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Graphic: Canadian musicians and their university alma maters

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cameron Gordon, Canadian musicians, Completely Ignored, Post-Secondary, University

Cam Gordon at Completely Ignored loves collecting data about music and displaying it in an easy-to-digest way. His latest involves

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Music Industry 

How has Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” fared against other songs from 80s? Here’s a graphic.

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cam Gordon, Completely Ignored, Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill, Spotify

Cam Gordon is back with a Completely Ignored graphic that shows how well Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” has

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What would Coachella look like if it had started a hundred years earlier?

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coachella, Completely Ignored

Coachella first appeared in 1999 and has since grown into one of the most attention-getting festivals in the world. But

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Music News 

How did rock bands do on Spotify in 2021?

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Completely Ignored, Rock Bands, Spotify, Streaming

If you look at the top 200 streaming songs on Spotify, they are overwhelmingly from the worlds of hip-hop, rap,

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Music Industry 

A “streamy history” of indie rock in the aughts

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alternative, Canada, Completely Ignored, Indie, Spotify, Streaming

It’s been a while, but we have a new graphic from Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored. What indie and alternative

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Music Industry 

Comparing the streaming stats of older artists to contemporary ones on Spotify

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Completely Ignored, Heritage Artists, Spotify, Streaming

Cameron Gordon is back with a Completely Ignored graphic that looks at how many monthly listeners older artists (described as

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Funny/Weird 

Cameo CanCon: How much does it cost for a Canadian musician to deliver a message?

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cameo, Cancon, Completely Ignored

If you’re not familiar with Cameo, it’s a service that offers personalized messages from celebrities looking to make some extra

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Music History 

Rock in the Eastern Block: A short history of Western music concerts in Moscow via @cam_gordon

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Completely Ignored, Russia, USSR

Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored recently spent time listening to the Winds of Change podcast, the investigation into whether the

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Funny/Weird 

A nerdy look comparing MLB and music. (You’ll see what I mean.)

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cameron Gordon, Completely Ignored

Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored wanted to do something to coincide with the opening game of the World Series. He

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Music History 

Remembering who played Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Completely Ignored, Sneaky Dee's

There’s been much worry about Toronto music institution Sneaky Dee’s ever since we heard about plans for a condo development

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Music Industry 

These are the 90s songs with the most streams

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Completely Ignored, Streaming

Cameron Gordon’s Completely Ignored has ranked songs from the 90s in terms of the number of streams they’ve had as

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