ERA I · ELECTRONIC YEARS

2016

295 hours of music, No. 13 of 15 years. Mostly electronic & dance.

PLAYS
3,756
23 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
0.8
over 366 days
ARTISTS
932
554 new this year
SONGS
2,099
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
165
of 366
SKIPPED
24%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
1%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2015
−15%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2016 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 DAY7.8 h26 Jul
  • BIGGEST DAY7.8 h26 Jul: 85 plays, mostly Carbon Based Lifeforms
  • LONGEST STREAK11 days26 Jul – 5 Aug 2016
  • ACTIVE DAYS165of 366 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.

30 h21 h8 h17 h7 h41 h62 h34 h31 h14 h11 h20 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecElectronic & danceTrip-hop & downtempoSoundtrack & classicalRock & psychedeliaJazz & nu jazz
  • Trip-hop & downtempo
  • Ambient & drone
  • Jazz & nu jazz
  • Soul & funk
  • Electronic & dance
  • Hip-hop & beats
  • Soundtrack & classical
  • Rock & psychedelia
  • Pop, indie & folk
  • World & dub
  • Audio dramas

Around
the clock

Plays by hour of day, Berlin time. The busiest hour was 16:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 1% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 22 plays01:00 · 8 plays02:00 · 12 plays03:00 · 5 plays04:00 · 0 plays05:00 · 0 plays06:00 · 0 plays07:00 · 0 plays08:00 · 19 plays09:00 · 55 plays10:00 · 61 plays11:00 · 287 plays12:00 · 396 plays13:00 · 400 plays14:00 · 474 plays15:00 · 596 plays16:00 · 602 plays17:00 · 333 plays18:00 · 162 plays19:00 · 76 plays20:00 · 65 plays21:00 · 72 plays22:00 · 67 plays23:00 · 44 plays000306091215182116:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon845
Tue658
Wed729
Thu623
Fri543
Sat178
Sun180
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2016’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. 1Rival ConsolesNEW8.8 hElectronic & dance · 122 plays
  2. 2Nils Frahm8.6 hSoundtrack & classical · 113 plays
  3. 3Tosca8.4 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 131 plays
  4. 4Ólafur Arnalds7.4 hSoundtrack & classical · 102 plays
  5. 5Hidden Orchestra7 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 85 plays
  6. 6PanabriteNEW5.5 hAmbient & drone · 62 plays
  7. 7Aphex Twin5.3 hElectronic & dance · 68 plays
  8. 8Thievery Corporation5.2 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 100 plays
  9. 9Imaginary SoftwoodsNEW4.8 hAmbient & drone · 51 plays
  10. 10The Gentleman Losers4.5 hAmbient & drone · 55 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2016
  • Rival Consoles8.8 h
  • Panabrite5.5 h
  • Imaginary Softwoods4.8 h
  • Jan Jelinek3 h
  • Jed Kurzel2.8 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2016.

  1. 29Four HandsNils Frahm · No. 1
  2. 28Wide OpenÓlafur Arnalds · No. 2
  3. 14HowlRival Consoles · No. 3
  4. 13CologneStefan Gubatz · No. 4
  5. 13Greulich - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 5
  6. 13Parallel - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 6
  7. 13Harry Holden - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 7
  8. 12RecoveryRival Consoles · No. 8
  9. 12Final Call - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 9
  10. 11SmileRhythm & Sound w/ Savage · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM23PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSWide OpenÓlafur Arnalds, from 8 Sep

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2016.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2016Keep On DancingThe Haggis Horns1 Jan, 00:03
  • LAST SONG OF 2016Endless OceanEvent Horizon29 Dec, 01:21