Unlock the Secrets of Your 2024 Music Journey with Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay
Spotify Wrapped: A Cultural Phenomenon
Spotify Wrapped has become more than just a year-end summary; it's a cultural phenomenon. It allows users to reflect on the past year and rediscover their favorite tunes. Sulinna Ong, Spotify's Global Head of Editorial, emphasizes its significance as a point of reflection and a reminder of the year gone by. Taylor Swift once again claimed the top spot as the global artist for the second year in a row, solidifying her status in the music world.
Users can dive into the top 10 artists in the US, which includes Taylor Swift, Drake, Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Kanye West, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, and Metro Boomin. The top 10 songs range from Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" to Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" and Noah Kahan's "Stick Season". The top 10 albums showcase a diverse range of music, with Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology" taking the lead.
Spotify Wrapped: Access and Features
Accessing your Spotify Wrapped is a breeze. Simply head to the app and find the "wrapped" tab at the top. This will take you to your personalized experience, where you can discover all the details about your music listening habits. If you're an author or podcast-maker, you can also access insights on your own content separately.
Spotify Wrapped is a year-end roundup of the songs, artists, genres, and subgenres you've streamed the most. It encourages users to share their experiences on social media and creates playlists with their 100 most streamed songs. User data is collected from January 1 through the fall of the same year to provide an accurate reflection of your musical preferences.
One unique feature is the ability to see if you're in the top 1% of listeners for certain artists, like Taylor Swift. It also reveals quirky data-driven facts about your listening habits, such as your music aura and the region your taste is similar to.
When Does Spotify Wrapped Start and Stop Tracking?
Spotify always resumes tracking listener data at the start of the new year, meaning tracking for next year's Spotify Wrapped will begin in January 2025. There has been some confusion about when tracking stops, but Spotify has reassured users that it continues into November. However, the exact date remains unclear.
What's New in Spotify Wrapped 2024?
This year, Spotify Wrapped brings some exciting new features. "Your Music Evolution" is a data-driven story of the music phases you passed through over the year, with up to three distinct phases. It's a fitting addition for 2024, considering Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" and the impact it had on popular culture.
Listening streaks have also been added, showing how many days straight you tuned into a certain artist. The share button has been updated to show whether the song or album you're sending is on your top-listened-to list.
Apple Music Replay: A Year in Review
Apple Music listeners had a diverse year, with Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar topping the charts. Taylor Swift also made a mark with a 5-year-old tune. Up-and-comers like Benson Boone and Teddy Swims had their love-drenched ballads gain popularity.
iPhone users with iOS 18.1 or later can access the Replay experience directly from the music app via the Home, New, and Search tabs. Others can go to replay.music.apple.com on either mobile or desktop. This year, Apple Music also launched a Replay exclusively for artists, providing them with insights into their songs and listeners.
The Replay reports include an expanded "Top Listeners" list, Top 500 or Top 1000 lists for both artists and genres, and the addition of "streaks" to reveal the longest consecutive days of listening to Apple Music.
Apple Music Replay: Beyond the Year
For those who want to look further back in time, Apple Music offers an archive of Replay playlists. Users can rediscover their most-loved songs from years past. As a collective, Apple Music users set larger trends in 2024, with more women reaching the year-end global songs chart.
Apple Music Replay 2024 also revealed its top streams, with Billie Eilish named Artist of the Year. The top 5 songs included "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar, "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone, "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" by Shaboozey, and "Cruel Summer" by Taylor Swift. The top 5 most-read lyrics and most Shazam-ed songs also provided interesting insights into users' musical preferences.