Australian Music Industry Figures Reveal Their Spotify Wrapped Lists

Today is music lovers’ Christmas: Spotify Wrapped is finally here, showcasing your favourite songs of the year (and your kids’ favourite songs of the year if you share an account with your family).

It’s also a time of year when people think, “Can I change my Spotify Wrapped?” despite the fact that there is nothing to be embarrassed about when it comes to enjoying music.

Spotify Wrapped has been running since 2016, allowing users of the streaming giant to reflect on the year that was in relation to their listening habits.

Each year, users are quick to share their most-listened songs of the year, their most-streamed artists, and the other statistics that have set them apart over the past 12 months. It’s not just teens sharing their lists, either.

This year, The Music has caught up with notable figures from the Australian music industry to discover what dominated their Spotify Wrapped lists. Read on to learn a little more about officials from ARIA, TEG, Untitled Group, and many more.

Annabelle Herd - ARIA CEO

Top Artists

1. Taylor Swift

2. RÜFÜS DU SOL

3. Chappell Roan

4. Jungle

5. Tobiahs

Top Songs

1. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

2. Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)

3. Tobiahs - Late Night

4. Empire Of The Sun - Music On The Radio

5. RÜFÜS DU SOL - Until The Sun Needs To Rise

6. Troye Sivan - One Of Your Girls

7. Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova

8. Pulp - Common People

9. RÜFÜS DU SOL - Lately

Taylor Swift is definitely listened to by my kids and in the lead-up to the Eras tour, but I am also a big fan.

Chappell Roan is amazing, and my daughter did her HSC this year, so Good Luck, Babe was definitely a theme song (although slightly out of context of the meaning of the lyrics, lol). I was in Chappell's top .05%, so I am a real fan. I love her.

RÜFÜS DU SOL is obviously a great love of mine, and Tobiahs was an awesome discovery this year - I can't wait to see one of his sets live; they look so fun. I'm not sure how those particular RÜFÜS songs got in - my fave is Underwater and I love the new album.

Music On The Radio had nothing to do with our PPCA radio caps campaign, I promise - it's just a great track.

Apparently, August was my “Golden hour Tulum Indietronica moment,” and that sounds about where I want to be right now!

751 artists listened to.

30,279 mins listened to.

Geoff Jones - TEG Group CEO

1. Houdini - Eminem 

2. All These Smiling Faces - Paul Kelly

3. You’ve Got To Move - Cold Chisel 

4. Hot To Go - Chappell Roan

5. Girls - The Kid LAROI

6. Don’t Want To - Jelly Roll & Keith Urban

7. Die For You - Bruno Mars feat. Lady Gaga

8. Apple - Charli XCX

9. Fearless - Fred Again.. feat. Sampha

10. Laced Up - Hilltop Hoods

“It is always an exciting time of year to reflect on the sounds that have inspired Audiences in Australia and Globally. Spotify Wrapped is a great celebration of the year that has been, and each year, I am fascinated by the surprises that I see in other people’s Spotify playlist.”

Mark Vaughan - Senior Vice President of Touring Australia and New Zealand, Live Nation

1. Too Sweet – Hozier 

2. Untidy Creature – Sleater-Kinney

3. Work Song – Hozier 

4. Hail, Hail – Pearl Jam

5. Home – Good Neighbours

6. Got Me Started - Troye Sivan

7. Just Like North - Angie McMahon

8. I Used To Be Fun - Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers

9. Murder On The Dancefloor - Royel Otis

10. Darkness At My Door - The Paper Kites

“It's awesome to see some of my favourite artists in my top 10! I've always been a big fan of Hozier, and Work Song is a classic. And revisiting Pearl Jam's Hail, Hail is a blast from the past that was incredible to see live on the recent tour. The list features artists that I’ve had the pleasure of touring this year, like Hozier, Pearl Jam and Troye, as well as new artists I’ve listened to a lot recently because of those tours, like Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers.”

Will Cuming (aka LANKS) - Artist, and Product Development Manager, Community Music

1. Ry X - Only

2. Ry X / Olafur Arnolds - Oceans

3. Taylor Swift - seven

4. Phoebe Bridgers - Halloween

5. Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity

6. Dustin Tebbutt - Resin

7. Phoebe Bridgers - Chinese Satellite

8. Ngaiire - Glitter (Live At The Sydney Opera House)

9. Charli XCX / Bon Iver - I think about it all the time

10. Caroline Polachek - Blood And Butter

None of this says that I was much of an early adopter of new music in 2024! I was honestly still in grief mode earlier in the year after my dad passed away the previous year and the comfort and healing nature of listening to my cousin, Ry X, Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher album, Dustin Tebbutt, as well as the Sufjan Stevens songs in particular, are a reflection of that. 

