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1678:Category
1522:by women
1355:The Four
1341:Popstars
1254:Channels
1186:Kerrang!
815:Lyricist
810:Composer
144:Eventide
138:and the
125:outboard
121:outboard
96:flanging
82:limiters
39:Overview
1474:Swedish
1469:Italian
1464:British
1454:Belgian
1440:Genre:
1418:Germany
1413:Finland
1128:Top 100
1059:Hot 100
1013:Concert
987:Airplay
945:Mixtape
900:formats
898:Release
675:Sectors
641:New Age
621:Hip hop
591:Country
528:Kaspien
477:Concord
156:Lexicon
115:Devices
63:(MIDIs)
1408:Brazil
1325:Series
1043:Charts
908:Single
651:Reggae
616:Gospel
503:Amazon
464:Warner
168:(echo)
148:reverb
108:chorus
92:reverb
1558:Other
1527:Latin
1444:Latin
1423:Japan
936:Album
666:World
636:Metal
631:Latin
586:Blues
448:Major
100:delay
27:or a
1406:In:
1333:Idol
1306:Viva
1291:Tr3s
1286:MTV2
1276:Mnet
1271:Fuse
1193:Mojo
661:Rock
626:Jazz
611:Folk
518:Fnac
487:AAMG
454:Sony
394:SNEP
389:RIAA
369:FIMI
354:BVMI
349:ARIA
285:2011
249:2011
227:2011
181:MIDI
154:and
110:etc.
104:echo
54:and
1311:VH1
1281:MTV
1266:CMT
1207:NME
982:DVD
646:Pop
523:HMV
379:PMB
359:BPI
152:EMT
19:or
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977:CD
943:,
927:,
923:,
919:,
915:,
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102:,
98:,
94:,
84:,
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