Back in January I discovered a site called Obscurify. It claims to tell you how obscure your listening on Spotify is. Compared to the rest of the UK I am supposedly 91% more obscure than other users, I’ll take that! It also lists my most obscure artists, which are currently
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It really shows me that I do have eclectic taste. But the thing I love most about it is that roughly every month it tells you who your top artists are for that period based on your Spotify listening habits. So I simply had to start publishing a monthly With Just A Hint Of Mayhem Top 20. I’ll kick off with June. Scroll down to the bottom and you will see all the rest of this years charts! No surprise that David Bowie has been top three times but five other artists have held the top spot too; The Avalanches, Millie Manders and the ShutUp, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Saint Agnes and this month it is the supremely talented Delilah Bon!
Mayhem’s Top 20 Artists on Spotify (June 15th 2021)
1 Delilah Bon
2 Penfriend
3 David Bowie
4 Beatles
5 Simon & Garfunkel
6 Norah Jones
7 Beck
8 Carole King
9 Wolf Alice
10 Twenty One Pilots
11 Kate Bush
12 Babii
13 Liz Phair
14 Avalanche Party
15 Sam Cooke
16 James Brown
17 The Howl and the Hum
18 Biig Piig
19 Children Of Zeus
20 Lachlan
| 03 January 2021 | 27 January 2021 | 18 February 2021 | 12 March 2021 | 04 April 2021 | 26 April 2021 | 20 May 2021 | |
| 1 | Avalanches | Millie Manders & The Shut Up | David Bowie | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Saint Agnes | David Bowie | David Bowie |
| 2 | Carpenters | Beatles | Radiohead | Pentastone | Estere | Elton John | Apollo Junction |
| 3 | London Symphony Orchestra | Yusuf/ Cat Stevens | Mink Deville | Pale Waves | Beatles | Beatles | Amy Winehouse |
| 4 | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Pink Floyd | Call Me Malcolm | Architects | Carole King | Billy Joel | Rumer |
| 5 | Jones Girls | Eagles | Temptations | Paul Weller | Sheryl Crow | Carole King | Rag N Bone Man |
| 6 | Taylor Swift | Evie Sands | Denise Sherwood | David Bowie | Normandie | Snuts | Elivis Presley |
| 7 | Jean Carn | Rumer | Celeste | Dusty Springfield | Bobby Womack | MeatLoaf | Stevie Wonder |
| 8 | Steely Dan | Jackson Browne | Marvin Gaye | Kate Bush | Captain Ska | Bull | Betty Wright |
| 9 | Norman Connors | David Bowie | Weezer | Biffy Clyro | Frank Zappa | Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band | Kristina Train |
| 10 | George Michael | Bobbie Gentry | Amy Winehouse | Bunny Wailer | Arctic Monkeys | Showaddywaddy | Billy Joel |
| 11 | Sing Sing Rabbit | Harry Styles | Pale Waves | U-Roy | Millie Jackson | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | Paul Weller |
| 12 | David Bowie | Joni Mitchell | Isley Brothers | Katy J Pearson | Joni Mitchell | Linda Ronstadt | Four Tops |
| 13 | Paul McCartney | Dusty Springfield | Stevie Wonder | Avalanches | Bob Dylan | ShaNaNa | Sam Cooke |
| 14 | Wham | KLF | Diana Ross & The Supremes | Bring Me The Horizon | Tender Central | Beach Boys | Enter Shikari |
| 15 | New Order | Arctic Monkeys | Martha Reeves & The Vandellas | Sweet | Nick Cave | Dolly Parton | MeatLoaf |
| 16 | Elton John | Jim Croce | Denise Johnson | T Rex | Gary Numan | Elvis Presley | Carly Simon |
| 17 | Elvis Presley | Eminem | Estere | Stackridge | Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band | Supremes | Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
| 18 | Bing Crosby | Paul Simon | GAYLIPS | Nick Cave | Bohannnon | Queen | Lift |
| 19 | Stevie Wonder | Jazmine Sullivan | Sweet | Not Now Norman | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Holy Fuck |
| 20 | Uriah Heep | Wings | T Rex | Thin Lizzy | American West Orchestra | T Rex | Johnny Nash |
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