The music we listened to the most in 2024

Spotify’s 2024 Last Outcomes arrived this week, and whereas the entire package deal seems somewhat skinny in comparison with earlier years, we’re nonetheless reeling from seeing our listening habits revealed. Apple Music additionally dropped its annual Replay and Tidal’s Rewind 2024 was dropped, so non-Spotify customers have some clues to contemplate as nicely. For these of us who do not use any of the massive streaming apps, nicely, it is nonetheless an excellent time to replicate on this yr’s private favorites.

Listed below are a number of the Engadget crew’s most listened-to songs, artists, and albums of 2024 (and the way we really feel about these picks).

Wrapped Spotify

I hate so as to add to the checklist due to all of the controversy surrounding Spotify recently, however I’ve to say that layoffs on the firm appear to have affected how correct I discovered my Accomplished report back to be. Whereas I actually listened to a whole lot of Ariana Grande in 2024 (I even wrote about her for our website!), I felt that components of what I used to be listening to in August had been inaccurate. In line with Spotify I used to be rocking to Rose and Bruno Mars APT in August, however wasn’t that tune launched somewhat later?

Anyway, decide me or not primarily based on my listening – all I can say is that the info feels imprecise and incomplete, but in addition enjoyable and trivial. — Cherlynn Low, Deputy Editor, Opinions

I used to be fairly sick this yr and spent hours in hospital and clinic ready rooms listening to music on Spotify. Apparently, March has been my “Pink Pilates Princess Strut Pop” section, as a result of I have been listening to Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, and Charli xcx probably the most. My prime artist of the yr, nevertheless, was Fujii Kaze, whose music gave me a lot consolation once I wanted it most. – Mariella Moon, contributing reporter

RIP New denims – Aaron Souppouris, Govt Editor

Apple music replay

I’ve had GNX on repeat because it got here out, and it was one of many issues that obtained me by way of our extremely busy season of Black Friday protection. I am so excited to see which of those songs might be performed dwell on the Tremendous Bowl. My guess is we’ll get off the “TV” (with a minimum of one shout of “Mustard!”) and “struggle,” a minimum of.

Brat Summer time grew to become Brat Fall, and can proceed to be a Brat Winter for me. Key songs: “Membership Classics”, “Sympathy is a Knife” and “365”.

The lady it is my true album of the yr and a should have for any city latin fan. It is improbable to expertise as an album from begin to end, and any tweaks you make primarily based on private desire are positive to be nice. My favourite songs – “Legendario”, “Manhattan”, “Menina” – are nonetheless on repeat in my private playlists and can carry into 2025.

WHEREAS The Renaissance stays my favourite album on this Beyonce cycle up to now, Cowboy Carter there aren’t any jumps. “Daughter”, “Spaghetti” and “Candy Honey Buckin” are my favorites.

The demise of Slim Shady it is smart as an idea album to me and I feel it succeeds as such. However “Tobey” is what actually obtained me to take heed to the entire album when it got here out, and I am glad I did. “Tobey” stays a staple for me, together with “Renaissance” and “Anyone Save Me.” –Valentina Palladino, Deputy Editor, Shopping for Recommendation

Even supposing music streaming providers push you in the direction of playlists and radio channels, I stay an album man. And as regular, my greatest album of the yr did not come out this yr, though it is a comparatively latest launch. to the lady Stereo thoughts recreation it was close to the highest of my checklist final yr, however this April it moved up my checklist and was an obsession for the remainder of the summer time. That is largely because of a dwell studio session they launched on YouTube which was the one alternative I needed to hear these songs carried out in a considerably dwell setting since Daughter did not tour Stereo thoughts recreation in any respect.

And since I am an album man, the primary 4 songs on the album had been my second by way of fifth most performed songs of 2024. The absurdly catchy “Blame Brett” by Canadian pop rockers The Seashores was primary, of their brilliance Blame it on my ex the album that got here out final yr as nicely. I obtained obsessive about that album in late 2023 and finally moved to the primary half of 2024. The identical factor occurred with Software’s 2019 opus Worry of inoculation — I noticed the band in November of 2023 for the primary time in 21 years, and I went again and performed all of it yr.

Lastly, one thing new from a really outdated favorite: David Gilmour, greatest referred to as the guitarist and lead songwriter of the legendary Pink Floyd, launched his first solo album in 9 years. He adopted it up with a really quick tour that hit simply 4 cities, together with New York Metropolis. I used to be fortunate sufficient to go see him just a few weeks in the past – at 78, this might simply be the final tour he ever does, however he nonetheless brings it. He is my favourite guitarist of all time and the most recent single “Scattered”. Fortunate and peculiar is an all-time nice pretty much as good as virtually the rest he is carried out.

Citing the rear is one other new album from an outdated favourite, Pearl Jam. Greater than 30 years after their debut ten, they nonetheless know methods to make an excellent rock album. Each Pearl Jam and Gilmour went with producers a lot youthful than themselves, looking for individuals who would not be glad with the work they’d carried out earlier than in lengthy and spectacular careers. If you happen to ask me, it labored each occasions.

There are tons of different albums by a lot youthful or lesser recognized artists that I’ve performed all year long, together with Bathe Alone’s I don’t moist, Adrienne Lenker’s Vibrant futureBillie Eilish’s It hits me arduous and mushyMedium building nation, The lady in pink I am doing it once more child! and Waxahatchee Blood of Tigers. They’re all price a hear – however apparently this was a yr for consolation and familiarity once I repeated issues. — Nathan Ingraham, Deputy Editor, Information

Rewind Tidal

This yr for me was apparently all about pinning down a handful of recent songs and enjoying them to absolute demise. And, Ariana Grande. I haven’t got Spotify, however my year-end Tidal playlist has each single tune from Everlasting solar prime, and I am somewhat embarrassed to say I am unable to argue the validity of that – I had that album on a loop for months after it got here out. She’s actually proficient, okay?? After that my most performed songs had been “Cry For Me” by Citadel Rat, “Bloom” by Barones (in all probability an all-time favourite of mine, actually), “How Far Will We Take It? ” by Orville Peck and Noah Cyrus, “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, “Bizarre World” by Allie X and “Purple Wine Supernova” by Chappell Roan. I… comprises a whole lot of…

Nonetheless, there’s a suspicious lack of emo in my 2024 conclusion, so I will take these outcomes with a big grain of salt. I imply, my favourite playlist is titled “rawr xD”. – Cheyenne MacDonald, Weekend Editor

Private selection

I haven’t got Spotify, so any reminiscences of significantly catchy music for me will essentially be inaccurate and biased by latest biases. With that mentioned: ooooooly moly can we discuss that Cindy Lee album?? My journey with Diamond Jubilee it went one thing like this:

– What is that this?

– No actually, what is that this??

– Why cannot I hear the rest???

Its two-hour run performs out like a secret radio station broadcasting an alternate model of 60s lady teams in 2024, and I completely fell in love with it — and that was earlier than I knew Pat Flegel was in Ladies (one other extraordinarily cute however very totally different technology).

Honorable mentions go to completely crushing Adrianne Lenker Vibrant futurewhich had me recovering from main surgical procedure and nervous breakdowns at Robber Robber’s Wild guess. What about my most performed songs? Perhaps it is the stuff on my playlist (Sheer Magazine, Each Time I Die, Purple Fang, 100 Gecs, IDLES, Femtanyl, Pissed Denims and so on.) – Avery Ellis, Deputy Editor, Experiences