It's that time of year again, when Spotify makes its much anticipated Wrapped feature available to all.
Wrapped allows users to see their most streamed songs and artists from the previous 12 months, and often provides an intriguing snapshot into listener habits.
In 2020, weve spent more time indoors streaming our favourite music than ever, so how can you check in on the musical trends of your own year?
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Heres how to check your Spotify Wrapped for 2020.
How do I check my Spotify Wrapped 2020?
In 2020, Spotifys Wrapped feature is available exclusively in the Spotify mobile app on iOS and Android, and was made available on Wednesday 2 December.
If you boot up your app and find there's no Wrapped feature available, its worth making sure your device is running the most up-to-date version of the app available, and updating accordingly through the usual channels.
Once updated, if your Wrapped still isnt appearing on the apps home screen, try searching for Wrapped like you would any other artist or song.
Youll be presented with a slideshow of stats charting your year in music; each slide can be easily shared with social media apps like Instagram, so you can show off your listening habits to friends with ease.
This years Wrapped is full of insights on the artists, songs, genres, and podcasts that youve streamed throughout 2020, compiled from data unique to each and every listener for a truly personalised experience.
Even if youre not a Spotify subscriber, you can still peruse the data on Spotifys global listening trends by heading to Spotify.com/Wrapped on either your desktop or your mobile browser.
Whats new this year?
Spotify has added a number of new features to the usual format of its Wrapped feature.
There are new in-app quizzes that allow you to predict you top podcasts and artists before they are revealed to you, and Premium users will be awarded badges based on the ways they listened [for example, if you listened to a song before it hit 50,000 streams, youll get the Pioneer badge].
There are also new personalised playlists alongside the usual Your Top Songs compilation, including Missed Hits, in which Spotifys algorithm recommends popular similar 2020 releases you didnt listen to that it thinks you might like.
What are the most streamed artists of 2020?
Spotify also released the data on its most popular artists, songs and albums of 2020, with Canadian megastar Drake topping the UK list.
The rapper beat Juice WRLD to be named most streamed artist in the UK, with Eminem third, Ed Sheeran fourth and The Weeknd fifth.
Sheeran was the most popular British artist in the UK, ahead of Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Lewis Capaldi, and Harry Styles.
When it came to the most streamed songs, UK listeners played The Weeknds Blinding Lights more than any other in 2020, with SAINt JHNs Roses as remixed by Imanbek in second.
Spotify also released data for albums: Lewis Capaldis Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was most streamed in the UK, ahead of Harry Styles Fine Line in second, Pop Smokes Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon in third, and The Weeknds After Hours in fourth.
Globally, the most streamed artist on Spotify was Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who beat Drake into second position with more than 8.3 billion streams this year.
Bad Bunnys YHLQMDLG was the most streamed album worldwide with over 3.3 billion streams, British artists Harry Styles and Dua Lipa making the top five.
Blinding Lights was the most streamed track by Spotifys 320 million global users, the company said, with almost 1.6 billion streams.
Is Decade Wrapped available this year?
Decade Wrapped which allowed users to see their listening habits throughout the previous 10 years was last years Wrapped feature, and is not available this year.
It was used to celebrate the arrival of a new decade with 2020.