This is the site's more self-indulgent version of the Billboard Charts (Top 200 Albums, Singles, whatever). Basically, this is a place to chronicle the 20 most popular band/artist pages on the site ranked by the number of total hits they've received up to a certain date (according to geocities.com, of course). Maybe it might seem pointless, but I think it's kinda telling in terms of a few things (i.e. what bands are the most popular among readers, which ones might be the most comprehensive or well-written, etc.). Just for fun, I'll probably also update this page every couple of weeks or so to allow readers to note any changes in the ranking or gradually growing pages that might be newcomers to the list.
Note: Okay, it's been awhile (read: over two years) since I got around to updating this list, and here are the latest results as of June 13, 2004, 12:07 AM EST. Some of these are really, REALLY surprising. Did mailing lists for White Lion and Relient K get a hold of the link to those pages on MJA or something?
| RANK | BAND/ARTIST |
HITS | PREV. RANK |
1 |
3,637 |
- |
|
2 |
3,380 |
3 |
|
3 |
2,922 |
1 |
|
4 |
2,857 |
9 |
|
5 |
2,724 | 4 |
|
6 |
2,531 | - |
|
7 |
2,525 | 13 |
|
8 |
2,478 | - |
|
9 |
2,419 | 5 |
|
10 |
2,379 | 15 |
|
11 |
2,348 | 7 |
|
12 |
2,296 | - |
|
13 |
2,212 | 16 |
|
14 |
2,176 | - |
|
15 |
2,170 | 6 |
|
16 |
2,100 | - |
|
17 |
2,086 | 11 |
|
18 |
2,009 | 2 |
|
19 |
1,986 | - |
|
20 |
1,978 | - |
AND HERE'S WHAT THE LIST LOOKED LIKE LAST TIME ON APRIL 12, 2002:
| RANK | BAND/ARTIST |
HITS |
1 |
1,915 |
|
2 |
1,862 |
|
3 |
1,810 |
|
4 |
1,760 |
|
5 |
1,703 |
|
6 |
1,687 |
|
7 |
1,612 |
|
8 |
1,536 |
|
9 |
1,448 |
|
10 |
1,392 |
|
11 |
1,347 |
|
12 |
1,346 |
|
13 |
1,323 |
|
14 |
1,284 |
|
15 |
1,279 |
|
16 |
1,274 |
|
17 |
1,245 |
|
18 |
1,158 |
|
19 |
1,149 |
|
20 |
1,044 |