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Spotify Wrapped 2021 latest news – Fans furious as thousands complain app is crashing and yearly review not working
- 18:51, 2 Dec 2021
- Updated: 18:51, 2 Dec 2021
SPOTIFY fans were left fuming as they complained they couldn't access the company's Wrapped feature as it launched on the app yesterday.
Twitter was flooded with angry complaints and questions about Spotify Wrapped as some users could easily access it, while others experienced major issues.
One user tweeted: "Hello Spotify i want to complain about my wrapped stories not working like they should."
An second angry fan said: "My Spotify wrapped still not working, it reaches the 7 spot and then stop working please", while another lambasted: "So annoyed that my Spotify wrapped is not working."
To access the feature on a desktop, go to Spotify.com/wrapped and click "Start" to view the overall roundup.
If you want to see your personal Spotify Wrapped you'll need to use the feature on the app.
Read our Spotify Wrapped live blog below for the latest news and updates...
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Joseph Gamp
What is Spotify Wrapped and how does it work?
Every year, Spotify users get a list of artists, songs and podcasts they listened to most throughout the year.
The application generates a list based on data it collects from total minutes listened and listen-count.
The campaign debuted in 2015 by the name of Your Year in Music and became Wrapped in 2017.
Brendan Codey, associate director for Creator Growth and Programs at Spotify, told Newsweek that the feature uses all data from January 1 to October 31.
In 2020, Spotify's mobile app downloads increased by 21 percent in the first week of December, according to Moengage.
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Joseph Gamp
The Weeknd scores most-popular global song
The globally most-popular song on Spotify this year was The Weeknd's Blinding Lights.
It's been streamed almost 1.6billion times.
This was closely followed by the infamous track Dance Monkey by Australian singer Tones and I.
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Joseph Gamp
Spotify users still complaining wrapped is not working properly
Some Spotify users are still complaining that the Wrapped section of their app is still not working properly.
One fan wrote: "Another year, another SpotifyWrappednotworking and crashing the app.Guess we'll never know what I listen to, which granted is not much. Now if YouTube did a Wrapped. It would probably be 99% Gamers Nexus and Critical Role lmao."
Meanwhile, another said: "SpotifyCares you didn't get back to my dm about about my Spotify wrapped not working"
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Joseph Gamp
Is Spotify Wrapped only for Premium?
Spotify Wrapped is avaliable for both Premium and non-paying users.
However, subscribers get to learn a bit more about their listening habits.
For example, Premium users can get a 'Pioneer' badge if they listened to a song before it reached 50,000 streams.
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Joseph Gamp
What is Spotify unwrapped?
Last year, as well as your top five songs and artists, Spotify told you which genres you listened to the most, how many new artists you discovered and how long you listened for.
It also revealed if there were any songs you discovered long before anyone else, and made you do a mini quiz to see if you can guess your own listening habits.
Spotify signed off by saying: "Thanks for spending all 67 months of 2020 with us."
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Louis Allwood
What are the Spotify Wrapped 2021 results?
On December 1, 2021, Spotify Wrapped 2021 revealed the biggest songs, artists and albums that had dominated the streaming platform over the last 12 months.
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny emerged as the most-streamed global artist of 2021, achieving more than 9.1 billion streams.
Taylor Swift's two re-recorded albums, Fearless and Red, helped her become the second most-streamed artist of the year.
Meanwhile the most-streamed songs were dominated by new talent.
This included Olivia Rodrigo with her debut single Drivers License – which was played more than 1.1 billion times in 2021 following its release in January.
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Louis Allwood
Best earbuds
The Spotify Wrapped feature is set to be released any day now, so you surely want to invest in some good earbuds to listen to your favourite songs again.
Only the best earbuds will do, and we've selected some for you:
- Jabra Elite 75t
- Apple AirPods Pro with MagSafe charging case
- Tronsmart Apollo Air TWS ANC Headphones
- Samsung Galaxy Buds2
- Beats Powerbeats Pro
- Sony WF-XB700
Read the article in full here.
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Louis Allwood
Is Spotify Wrapped only for paying customers?
Spotify Wrapped is available for both Premium and non-paying users.
