I like to get an artists' entire discography and then put it in a playlist in chronological order. Here's what I have currently:
-The Beatles
-Pink Floyd
-The Aquabats!
-PUFFY
-Kikuo (I only have a bit of his stuff, since most of his stuff is hard to find and he has over a thousand songs)
-Daft Punk
-Steve Burns
-Supertramp
I also have other stuff:
-Di Gi Charat (an anime, I have its music on my iPod)
-Puella Magi Madoka Magica (another anime)
-Minecraft (the music is all by C418)
-Pokemon (music from the Japanese version of the anime)
I like even more music than that, but my iPod's running low on space.
Well, my top 5 played artists are (in order):
Troye Sivan
My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
New Politics
and Marina and the Diamonds
Which is strange, since I only consider 3 of them as one of my favourite artists. My favourites (in no order) are:
My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
Panic! at the Disco
The Brobecks
Paramore