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As part of Wrapped 2019, Spotify has launched the Wrapped Microsite that allows users to get a personalised Wrapped experience, accessible directly in the Spotify app.

Spotify today announced the unveiling of Wrapped, which allows listeners to recap the year in music and culture. Listeners can look forward to global top lists based on listener data around the world as well as a personalised Wrapped experience.

The company enthused that this year, for the first time, listeners will be able to access this experience directly in the Spotify app on mobile and tablet and via its website. Artists and podcasters can do the same to discover how their music and podcasts connected with fans across the world.

So who was your top artist of 2019? 4eWhat was your top song through each season?

Via the Wrapped experience, detailed here, listeners can relive their favourite artists and albums in a personalised playlist, or take a look at the most-streamed songs on Spotify this year.

For a more localized take on the year in music, South Africans can also see which artists, and what songs and albums, have caught on in the country during 2019 at the Wrapped Hub.

Upon logging into the app, listeners will uncover their own 2019 data including:

·         Songs You Streamed the Most
·         Artists You Streamed the Most
·         Your Top Genres
·         Your Top Podcasts and Podcast Genres
·         Total minutes of music you streamed this year
·         Your Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts, and Playlists through the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn
·         Artists you streamed from around the world

Spotify Premium users will get to go a little deeper, with access to additional insights about their year in listening. Premium users will have a special personalised Spotify Wrapped, looking at the new artists they discovered and how they listened to them.

Whether premium or not, individualized results can be shared to Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Facebook with a personalised “Wrapped” share card.

Once again Spotify is celebrating the artists that make all this possible with 2019 Artist Wrapped. This is a destination specifically for artists to discover how their music connected with fans across the world. Artists and their teams will receive a custom personalised Spotify Wrapped experience where they learn facts about their fan listening throughout the year including:

·         Total fan hours streamed
·         Highest number of fan streams per hour
·         Increases in followers, total listeners, new listeners, streams, and playlist adds
·         Country that grew by the highest percent of listener
·         Number of fans that had the artist as their #1 artist

The 2019 Artist “Wrapped” share card will include their total streams, hours, listeners, and countries for the year.