Music and Visualizations

I like music and I like pretty visualizations.  One of the most beautiful data visualizations I've seen is the steam graph, which is similar to a stacked graph .  The best example of a steam graph is The New York Times's visualization The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008.

Lee Byron, one of the authors of the graph above, started off with visualizing his music history from Last.fm.  I think this was a brilliant way for people to play with data that is relevant to them and aesthetically pleasing.  Here is Lee's steam graph of his music history.

 

That's where LastGraph comes in.  LastGraph allows you to import your Last.fm history and generate a steam graph.  Just type in your Last.fm username and you'll be presented with with your own personal steam graph.