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Michael Kitzman
Sr. Frontend Engineer

2024 Apple Music Year in Review

/ 2 min read

I love end-of-year lists. One of these days, I’m going to make a site that aggregates them all into one end-of-year list to rule them all.

Top Artists

Total Number of Different Artists: 2,399

  • Fontaines D.C. - My band and album of the year.
  • The Libertines - Their latest album is so good.
  • Tool - Probably (?) my all-time favorite band and the only ’90s band I still listen to regularly. Also, Adam Jones is my all-time favorite guitarist. I actually just got his guitar this week: the Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection: Frazetta “The Berserker”

Top Songs

Total Number of Different Songs: 4,913

  • “Oh Shit” by The Libertines - 46 plays. Great song, and 46 seems low.
  • “La Intención” by Christian Nodal & Peso Pluma - 40 plays. I like this song, but I feel like I’ve played other songs way more.
  • “Midnight Butterflies” by Sea Girls - 39 plays. Love this song, but I don’t really listen to any other songs from them.
  • “Supernatural” by Laura Jane Grace - 38 plays. I must have played this more. This is the singer from Against Me!.
  • “Starburster” by Fontaines D.C. - 37 plays. No way this is right; I’ve played it a billion times. Song of the year.

Top Albums

Total Number of Different Albums: 451

  • All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade” by The Libertines - My second favorite album.
  • Fear Inoculum” by Tool - This seems a little high.
  • Romance” by Fontaines D.C. - Too low. Album of the year.
  • Foregone” by In Flames - No way this is my 4th most listened-to album. Has to be a mistake.
  • Definitely Maybe” by Oasis - No way this is top 5. My guess is it takes into account how many of the songs you listened to on an album, not how many times.

Top Genres

  1. Alternative
  2. Rock
  3. Hip-Hop
  4. Hard Rock
  5. Pop

Apple Music Milestones

  • 25,000 minutes listened - June 12th
  • 2,000 artists played - July 18th
  • 2,500 songs played - April 10th