I am also notoriously slow to get on to new music and the Caroline Polachek and Ngaiire live records are some of many that my wife was obsessed with, and I only jumped on after she had stopped telling me I needed to listen to them.

Mardi Caught - Founder & Managing Director, The Annex

Top Songs

1. Foam - Royel Otis

2. BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish

3. Heading For The Door - Royel Otis

4. Fried Rice - Royel Otis

5. Adored - Royel Otis

Top Artists

1. Rosa Linn

2. Royel Otis

3. Billie Eilish

4. Taylor Swift

5. Sabrina Carpenter

Spotify Wrapped has always served as a recap for my family's musical listening. When we listen to music in the car or home, I totally control the aux. So I'm proud to see Royel Otis there so prominently - it was an album my daughter and I shared this year whenever we could, as every minute I still have her ear I want her to always put Aussie Music first. And also... yeah the girls!!! Love my ‘Pink Plates Catwalk Pop Phase’.

Jaddan Comerford - Founder & CEO, UNIFIED Music Group

Top songs

1. Wade Forster - Fighting Tears

2. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Salt (featuring The Grogans)

3. ISHAN - My Mouth (la la la)

4. Radhika Das - Rise: Hare Krishna (Live)

5. Rancid - Fall Back Down

Top artists

1. Wade Forster

2. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

3. ISHAN

4. Radhika Das

5. Rancid

“Another great year of amazing music. Some old classics and some brand new songs. It was a great year for Australian music, in my eyes. For the first time, I started listening to rising country star Wade Forster, who has an amazing debut album that I couldn’t stop listening to. Then, of course, ARIA Award-winning Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers’ song Salt won’t be getting old anytime soon. ISHAN’s hit song My Mouth came out in March this year and shows no signs of slowing down. 

Radhika Das is an amazing artist playing classical Indian devotional music who recently toured Australia for the first time and is building an amazing live following worldwide. 

Rancid has been my favourite band since I was 14. So, at the age of 40, it’s nice to know they’re still in my Top 5.

Jess Hope - Founder, Create Racket

Top songs

1. Gone West - The Menzingers

2. Gift Horse - IDLES

3. Silver Cloud - State Champs

4. Pasadena - Quinn XCII

5. Dancer - IDLES, LCD Soundsystem

Top artists

1. IDLES

2. Deaf Havana

3. Post Malone

4. State Champs

5. Quinn XCII

“I’m chuffed to say I made some amazing live music memories in 2024, and my Spotify Wrapped reflects many of them. I can practically pinpoint the mood swings (and jet lag!) by the artists that soundtracked them.

There’s something surreal about seeing the year’s highs and lows summarised in a vibrant graphic fit for social sharing. It’s been a difficult year for many, no less for musicians who count on these streams converting into real revenue, be it physical music, merch, or gig tickets. If you don’t own something by your top artists, this is your sign!”

Maddy Rowe - The Aus Music Show, Nova Network

Top songs

1. Lucky (feat. Remi Wolf) - Zedd, Remi Wolf

2. What's Love (feat. MUNA) - Empress Of, MUNA

3. Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

4. Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan

5. Take So Long (Find You) - ARTY, XIRA

6. 360 - Charli XCX

7. supernatural - Ariana Grande

8. Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl - Chappell Roan

9. Taste - Sabrina Carpenter

10. New Woman (feat. ROSALIA - LISA, ROSALIA

Music soundtracks every moment of my life from the moment I wake up. Chappell Roan, Sabrina & Charli (the holy trinity) soundtracked my 2024, and my hot girl walks. Thanks to the girls, and thanks to Spotify for tracking my data in a fun way! 

Nazlican Eren - Community & Engagement Manager, Music Australia

1. Hype Williams – Baby Blu

2. Kase Avila – As Long As We Got

3. Hype Williams – Break4Love

4. Emjaysoul – 21-9-23

5. 700 Feel – Familiar Flavours

6. Maina Doe – Lucid Dreams

7. RAY OTW – Freaky Lover

8. Oscar #Worldpeace – Ferocious

9. Kase Avila – I See You

10. Vegyn – Beauty Stranger (155 BPM)

As expected, most of my top 10 songs are the instrumental tracks I use as a sound bed when I’m on the radio every week [Sunset with Nazty Gurl, FBi Radio], which I’m not mad about at all as this year, I made a conscious effort to play songs from Australian producers. I’m stoked to see my underground favourites Maina Doe, 700 Feel and RAY OTW making it to the top 10 and can’t wait for next year’s Spotify Wrapped to see how many more Australian artists will be making up my top 100!

