Well, something was definitely wrong with the LastFmPlayCountCache.dat file.
After I deleted the file and restarted MB, a strange thing happened (at least for me):
1) There were about 10,500 songs played, Jazz genre, decreased to approximately 8,500;
2) There were about 8,500 songs played, Classical genre, decreased to approximately 7,700;
3) There were no songs with playcount 0, now there are 270.
4) There are probably other genres that had their playcount lowered as well, but I don't remember them
because their playcount numbers were much lower.
What intrigues me is that, by the name of the file, I thought it was a kind of "bridge" file, that is, a file used by MB
to send the information out (to the LastFM website) and to receive the information in to LastFm (when I was listening to music on my cell phone).
And if my thinking is correct, deleting this file could not lower the MB counters. Am I right, or is my guess completely wrong?
Thanks in advance for your time and attention, Steven!