Unwrapping Spotify Wrapped

By Mary Clare Jones

Spotify Wrapped is one of the most exciting endings of the year for music listeners. Seeing listening patterns, favorites artists, and top songs is always an interesting way to reflect on the year and sometimes gloat on the indie artists you listen to. In 2020, Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, held the spot for the top artist on Spotify with 8.3 billion streams, and The Weekend’s “Blinding Lights” held the spot for the most-streamed song at 1.6 billion streams. But, as with everything this year, people’s relationship with their music has changed during 2020. According to Spotify, just as the word began to go into isolation, nostalgia-themed playlists saw a big spike. Additionally, there was a 1,400% increase in work-from-home playlists this year. Spotify users also reflected the social injustices seen in 2020. Spotify’s Black Lives Matter playlist had 64 million streams this year. Altogether, people turned to music to get through the trials and tribulations of 2020. BGA students were no different. The BGA community’s top artists come from a wide range of genres and tastes from Emily Snyder’s Blink 182 to Mr. Johnston’s Halsey (although he wishes it was different). This year, Spotify Wrapped came with a new feature: allowing listeners to see just how much they listened to their favorite artists. “I am Lorde’s biggest fan and this proves it,” Mary Courtney Finn declared. She was part of Lorde’s top .005% of listeners this year. Lorde’s “Ribs” was Mary Courtney’s most listened to song. Spotify Wrapped is fun to compare your favorite songs and contemplate the prior year. Even in the terrible saga that was 2020, music has been a constant for both BGA students and the world alike, bringing us together on the common love of the arts. 

An example of Spotify Wrapped’s new top listeners feature

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