Nic Kelly - Announcer, Hit Network + Host of The Hot Hits

1. Isaac Dunbar – Apartment A

2. Kim Petras – Problematique

3. Chappell Roan – Naked In Manhattan

4. Chappell Roan – Red Wine Supernova

5. Jeffrey Eli – Wife Pleaser

6. Troye Sivan – Honey

7. Allerdyce – Spoon Song

8. Alphabeat – Fascination

9. These Kids Wear Crowns – Jumpstart

10. Zedd & Remi Wolf – Lucky

This feels like my least surprising, most on-brand Top 10 I’ve ever had in Wrapped. Two cinematic Chappell songs, a couple of late 2000s pop songs I had a 4-day hyperfixation on, an indie song by a Sydney band, and a couple of queer underground US popstars. Adds up to my entire taste. Shoutout to Isaac Dunbar, who I think is one of the most phenomenal, self-assured and exciting popstars on the planet. Get amongst it.

Filippo Palermo - Co-Founder / Managing Partner, Untitled Group

Top artists

1. Tommy Richman

2. Jamie xx

3. Sexyy Red

4. Royksopp

5. Sugababes

Top songs

1. Loneliness (Klub Cut) - Tomcraft

2. MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Tommy Richman

3. CHROMA 004 ROLA - BICEP

4. Round - Two Shell, Sugababes

5. BREAK IT DOWN (ON THE BASSLINE) - Confidence Man, IN2STELLAR

“My Spotify wrapped is a reflection of artists we’re working with as well as music I really enjoyed this year! I think I listened to Sugababes about 1000 times while working on confirming their BTV show & tour when I was in the UK earlier this year. Nice to see my good mates Sarah and Georgia from IN2STELLAR in there, too!”

García - Managing Director - García Entertainment

Top 5 Artists

Cat Burns

Danny Ocean

Reik

Billie Eilish

Ben Platt

Top 5 Songs

people pleaser - cat burns

i love you - Billie Eilish

Quererte Bonito - Sebastian Yatra, ELENA ROSE

What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish

come out and play - Billie Eilish

I love Billie just as much as the next girly, but damn, 3 out of 5?

As a Latin Music Consultant, it’s easy to assume that my list would be full of Latin artists, but what I really admire are powerful storytellers - regardless of where they’re from.

One thing I do wish I could see is the Spotify Genre Burger- merengue, pop, reggaeton, and HEAVY on the show tunes; I’m just a theatre kid at heart.

Fun fact: I listened to more than 89K minutes of music (top 2% listeners worldwide) - ¡Música es vida!

Mawunyo Gbogbo - Author of Hip Hop & Hymns + ABC News, Pop Culture Journalist

Top artists

1. Giggs

2. Adekunle Gold

3. Drake

4. Asake

5. Stonebwoy

Top songs

1. Spiderman - Giggs

2. KMT - Drake, Giggs

3. AG Baby - Adekunle Gold, Nailah Blackman

4. Folklore - Giggs

5. Je M'appelle (feat. melvitto, Ayo Jay)

I knew Giggs and Adekunle Gold would battle it out for that number one position, and Giggs won the trophy. I also had a feeling that my number one genre would shift this year for the first time from hip hop to Afrobeats and I was right. I used the brand new AI feature to create a playlist of my top genre and it was an Afrobeats jam fest.

Mark Holland - Managing Director, EMI Music Australia

Top Artists: 

1. Vampire Weekend

2. Nick Ward

3. Tyler, The Creator

4. Hovvdy

5. Phoebe Go

Top Songs: 

1. Hovvdy – Forever

2. Nick Ward – All Your Life

3. Vampire Weekend – Classical

4. Phoebe Go – Something You Were Trying

5. MJ Lenderman - Wristwatch

My whole Spotify Wrapped is all wonderful, beautiful, sad indie music – and I’m happy to be labelled as such a stereotype. I’ve really enjoyed these incredible albums released in 2024 from Vampire Weekend, Nick Ward, Phoebe Go, MJ Lenderman, Tyler, The Creator and Hovvdy. I promise that I’m actually fun at parties.

Natalie Kradolfer - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Amplify Music Education (#42 on the AFR Fast Starters List 2024)

Top artists

1. Oasis

2. Simple Plan

3. You Me At Six

4. Katy Perry

5. Justin Timberlake

Top songs

1. The Great Escape - BOYS LIKE GIRLS

2. Underdog - You Me At Six

3. First Date - blink-182

4. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

5. Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy

Spotify Wrapped never lies! Clearly, late-night work sessions, the kids hijacking the aux, and my love for full albums have all left their mark. A little chaos, but it’s my kind of soundtrack.