Spotify Wrapped - 2020

[Peruvian]

Who were your top 5 artists on Spotify this year now that their 'Wrapped' is out?

Mine were:
-Hiss Golden Messenger
-Drive By Truckers
-Fruit Bats
-Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
-Wilco

So is that "New Americana" or "Indie Folk"?

[adrenalated]

Red City Radio
Propagandhi
Bad Religion
Mute
Rise Against

[toast2266]

Ty segall
Run the jewels
The Beatles
Car seat headrest
Suuns

Funkadelic had my top song, but I guess they didn't make the top bands list.

[zion zig zag]

[ntblanks]

no beastie boys?

[EWG]

no beastie boys?

8.0/10. Solid work.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Bob Dylan
Little Walter
Muddy Waters
The Cars (my 6 year old listens to "Good Times Roll" at breakfast almost every day for some reason)
The Beatles

The last one shocked me as I'm not the biggest fan. I expected Neil Young/Hank Williams/Billie Holiday/Steve Earle/Guy Clark/Emmylou Harris/Nina Simone, all of whom I love and are in my regular rotation, but I guess I was on a Beatles kick for a while this summer.

[zion zig zag]

no beastie boys?

Ha! I honestly don’t hate the BB’s but I listen to a lot of Spotify stations, and if they come up I skip it 90% of the time.

[zion zig zag]

The last one shocked me as I'm not the biggest fan. I expected Neil Young/Hank Williams/Billie Holiday/Steve Earle/Guy Clark/Emmylou Harris/Nina Simone, all of whom I love and are in my regular rotation, but I guess I was on a Beatles kick for a while this summer.

Yeah my results were surprising as well. Los Tigres at number 2? And I didn’t realize I listened to that much Jay Z.

[Flounder]

[Meadow Skipper]

Tom Waits
Talking Heads
The Clash
Faces
Suzanne Vega

‘Cause I’m old?

[stealurface831]

here is mine:

[johnnyg82]

Only 2 of all these are my picks, the rest are a toddler’s choosing.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Only 2 of all these are my picks, the rest are a toddler’s choosing.

Dude. You need to lay down the law. It's ok to tell a kid her music sucks.

[stuckathuntermtn]

All this is telling me is there is absolutely no reason to get Spotify, let alone pay for it, as it doesn't seem much better than regular radio. Or Pandora. Or Prime. Or Google/YouTube.

I blame the music industry.

[evasive_MT]

All this is telling me is there is absolutely no reason to get Spotify, let alone pay for it, as it doesn't seem much better than regular radio. Or Pandora. Or Prime. Or Google/YouTube.

I blame the music industry.

Based on what? It’s telling you what people posting here like to listen to. That’s it.

Mine:

[DJSapp]

Only 2 of all these are my picks, the rest are a toddler’s choosing.

Heh. I know that feeling. My top 5 are:

Hamilton Cast
Tool
Lin-Manual Miranda
Leslie Odom
Nine Inch Nails

The daughter and Mrs. have apparently been at war with my music this year.

[ticketchecker]

Phish
Cass McCombs
Hiss Golden Messenger
John Prine
Ben Harper

I also had a #1 song from an artist that doesn't appear in my top 5

[Flounder]

‘Cause I’m old?

Based on the 40% match to my 2020 list I'd say old with good musical tastes.

[Self Jupiter]

Guess I’m not the only Future Islands fan

Tom Waits
Talking Heads
The Clash
Faces
Suzanne Vega

‘Cause I’m old?

‘Cause you’re cool

I usually listen Spotify while working out, doing chores etc. Pretty surprised about my list and here it is:

The Growlers
Tame Impala
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Wild Nothing
Inner Wave

[Peruvian]

All this is telling me is there is absolutely no reason to get Spotify, let alone pay for it, as it doesn't seem much better than regular radio. Or Pandora. Or Prime. Or Google/YouTube.

I blame the music industry.

It’s all about the algorithms.

Radio plays what the commercial sponsors tell them to play and has bullshit DJ chatter and ads. Good luck finding half the artists in the lists above on FM.

Youtube won’t play on the phone app if you try and use another app and doesn’t keep playing like Spot/Pand. Prime doesn’t do a quarter of the job that Spotify does when it comes to playlists.

That leaves Spotify and Pandora. Both try and find music that is similar, but different than what you want to hear and will keep playing tunes within the algorithm. While I wish they would be a little more adventurous, overall it’s with the subscription to have multiple users within the family enjoy their music.

Like Apple/PC you choose a platform and get stuck with it for a bit.

[Meadow Skipper]

Spotify is like Facebook; you have to curate the shit out of it, then it’s generally pretty pleasant. It can suck if you just passively take what it puts up.

[ticketchecker]

Who were your top 5 artists on Spotify this year now that their 'Wrapped' is out?

Mine were:
-Hiss Golden Messenger
-Drive By Truckers
-Fruit Bats
-Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
-Wilco

So is that "New Americana" or "Indie Folk"?

It appears we're both trending with the Indie Folk. Did Cotton Jones or Rose City Band come into your rotation at all? I like Rose City a lot

[zion zig zag]

here is mine:

So after looking at my top 100 playlist I see one song from Jay Z and one from Los Tigres and six songs from Sturgill Simpson. What are the metrics? I have a hard time believing that I listened to those 2 songs more individually than the collective 6 from Sturgill?

I do like to sing La Puerta Negra when drunk, but it's not THAT often.

[North]

Beastie Boys
Black Sabbath
Cobra Man
A Tribe Called Quest
Led Zeppelin

I mostly use Spotify to bounce around and listen to new stuff, so any repeated listening makes an outsized impact on the Wrapped. Sabbath phase in March, Beasties week in September, Cobra Man in August. Tribe and Zep are staples however.