2024, A Year of Music in Review

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I listened to lots of music in 2024, primarily digital media with Apple Music and YouTube, but also analog media with vinyls that I have been collecting. In this blog post, I will summarize the music that I listened to in 2024, starting with the top artists and albums that I listened to on Apple Music, followed by the best live performances that I listened to on YouTube, and concluding with the vinyls that I acquired this year.

Digital Media | Apple Music

According to Apple Music, I listened to 21,582 minutes of music, which corresponds to roughly 360 hours or 15 days. This means that roughly 4% of my time in 2024 was spent listening to Apple Music! In total, I listened to 441 unique artists and 234 unique albums. I was a top 100 listener for MUST DIE!, a top 500 listener for Pond, and a top 500 listener for Ternion Sound. My top genres were dubstep, electronic, alternative, hip-hop and dance.

Here were my top artists for the year:

Daft Punk
I listened to this artist for 2,224 minutes (or 37.07 hours).
Pond
I listened to this artist for 2,156 minutes (or 35.93 hours).
A Tribe Called Quest
I listened to this artist for 1,838 minutes (or 36.03 hours).
MUST DIE!
I listened to this artist for 1,691 minutes (or 28.18 hours).
Ternion Sound
I listened to this artist for 1,300 minutes (or 21.67 hours).
Cage the Elephant
I listened to this artist for 1,151 minutes (or 19.18 hours).
Brutalismus 3000
I listened to this artist for 952 minutes (or 15.87 hours).
Stevie Wonder
I listened to this artist for 753 minutes (or 12.55 hours).
Charli xcx
I listened to this artist for 693 minutes (or 11.55 hours).
SVDDEN DEATH
I listened to this artist for 674 minutes (or 11.23 hours).
Excision
I listened to this artist for 603 minutes (or 10.05 hours).
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
I listened to them for 550 minutes (or 9.17 hours).
Prince
I listened to this artist for 388 minutes (or 6.47 hours).
Emorfik
I listened to this artist for 383 minutes (or 6.38 hours).
Kendrick Lamar
I listened to this artist for 373 minutes (or 6.22 hours).

Here were my top albums for the year:

"Stung!" by Pond
I listened to this album for 986 minutes (or 16.43 hours).
"CRISIS VISION" by MUST DIE!
I listened to this album for 905 minutes (or 15.08 hours).
"We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service" by A Tribe Called Quest
I listened to this album for 889 minutes (or 14.82 hours).
"Digital Artifice" by Ternion Sound
I listened to this album for 886 minutes (or 14.77 hours).
"Neon Pill" by Cage the Elephant
I listened to this album for 826 minutes (or 13.77 hours).
"Midnight Marauders" by A Tribe Called Quest
I listened to this album for 705 minutes (or 11.75 hours).
"9 (Deluxe Edition)" by Pond
I listened to this album for 689 minutes (or 11.48 hours).
"Daft Club" by Daft Punk
I listened to this album for 605 minutes (or 10.08 hours).
"The Crazy World of Arthur Brown" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
I listened to this album for 508 minutes (or 8.47 hours).
"Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)" by Daft Punk
I listened to this album for 486 minutes (or 8.10 hours).
"GOODBYE SALÒ - EP" by Brutalismus 3000
I listened to this album for 486 minutes (or 8.10 hours).
"Homework (25th Anniversary Edition)" by Daft Punk
I listened to this album for 485 minutes (or 8.08 hours).
"Innervisions" by Stevie Wonder
I listened to this album for 469 minutes (or 7.82 hours).
"FERAL FANTASY" by MUST DIE!
I listened to this album for 431 minutes (or 7.18 hours).
"Digital Artifice / Recompiled" by Ternion Sound
I listened to this album for 387 minutes (or 6.45 hours).

Digital Media | YouTube

Here were the best live performances for the year:

Analog Media | Vinyl

Here were the vinyls acquired for the year, in chronological order: