ERA I · ELECTRONIC YEARS

2015

346 hours of music, No. 11 of 15 years. Mostly electronic & dance.

PLAYS
4,379
25 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
0.9
over 365 days
ARTISTS
638
440 new this year
SONGS
1,785
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
177
of 365
SKIPPED
22%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
1%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2014
+33%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2015 is one groove of this record, starting at the top on 1 January and turning clockwise. A longer line means more hours; its colour is that day’s leading genre. Point at a day to read it.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
BIGGEST DAY7.6 h27 Jun
  • BIGGEST DAY7.6 h27 Jun: 128 plays, mostly Thievery Corporation
  • LONGEST STREAK8 days25 Jun – 2 Jul 2015
  • ACTIVE DAYS177of 365 with at least one play

Month by
month

Each month’s hours by genre, as shares. The bars on top are the month’s hours.

32 h7 h19 h23 h17 h65 h36 h23 h40 h30 h20 h36 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSoundtrack & classicalElectronic & danceTrip-hop & downtempoJazz & nu jazzPop, indie & folk
  • Trip-hop & downtempo
  • Ambient & drone
  • Jazz & nu jazz
  • Soul & funk
  • Electronic & dance
  • Hip-hop & beats
  • Soundtrack & classical
  • Rock & psychedelia
  • Pop, indie & folk
  • World & dub

Around
the clock

Plays by hour of day, Berlin time. The busiest hour was 15:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 1% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 53 plays01:00 · 5 plays02:00 · 1 plays03:00 · 0 plays04:00 · 0 plays05:00 · 4 plays06:00 · 15 plays07:00 · 15 plays08:00 · 46 plays09:00 · 120 plays10:00 · 149 plays11:00 · 271 plays12:00 · 348 plays13:00 · 356 plays14:00 · 436 plays15:00 · 605 plays16:00 · 518 plays17:00 · 388 plays18:00 · 221 plays19:00 · 132 plays20:00 · 163 plays21:00 · 181 plays22:00 · 239 plays23:00 · 113 plays000306091215182115:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon897
Tue659
Wed643
Thu704
Fri799
Sat330
Sun347
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2015’s ten most-played artists, by hours. Bars are printed in the artist’s genre colour; NEW marks an artist first played this year.

  1. 1Rhythm & Sound25.3 hElectronic & dance · 224 plays
  2. 2Thievery Corporation16.2 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 299 plays
  3. 3AcronymNEW13.2 hElectronic & dance · 142 plays
  4. 4SalzNEW11.9 hElectronic & dance · 24 plays
  5. 5Nils Frahm10.7 hSoundtrack & classical · 130 plays
  6. 6Tosca10.4 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 131 plays
  7. 7Gustavo Santaolalla9.8 hSoundtrack & classical · 287 plays
  8. 8Markus Guentner9.6 hAmbient & drone · 66 plays
  9. 9Sven Weisemann8.7 hElectronic & dance · 71 plays
  10. 10Kollektiv Turmstrasse8.5 hElectronic & dance · 70 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2015
  • Acronym13.2 h
  • Salz11.9 h
  • Daniel Lanois7.4 h
  • Chilly Gonzales5.8 h
  • The Haggis Horns4.1 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2015.

  1. 61When I See Scissors I Can't Help But Think of YouThe Dead Texan · No. 1
  2. 25Lyre Grounds (Hidden Orchestra Remix)Poppy Ackroyd · No. 2
  3. 25Décollage (feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani)Thievery Corporation · No. 3
  4. 24Meu Nego (feat. Karina Zeviani)Thievery Corporation · No. 4
  5. 23Firelight (feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani)Thievery Corporation · No. 5
  6. 23Quem Me Leva (feat. Elin Melgarejo)Thievery Corporation · No. 6
  7. 23White KeysChilly Gonzales · No. 7
  8. 22No More Disguise (feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani)Thievery Corporation · No. 8
  9. 22Sola in Citta (feat. Elin Melgarejo)Thievery Corporation · No. 9
  10. 20Videt - Kollektiv Turmstrasse RemixHe&She · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM55PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSWhen I See Scissors I Can't Help But Think of YouThe Dead Texan, from 4 Jul

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2015.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2015Décollage (feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani)Thievery Corporation1 Jan, 00:02
  • LAST SONG OF 2015Too Blind (feat. Lucinda Slim)The Haggis Horns31 Dec, 23:59