The 2024 Spotify Wrapped is now available, summarizing your year’s listening habits.
Initially a 2016 marketing campaign, this annual music recap has become a cultural phenomenon, imitated by other streaming services.
Spotify’s personalized summaries use engaging visuals perfect for sharing, and include features like artist video messages, a “Music Evolution” showcasing your evolving tastes, and new AI elements.
Here’s what you need to know about this year’s Wrapped, released Wednesday.
How to Access Your 2024 Spotify Wrapped
Spotify users, regardless of Premium status, can access their Wrapped through the mobile or desktop app (ensure you have the latest version). It’s featured on the app’s home page and directly accessible via [link removed – as per instruction to only rephrase content].
New Features in 2024 Wrapped
Beyond your top artists and songs, 2024 Wrapped introduces “Your Music Evolution,” charting your musical shifts throughout the year. You’ll see descriptions of up to three distinct phases, defined by genres and artists.
The new “Longest Listening Streak” highlight shows your most-listened-to artist. The “Top Listeners” feature also returns, ranking you among your favorite artist’s fans.
AI enhances Wrapped this year with a personalized music podcast, narrated by AI hosts using Google’s NotebookLM. This English-language feature will be available for a limited time in select countries (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, U.K., and U.S.).
Wrapped integrates with existing AI features like AI DJ (providing year-in-review commentary, including your AI DJ interactions) and AI Playlists (creating custom playlists using Wrapped data for Premium users).
Data collection runs from January until a few weeks before launch.
2024’s Top Performers
Taylor Swift was the most-streamed artist globally for the second year, exceeding 26.6 billion streams. The Weeknd and [artist name removed] followed. (Spotify counts a stream after 30 seconds of play.)
Swift also topped the albums chart with The Tortured Poets Department: the Anthology. Female artists dominated, with Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft and [artist name removed]’s Short n’ Sweet placing second and third respectively.
Carpenter’s “Espresso” was the most-streamed song (over 1.6 billion streams), followed by Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” and Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER.”
The Joe Rogan Experience remains Spotify’s top podcast for the fifth year. A Court of Thorns and Roses by [author name removed] is Spotify Premium’s most-streamed audiobook.
Sharing and Analyzing Your Wrapped
Spotify encourages sharing Wrapped results on social media, especially Instagram and TikTok (platforms Spotify has invested in recently).
Third-party apps can further analyze your listening data. For instance, [app name removed] uses AI to assess your taste, [app name removed] creates a festival lineup, and [app name removed] summarizes your stats as a receipt.
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