I'm so old school that I'm still practising the pen and paper version, which I first did way back in 1988. Since I only listen to entire albums/EPs (mostly CDs, but also some tapes onto which I have transferred my vinyl albums), the numbers in the following list indicate the number of spins the entire albums got from me! So this is what the Top 20 of my most-played albums/EPs in 2017 looks like:
1. MADDER MORTEM - Red in Tooth and Claw (145)
2. KARI BREMNES - Det vi har (119)
3. AVATARIUM - Hurricanes and Halos (112)
4. BATHSHEBA - Servus (109)
5. WATCHTOWER - Concepts of Math: Book One (97)
6. MORTILLERY - Murder Death Kill (67)
7. ATROX - Terrestrials (64)
8. STOLEN BABIES - There Be Squabbles Ahead (60)
9. MADDER MORTEM - Deadlands (54)
9. MIDNATTSOL - Nordlys (54)
9. STOLEN BABIES - Naught (54)
9. MORTILLERY - Origin Of Extinction (54)
13. MADDER MORTEM - Eight Ways (53)
14. KETIL BJØRNSTAD - Sunrise (50)
15. MIDNATTSOL - Where Twilight Dwells (44)
16. AUTUMN - Summer´s End (40)
17. VUUR - In This Moment We Are Free - Cities (33)
18. GÅTE - Attersyn (29)
19. MADDER MORTEM - Mercury (25)
20. VOIVOD - Killing Technology (23)
The albums from no. 6 to 13 are those I laternately listen to in my car, which also explains why several got the same number of spins. If I had excluded EPs (Watchtower and Gåte), Drifter's "Realtiy Turns To Dust" would have shown up at no. 19 with 21 spins and Disc 1 of Fates Warning's "Awaken the Guardian Live" at no. 20 with 19 spins.