Their year in lists (part two)

Further last.fm play count radio charts of the year 2010, except these are of a less pleb-pleasing bent.

6 Music

1 Vampire Weekend 583
2 Arcade Fire 451
3 Foals 427
4 David Bowie 337
5 The Chemical Brothers 332
6 Kings of Leon 330
7 Jimi Hendrix 325
7 Manic Street Preachers 325
7 Yeasayer 325
10 The National 319
11 Laura Marling 315
12 MGMT 313
13 The Futureheads 304
14 The xx 302
15 Beach House 301
15 Delphic 301
17 Hot Chip 291
18 Mumford & Sons 289
19 Radiohead 278
20 The Rolling Stones 262
21 School of Seven Bells 253
22 Gorillaz 247
23 The Cure 245
24 The Clash 243
24 Villagers 243
26 The Beatles 241
27 The Drums 239
28 Underworld 237
28 Chapel Club 237
30 The Charlatans 236
31 The Smiths 233
32 LCD Soundsystem 230
33 Belle and Sebastian 229
34 Florence + the Machine 228
35 Muse 227
36 The Black Keys 220
37 The Coral 218
38 Mystery Jets 216
39 Pulp 215
40 Groove Armada 212
40 R.E.M. 212
42 The Who 210
43 Blur 208
43 Paul Weller 208
45 Primal Scream 204
46 Band of Horses 202
47 Crystal Castles 199
48 Goldfrapp 198
49 M.I.A. 194
49 Everything Everything 194

David Bowie that high in the year people noticed he hasn't been out much? Hendrix at least got an album of scrapings from the studio bin, Valleys Of Neptune, the radio play for which helped it to the heady UK heights of number 21.

1 Foals – Spanish Sahara 154
2 Hot Chip – One Life Stand 139
3 Vampire Weekend – White Sky 138
4 Gruff Rhys – Shark Ridden Waters 134
5 Yeasayer – O.N.E. 127
6 Vampire Weekend – Holiday 125
6 Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait 125
8 Crystal Castles – Not In Love 122
9 Groove Armada – Paper Romance 121
9 The Chemical Brothers – Swoon 121
11 Gorillaz / Bobby Womack / Mos Def – Stylo 120
12 Yeasayer – Madder Red 117
12 Chapel Club – All the Eastern Girls 117
14 Belle and Sebastian – Write About Love 116
14 Kings of Leon – Radioactive 116
16 The xx – Crystalised 115
17 Jónsi – Go Do 113
17 Black Mountain – The Hair Song 113
17 Warpaint – Undertow 113
20 Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill 110
21 Laura Marling – Darkness Descends 109
21 M.I.A. – It Takes a Muscle 109
23 Delphic – Counterpoint 108
23 MGMT – It's Working 108
23 The Vaccines – Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra) 108
26 Mumford & Sons – The Cave 107
26 Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun 107
26 Vampire Weekend – Run 107
26 Best Coast – Boyfriend 107
30 The Jim Jones Revue – Shoot First 105
31 Delphic – Halcyon 103
32 Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone 102
33 The xx – VCR 101
33 Beach House – Norway 101
33 Band of Horses – Compliments 101
33 The Coral – 1000 Years 101
33 Grinderman – Worm Tamer 101
33 Jenny and Johnny – Big Wave 101
39 Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse – Little Girl 100
39 The Black Keys – Next Girl 100
39 Bombay Bicycle Club – Rinse Me Down 100
39 Arcade Fire – Ready to Start 100
43 The Chemical Brothers – Another World 99
43 Aeroplane – Superstar 99
43 Manic Street Preachers – (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love 99
46 Darwin Deez – Radar Detector 98
46 The Black Keys – Tighten Up 98
46 Underworld – Scribble 98
49 Villagers – That Day 97
49 Mystery Jets – Dreaming of Another World 97
49 Lykke Li – Get Some 97

A surprising list for at least one person we know, who couldn't turn the station on without hearing Grinderman. Unless the Beeb forgot to tag it. Big showings for Gruff Rhys and Crystal Castles there given the tracks in question (we're assuming the latter is the Robert Smith vocal version because, well, Robert Smith, 6 Music) only came out in mid-October. Black Mountain? Who'd have known.


