erhu performers - an analysis

Here's a short summary on the Chinese string instrument:

erhu (二胡 - 이호 - Эрху - erhuo - er hu - er-chu)

total plays + listeners @last.fm

• there are at least >249k total plays on last.fm
• with >149k listeners
• (I've >7.4k plays)

• 

  average plays per listener

• 

  a selection of erhu players

in regards to average plays per listeners these performers lead the way:

• Huang Jiang Qin 黄江琴
• Ché-SHIZU シェシズ
• Jia Peng Fang 贾鹏芳
• Chen Jun陳軍

These erhu players have >1k listeners + >10k plays:

• Lei Qiang 雷强
• Jia Peng Fang 贾鹏芳
• Min Huifen 閔惠芬
• Zhou Yu
• Chen Min チェン・ミン
• (Alan 阿蘭達瓦卓瑪) <- more than 1 artist share this name, so the number may be smaller
• (Twelve Girls Band 女子十二樂坊) <- not only erhu
• (Eyvind Kang) <- not only erhu

These have >1k listeners

• Wang Yiqin
• Liu Changfu 刘长福 or 劉長福
• Liu Mingyuan 刘明源
• The Chen Dacan Chinese Ensemble
• Zhang Ruei 张锐

and these have >10k plays:

• Huang Jiang Qin 黄江琴
• Ché-SHIZU シェシズ

albums

The top10 of the most played albums on last.fm are by following erhu performers:

• Lei Qiang
• Eyvind Kang
• Alan Dawa Dolma
• Jia Peng Fang

when considering total listeners, also these erhu players are in the top10:

• Chen Jun
• Zhou Yu

labels

The list might help you find other interesting music on these labels:

• China Record Corporation: 27 albums released (at least)
• Pacific Moon: 10
• avex m/r group: 6
• Emi Japan: 4
• Ipecac Recordings: 2
• Jingo Records: 2
• Marco-Polo: 2
• Oliver Sudden Productions: 2
• Silverwolf: 2
• Wind Records: 2
• ARC: 1
• Asian Music Land: 1
• Deuter: 1
• First Impression Music: 1
• ggao inc.: 1
• Last Visible Dog Records: 1
• Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble: 1
• Music and Arts Programs of America: 1
• Toshiba Emi: 1
• Trouble On Vinyl: 1
• Yellow River: 1

further info

• see more here: Erhu
• category:Music popularity
• info: I've not yet aggregated double named albums, will come soon

notes

— Erkan Yilmaz (talk) • 20:39, 16 August 2011 • no comments