This special countdown covers the top 100 artists ranked by annual chart placement, covering the years 2003 to 2024. Artists are ranked by their entire body of work, not 1 song or one album. I actually ranked a total of 211 artists, but I keep it to the top 100 for sake of the countdown.
Here’s numbers 20 through 11. For each artist I picked one song that seemed to be best representative of their work, or otherwise their most popular.
I am counting down these artists, 10 a time until we reach 10-1. Download/stream/share this show, in the same RSS feed as my standard podcast.
This portion of the countdown was published 10/19/25
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Opening theme Ada Rovatti & Elephunk -“Gottcha” For Rent http://www.adarovatti.com
20 KEVIN DANIEL http://www.thekevindaniel.com
“Feeling Good” – Things I Don’t See
19 PETER MULVEY http://www..petermulvey.com
“You And Me and The Ten Thousand Things” – The Knuckleball Suite
18 CHRIS SMITHER http://www.smither.com
“Train Home” – Train Home
17 AZTEC TWO STEP http://www.aztectwostep.com
“Falling Down Clowns” – Cause & Effect
16 TOM PRINCIPATO http://www.tomprincipato.com
“Part Of Me” – A Part Of Me
15 NATALIA ZUKERMAN http://www.nataliazukerman.com
“Pumpkin Time” – On A Clear Day
14 HUNGRYTOWN http://www.hungrytown.net
“November” – s/t
23 RED MOLLY http://www.redmolly.com
“Is The Blue Moon Still Shining” – Love & Other Tragedies
22 FRED GILL EN JR. http://www.fredgillenjr.com
“Don’t Give Up The Ghost” – Match Against A New Moon
21 MARK ERELLI http://www.markerelli.com
“Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind)” – Hillbilly Pilgrim
Closing music: TJ Rehmi “You Are We Am I (Red Mix) – The Warm Chill
Running time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
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