1Xtra

1 Rihanna 746
2 Alicia Keys 687
3 Tinie Tempah 651
4 Plan B 593
5 Kanye West 530
6 Jason Derülo 484
7 Drake 469
8 Tinchy Stryder 416
9 Young Money 414
10 Ne-Yo 406
11 Black Eyed Peas 403
12 Dennis Ferrer 371
13 N-Dubz 357
14 Iyaz 343
15 Giggs 337
16 Donae'o 321
17 nas / damian marley 319
17 Gyptian / Nicki Minaj 319
19 Major Lazer 318
20 Jay-Z 317
21 Chiddy Bang 316
22 JLS 313
23 Roll Deep 311
24 Vybz Kartel / Popcaan / Gaza Slim 310
25 Eminem 308
26 Mary J. Blige 300
27 Kelis 286
28 Usher / Will.I.Am 282
29 Chipmunk 271
30 Smiler 266
31 Ill Blue / Shanique 264
32 Ludacris 255
33 Beyoncé 247
33 McLean 247
35 Skepta 244
35 Mavado 244
37 Big Boi 238
38 Timbaland / Justin Timberlake 233
39 50 Cent 231
40 Taio Cruz 227
41 Dizzee Rascal 224
42 Drake / T.I. / Swizz Beatz 223
43 Nicki Minaj 211
44 Cee Lo Green 210
45 Willow Smith 205
46 Jay Sean / Sean Paul / Lil Jon 199
47 Kelly Rowland 189
48 Katy B / Benga 184
49 Diddy / Dirty Money / T.I. 179
50 Devlin 175

1 Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey 348
2 nas / damian marley – As We Enter 319
3 Major Lazer – Pon De Floor 318
3 Gyptian / Nicki Minaj – Hold Yuh (Remix) 318
5 Tinie Tempah – Pass Out 317
6 Vybz Kartel / Popcaan / Gaza Slim – Clarks 310
7 Usher / Will.I.Am – OMG 282
8 Young Money – BedRock 268
9 Rihanna – Rude Boy 267
10 Smiler – Enza 265
11 Ill Blue / Shanique – Say Yes 264
12 Giggs – Look What The Cat Dragged In 249
13 Big Boi – Shutterbug 234
14 Timbaland / Justin Timberlake – Carry Out 233
15 Drake / T.I. / Swizz Beatz – Fancy 223
16 50 Cent – Do You Think About Me 213
17 Kelis – Acapella 212
18 Ludacris – How Low 208
18 Kanye West – Power 208
20 Plan B – She Said 205
20 Willow Smith – Whip My Hair 205
22 Jay Sean / Sean Paul / Lil Jon – Do You Remember 199
23 Roll Deep – Good Times (Ill Blu Remix) 197
24 Skepta – Bad Boy 192
25 Mary J. Blige – I Am 190
26 Jay-Z – On to the Next One 189
27 Drake – Find Your Love 185
28 Katy B / Benga – Katy On A Mission 184
29 Drake – Over 183
30 Chiddy Bang – Chiddy Bang 182
31 Iyaz – Replay 181
32 Diddy / Dirty Money / T.I. – Hello Good Morning 179
33 Ne-Yo – One In A Million 173
34 Giggs / B.O.B – Don't Go There 172
35 Alicia Keys – Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart 168
35 Tinie Tempah – Frisky 168
37 50 Cent / Ne-Yo – Baby By Me 166
38 McLean – My Name 165
39 Professor Green / Lily Allen – Just Be Good To Green 163
40 Wretch 32 / L – Traktor 162
41 Jason Derülo – In My Head 161
41 B.O.B / Bruno Mars / Big Boi – Nothin' On You (Remix) 161
43 Rihanna / Young Jeezy – Hard 154
44 Eminem – Love The Way You Lie 152
45 Usher / Pitbull – DJ Got Us Falling In Love 151
46 Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down 149
47 Kanye West – Runaway 145
48 Timbaland / So Shy / Nelly Furtado – Morning After Dark 143
48 Loick Essien – Love Drunk 143
50 Lloyd Banks / Juelz Santana – Beamer, Benz Or Bentley 142

We've scooted through this because of our pale indie kid nature, but what on earth is that number one? Actually it hit the heights of number 55 but was a summer smash that takes it top of an odd list that includes the none more bloggish Major Lazer and dancehall Londoner Vybz Kartel's Clarks, which as previously remarked upon is actually about Clark's Shoes.


