Music

Genre as listed in Itunes. Chart positions weighted where #1 = 100 points and #100 = 1 point.
Pitchfork’s Top 100 Tracks of 2011.
All other information from Wikipedia and, failing that, sometimes Google.

Genre as listed in Itunes. Chart positions weighted where #1 = 100 points and #100 = 1 point.
Billboard Hot 100 Year-End charts.
All other information from Wikipedia and, failing that, sometimes Google.

Reviews on album Wikipedia pages were converted to a
scale of 0-100 and averaged. The Scandal album and EP were included in the timeline of Ms. Patty Smyth.

Album appearances and albums released by bands the
individuals were a part of as listed on the artists’
Wikipedia pages.
Reviews on album Wikipedia pages were converted to a
scale of 0-100 and averaged. When no reviews were
available AllMusic was used.

Solo studio albums as listed on the artists’ Wikipedia pages.
Reviews from Robert Christgau, Allmusic and Rolling Stone were
converted to a scale of 0-100 and averaged along with any
additional reviews on each album’s Wikipedia page.

Everything above gleaned from the (sometimes very sparse) information available online. Corrections are welcome.

Pitchfork’s Top 100 Tracks of 2010
Billboard’s Hot 100 Songs of 2010
Genre and song length as listed by song in Itunes.
Artist year of birth and year first musically active as listed on Wikipedia and Allmusic.
Number of people in bands as listed on Wikipedia.