However, subscribers get to learn a bit more about their listening habits.
For example, Premium users can get a "Pioneer" badge if they listened to a song before it reached 50,000 streams.
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Louis Allwood
Thanks for the support
Spotify have released a video of thank you messages from the top artists and podcasters.
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Louis Allwood
Being filmed is Spotify newcomer star's secret to success, says producer
She simply asks her producer, Daniel Nigro, to film her singing.
At first, he couldn't understand it. "I'm a person who buckles under pressure," he explains. "You put me on camera and all of a sudden I get in my head and I can't perform.
"But with Olivia, it's the exact opposite. You'd say, 'OK, we're filming you, people are watching', and all of a sudden she gives the performance of a lifetime. It became a bit of a joke between us."
There's a logic to her approach. Rodrigo started out as an actress, first in the Disney series Bizaardvark, then in the hit streaming show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She's used to switching into performance mode when the red light goes on.
"Acting definitely comes into play for me when I'm recording," she admits. "I'm so into it, I will screw up my face and act out every word I'm singing.
"I think that makes the performance on the eventual record so much more impactful."
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Louis Allwood
What did Taylor Swift say about Driver's License?
After realising her new single, Drivers License, went number three on the iTunes chart, Rodrigo posted a screenshot of her achievement, especially since Swift was taking the other two spots in front of her.
"Next to Taylor on the US iTunes chart. I'm in a puddle of tears," the 17-year-old wrote on her Instagram.
Swift responded to Rodrigo's post with some high praise for the young singer, "I say that's my baby and I'm really proud."
Rodrigo wrote back to Swift saying, "Crying like a baby! Thank you for everything u do!!!!!"
Rodrigo's Driver's License single was the most streamed globally for 2021 on Spotify.
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Louis Allwood
History of wrapped
Spotify's year-in-review feature debuted in 2015 by the name of Your Year in Music and was renamed Wrapped in 2017.
The feature uses data collected from the app's 360million users from January 1 to October 31 each year.
As well as personalised top albums and artists, the Swedish streaming giant reveals the year's most popular music across the globe.
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Louis Allwood
Struggling to find wrapped, here is your answer?
Many people who are struggling to get access need to follow these simple steps.
First, open safari and click on the Spotify wrapped 2021 web page.
Once you have done this there should be a button that says 'Download Spotify'.
If you have the app already it will open your 2021 wrapped straight away, if you don't then simply download it.
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Louis Allwood
Replay for Apple Music users
If you don't use Spotify, Apple Music has a similar feature to Wrapped where you can find your playback stats.
- Go to the Apple Music Replay webpage and sign in with your Apple ID.
- On the Apple Music Replay page, click the pink Get Your Replay Mix button.
- Wait for a bit while Apple generates your Replay stats for 2021. Once the process is done, you'll be able to see all the details on the same page, from how many hours of music you've listened to, to your most played songs of 2021. Keep scrolling down to discover more stats. There's no share button, so you'll need to take screenshots and share them manually to your social media profiles.
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John Hall
What can you see this year?
- Top 5 songs
- Top 5 Artists
- How many minutes you've listened to
- How many genres you've listened to
- Favourite podcasts
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John Hall
What's new?
Spotify introduced a feature in July this year called What's New.
What's New makes it easier than ever to catch all the latest songs and episodes from the creators you follow.
Plus, it's even updated in real time, so you know you'll get to listen to new content just as it's released.
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John Hall
Spotify launches real-time lyrics feature
To provide the lyrics, Spotify has partnered with a music technology company called Musicmatch. The company claims to provide lyrics for over 8 million songs.
The lyrics are accessible through Spotify's mobile application, Spotify's desktop application and Spotify TV app.
The list of devices across which the lyrics will be available across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One, along with Android TV, including Samsung, Roku, LG, Sky and Comcast.
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John Hall
How to access Spotify Wrapped playlist?
- Open the Spotify app.
- Tap on the 'Your 2021 Wrapped' banner on the home screen in order to access your Wrapped playlist. If you don't see the same, type 'Wrapped' in the search bar and you should be able to view the banner.