NME Radio

1 Oasis 1,208
2 Blur 1,177
3 Kings of Leon 1,139
4 U2 1,086
5 The Cure 1,020
6 Radiohead 981
7 Muse 975
8 R.E.M. 907
9 The Smiths 893
10 Arcade Fire 829
11 Vampire Weekend 809
12 Manic Street Preachers 805
13 Nirvana 785
13 The xx 785
15 Kasabian 776
16 David Bowie 751
17 Gorillaz 745
18 Darwin Deez 711
19 Depeche Mode 699
20 The Rolling Stones 690
21 Red Hot Chili Peppers 684
22 The Killers 679
23 The Jam 659
24 Doves 642
25 The Stone Roses 632
26 Yeasayer 629
27 Biffy Clyro 627
28 Groove Armada 620
29 Arctic Monkeys 613
30 Foo Fighters 610
31 Florence + the Machine 608
32 The Drums 600
33 The Clash 598
34 Bombay Bicycle Club 595
35 Coldplay 587
36 Chapel Club 583
37 MGMT 563
38 Hot Chip 560
39 We Are Scientists 547
40 Foals 545
41 Green Day 538
42 Supergrass 516
43 Miike Snow 507
44 Delphic 506
45 Primal Scream 493
46 Egyptian Hip Hop 476
47 New Order 464
48 The Verve 463
49 Editors 456
50 Beck 452

Oasis and Blur! It's a posthumous win double. If this makes NME look like the Heart FM of indie, though...

1 The xx – VCR 416
2 Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun 361
3 White Rabbits – Percussion Gun 337
4 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 288
5 Yeasayer – Madder Red 268
6 Crocodiles – Sleep Forever 262
7 Blur – Fool's Day 249
8 The Ropes – Love Is a Chain Store 238
9 Hot Chip – One Life Stand 231
10 Egyptian Hip Hop – Moon Crooner 223
11 Carl Barât – Run With The Boys 221
12 Darwin Deez – Bed Space 220
13 Darwin Deez – Constellations 219
13 Chapel Club – O Maybe I 219
15 The Kissaway Trail – Beat Your Heartbeat 215
16 The Wombats – Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) 214
17 We Are Scientists – I Don't Bite 209
17 Arcade Fire – Ready to Start 209
19 Kele – Tenderoni 207
20 Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk 205
20 Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks 205
22 Groove Armada – History 204
22 I Am Arrows – Hurricane 204
22 Zola Jesus – Poor Animal 204
25 Faithless – Not Going Home 200
26 Marina & the Diamonds – Shampain 199
26 Arctic Monkeys – My Propeller 199
26 The Ting Tings – Hands (Radio Edit) 199
29 Foals – Spanish Sahara 198
29 Miles Kane – Inhaler 198
31 The Vaccines – Wreckin' Bar 196
32 Band of Horses – Factory 195
33 Kings of Leon – Radioactive 194
34 Delphic – Doubt 190
34 The Courteeners – You Over Did It Doll 190
34 Stone Temple Pilots – Between the Lines 190
34 Kings of Leon – Pyro 190
38 The Radio Dept. – Heaven's on Fire 189
38 Clare Maguire – Ain't Nobody 189
40 Surfer Blood – Twin Peaks 188
41 Hurts – Stay 187
42 James Yuill – On Your Own 186
43 Broken Bells – October 185
43 Crookers – Remedy 185
45 Hot Chip – Alley Cats 184
45 The Drums – Me And The Moon 184
45 The National – Anyone's Ghost 184
48 MGMT – It's Working 183
48 Everything Everything – MY KZ, UR BF 183
48 Villagers – That Day 183

...then you'd have to wonder about a list that includes Crocodiles and The Ropes in its airplay year's top ten, compared to whom White Rabbits and Egyptian Hip Hop, by the basis that you're likely to have heard of them, are Coldplay and U2. Imagine also a radio station that gives heavy headway to Britpop and then puts Zola Jesus on heavy rotation.