I primarily listen to music via Spotify (even when I own the music), but this year I trialled Apple Music for a bit as well. That meant that my Spotify Wrapped wasn’t quite right. Thanks to Last.fm (which just turned 20), I’ve compiled my own version.

I listened to 431 different artists, 672 different albums, and 2089 different songs for a total of 4471 plays, down 33% from last year.

I’ve ordered my most-played lists by playtime. I think is the same way that Spotify orders their lists, and probably a better weighting than pure track plays. A big thanks to Patrick McDonough’s last.timer tool for helping me to easily compile these lists. Time shown is in hours.

Most-Played Artists

  1. Whitney – 11:09
  2. Sam Gendel – 11:03
  3. Sufjan Stevens – 8:54
  4. John Van Deusen – 7:57
  5. Big Thief – 5:53
  6. Alvvays – 5:40
  7. Pinegrove – 5:28
  8. Kendrick Lamar – 5:02
  9. Nala Sinephro – 4:47
  10. Land of Talk – 4:18

Most-Played Songs

  1. Twirl by Whitney – 2:20, 31 Plays
  2. Habitat by Pinegrove – 2:11, 11 Plays
  3. Space 8 by Nala Sinephro – 1:45, 6 Plays
  4. Wake Me Up to Drive by Big Thief – 1:36, 26 Plays
  5. County Lines by Whitney – 1:27, 26 Plays
  6. Resavoir by Resavoir – 1:26, 15 Plays
  7. Tom Verlaine by Alvvays – 1:18, 23 Plays
  8. Oh Sweetest Name by John Van Deusen – 1:18, 26 Plays
  9. Space 4 by Nala Sinephro – 1:15, 12 Plays
  10. Uninspired, Blowing Smoke by John Van Deusen – 1:14, 21 Plays

I’ll publish my favourite albums as a part of my Bests of 2022 post, tomorrow.