewild Daft Punk The Flashbulb Panic! at the Disco Coldplay deadma!4 Avicii The Raconteurs Prodigy Panic! at the Disco Brookes Brothers Bloc Party Cryptex While Heaven Wept Fall Out Boy Idlewild Trifonic Skrillex OK Go Madness fun1 Skrillex Lemon Jelly Lifehouse The Sounds The Qemists Coldplay We Are the Ocean Kasabian Woodkid The Sounds Jack Johnson Snow Patrol Gramatik Billy Talent Papa Roach The Expendables Kill the Noise deadmau5 Coldplay The Dresden Dolls The Go! Team Bloc Party Danny Byrd Lifehouse Nero High Contrast Parov Stelar deadma!4 fun1 Zomboy Fall Out Boy Kasabian Sigur R�s The Fratellis Blur Skream The White Stripes A Fine Frenzy fun. P!nk Travis JAN 12 FEB 12 MAR 12 APR 12 MAY 12 JUN 12 JUL 12 AUG 12 SEP 12 OCT 12 NOV 12 DEC 12 JAN 13 FEB 13 MAR 13 APR 13 MAY 13 JUN 13 JUL 13 AUG 13 SEP 13 OCT 13 NOV 13 DEC 13 * Derived from your top 40 artists for the past 24 months. The sections in this graph illustrate your top 40 artists in each mon#)+.
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