Alternate History
Some Things in Common
Number of band/artist members determined by wikipedia.
Locations of artists determined by their myspace pages and,
when more specificity was required, wikipedia or Pitchfork’s own reviews.
Genre was determined by allmusic.com.
Formats Today
Commercially available formats determined by itunes, amazon.com and record label web pages.
Reality television ties are as recorded by wikipedia.
Popular Artists
Number of band/artist members determined by wikipedia.
Band/artist first active determined by wikipedia.
When wikipedia information was unavailable, date of first release
or date of myspace page creation was used.
Artist year of birth determined by wikipedia.
Where They Live
Top Hot 100: Record Labels
Record labels determined by wikipedia.org.
When a song was released by more than one label the larger label was used.
Label ownership determined by wikipedia.org and discogs.com.
100 Best Tracks: Record Labels
Record labels determined by pitchforkmedia.com.
When a song was released by more than one label the larger label was used.
Label ownership determined by wikipedia.org and discogs.com.
Top Hot 100 Hits
Data gathered from wikipedia.org, discogs.com and allmusic.com.
Where multiple release dates existed the earliest was used.
Genre was determined by the first style listed for the track’s artist at allmusic.com.
Billboard Magazine’s Top Hot 100 Songs of 2008 can be found here.
Corrections are welcome.