top 100 artists of '09

1 Sigur Rós 4,687
2 The Beatles 924
3 Paul McCartney 584
4 Sandeep Sehbi 503
5 Jónsi & Alex 384
6 New Young Pony Club 365
7 The Joy Formidable 359
8 Babyshambles 338
9 Lykke Li 310
10 Jarvis Cocker 296
11 Glasvegas 276
12 Sting 251
13 Radiohead 241
14 Kasabian 218
15 Friendly Fires 200
16 Pulp 190
17 Muse 179
18 Imogen Heap 163
19 The Welsh Assembly 156
20 Massive Attack 149
21 blink-182 139
21 Spacehog 139
23 Coldplay 138
24 Kings of Leon 136
25 Semisonic 135
26 The Darkness 134
27 T. Rex 128
27 Elvis Presley 128
29 Art Brut 121
30 Dido 118
31 The Wurzels 111
32 The Cribs 110
33 Interpol 99
34 Cansei de Ser Sexy 90
35 Foo Fighters 83
36 M.I.A. 82
37 Dizzee Rascal 81
38 Red Hot Chili Peppers 77
39 The Jackson 5 76
40 Broken Social Scene 75
41 The Wombats 73
42 Oasis 72
43 Miss Li 71
43 Karen O and the Kids 71
43 The xx 71
46 The Blackburn Collective 67
46 The Courteeners 67
48 Metric 65
49 KT Tunstall 64
49 The Kooks 64
51 James 63
51 Collective Soul 63
53 Brian Wilson 61
53 The Bees 61
55 Matt & Kim 60
55 The Jam 60
57 Dirty Pretty Things 57
57 New Buffalo 57
59 Snowden's Silent Canvas 56
60 Shy Child 55
61 White Lies 54
62 The Holloways 53
63 Rolf Harris 52
64 The Walkmen 51
65 John Lennon 50
66 Starsailor 49
67 Ringo Starr 48
68 The Fireman 47
68 Syd Barrett 47
70 The Pogues 46
70 Lightspeed Champion 46
70 The Streets 46
73 The Dears 45
73 Creed 45
75 Talvin Singh 44
75 The Dandy Warhols 44
77 Keane 43
77 The Charlatans 43
77 Weezer 43
80 Jurassic 5 42
80 Vivek Mahajan 42
80 Arcade Fire 42
83 The Unicorns 41
83 The Maccabees 41
85 Little Man Tate 40
85 The Libertines 40
85 Glenn Yarbrough 40
85 French Kicks 40
85 Mellowdrone 40
90 The Stone Roses 39
91 Morrissey 38
91 Peaches 38
91 The Fall 38
94 Slade 37
94 The Paddingtons 37
96 Medeski, Martin and Wood 36
96 Kaiser Chiefs 36
98 Frank Sinatra 35
98 The Rolling Stones 35
98 Sonic Youth 35