- Click on the banner and you will then be directed to Spotify Wrapped 'Story.' Here you will be able to view your customised statistics.
- If you want to share the data on social networking sites with your friends and family, you may click on the 'Share this story' button to achieve the same.
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Louis Allwood
What artist has dominated this year?
The most-streamed songs were dominated by relatively new blood, including Olivia Rodrigo with her debut single – the understated power ballad, "drivers license" – which was played more than 1.1 billion times this year following its release in January.
This was followed up by Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)", from his debut album, Montero. Justin Bieber teamed up with newcomer The Kid LAROI for their viral hit "STAY", making it to No 3 on the most-streamed songs of the year, followed by another of Rodrigo's songs, the kiss-off track "Good 4 U".
Dua Lipa's single "Levitating" ft DaBaby rounded off the top five – Lipa condemned the rapper in July after he made a series of homophobic comments about people living with AIDS and HIV during Rolling Loud Festival.
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Louis Allwood
Bad Bunny emerges on top
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny emerged as the most-streamed global artist of 2021, achieving more than 9.1 billion streams.
This comes after he became the most-decorated artist at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards, receiving 10 gongs including Artist of the Year.
He also featured on the single "Volví", by Dominican-American band Aventura, in August; he released "Lo Siento BB:/" with Tainy and Julieta Venegas in October.
At the Latin Grammy Awards in November, he received prizes for Best Urban Music Album (El Último Tour Del Mundo) and Best Rap/Hip Hop Song (for his January single "Booker T").
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Louis Allwood
Royalty fee
HARRY and Meghan are working to protect their £18million podcast deal after failing to produce any content this year leaving Spotify chiefs mystified.
Pressure has been mounting on the pair to follow up the only episode of their multi-year contract - a solitary 35-minute holiday special last December.
Spotify last year excitedly announced it was expecting a fullscale launch of content from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex throughout 2021.
But with only one show under their belts, the streaming platform has so far paid the couple £500,000 for each minute.
One source said: "Spotify were delighted when they signed the couple, but the lack of content has mystified them. Particularly as they seem to have no problem producing content for other platforms."
Another source said: "When Harry and Meghan signed the Spotify deal in December, they didn't really have a full audio team behind them, there were no scripts ready and they hadn't made podcasts before. The holiday special episode was whacked together but, even though it was well received by fans, it was hard for them to pull off."
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Louis Allwood
Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Adele battle for this year's Christmas number one
SEVEN decades after the first Christmas No1, the battle for the coveted spot rages as fiercely as ever.
Al Martino was the first to claim the honour in 1952 with Here In My Heart – and since then a procession of A-list names have joined the club.
This year sees heavyweights Ed Sheeran and Elton John in the running alongside Abba, Adele – and The Church of England.
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Louis Allwood
Global chart for 2021
The pop music of the Spanish speaking world, reggaeton, is finally making its mark on the global scene with Bad Bunny and J Balvin snatching top streaming crowns.
- Bad Bunny
- Taylor Swift
- BTS
- Drake
- Justin Bieber
- The Weeknd
- J Balvin, Maria Becerra
- Ariana Grande
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Juice WRLD
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Louis Allwood
Ed Sheeran tops the charts for the Brits
Grime and rap taking precedence this year out of the UK's talent, with of course icons Adele and Ed Sheeran also taking centre stage.
- Ed Sheeran
- Dave, Stormzy
- Dua Lipa
- Arctic Monkeys
- Little Mix
- Adele
- D-Block Europe, Central CEe
- Coldplay
- AJ Tracey
- KSI
And although they are not in the top 10, The Beetles, Queen and Elton John are in the top 20 – through vinyl and straight onto Spotify, it's a very impressive show of their timelessness. Still the most listened to in the UK half a century later!
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Louis Allwood
Is Spotify Wrapped not working?
One complained on Twitter: "Hello Spotify i want to complain about my wrapped stories not working like they should."
Another tweeted: "My Spotify wrapped still not working, it reaches the 7 spot and then stop working please."
While another said: "So annoyed that my Spotify wrapped is not working."
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Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/16903154/spotify-wrapped-2021-crashing-not-working-app-top-artists/