ERA IV · NU JAZZ NIGHTS

2021

1,411 hours of music, No. 1 of 15 years. Mostly jazz & nu jazz.

PLAYS
22,513
64 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
3.9
over 365 days
ARTISTS
4,116
2,516 new this year
SONGS
7,997
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
351
of 365
SKIPPED
21%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
6%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2020
+54%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2021 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 DAY22.6 h8 Jan
  • BIGGEST DAY22.6 h8 Jan: 344 plays, mostly Nelly Furtado
  • LONGEST STREAK58 days11 Sep – 7 Nov 2021
  • ACTIVE DAYS351of 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.

143 h153 h117 h104 h120 h111 h108 h94 h67 h124 h109 h162 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJazz & nu jazzElectronic & danceSoul & funkTrip-hop & downtempoPop, indie & folkHip-hop & beats
  • 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 19:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 6% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 469 plays01:00 · 298 plays02:00 · 180 plays03:00 · 159 plays04:00 · 135 plays05:00 · 111 plays06:00 · 600 plays07:00 · 748 plays08:00 · 636 plays09:00 · 622 plays10:00 · 796 plays11:00 · 1,282 plays12:00 · 1,488 plays13:00 · 1,365 plays14:00 · 1,235 plays15:00 · 1,448 plays16:00 · 1,593 plays17:00 · 1,551 plays18:00 · 1,677 plays19:00 · 1,748 plays20:00 · 1,389 plays21:00 · 1,259 plays22:00 · 1,024 plays23:00 · 700 plays000306091215182119:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon2,841
Tue2,643
Wed3,428
Thu2,554
Fri3,127
Sat4,122
Sun3,798
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2021’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. 1Mop Mop19.6 hJazz & nu jazz · 281 plays
  2. 2Kalabrese12.1 hElectronic & dance · 106 plays
  3. 3Emapea7.5 hHip-hop & beats · 163 plays
  4. 4Khruangbin7.2 hRock & psychedelia · 110 plays
  5. 5Gabriele PosoNEW6.7 hJazz & nu jazz · 83 plays
  6. 6Guns N' RosesWITH MY SON6.7 hRock & psychedelia · 96 plays
  7. 7Billie Eilish5.9 hPop, indie & folk · 107 plays
  8. 8LTJ Bukem5.9 hElectronic & dance · 65 plays
  9. 9OKANEW5.9 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 62 plays
  10. 10Nelly FurtadoNEW5.8 hPop, indie & folk · 87 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2021
  • Gabriele Poso6.7 h
  • OKA5.9 h
  • Nelly Furtado5.8 h
  • Strange Cargo5.6 h
  • Bazmati Vice3.8 h

With my son

Stories and songs with my son. In 2021.

  • WITH MY SON23 h2% of 2021’s music hours
    1. 1Guns N' Roses6.7 h
    2. 2Kidz Bop Kids3.4 h
    3. 3Pinkfong2.6 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2021.

  1. 56The Name of the WaveStrange Cargo · No. 1
  2. 46No More Sweet MusicHooverphonic · No. 2
  3. 41Summer BreezeMonophonics · No. 3
  4. 40Lazy MoonGroove Armada · No. 4
  5. 39Let Your Soul Guide Your HeartRodney Hunter · No. 5
  6. 37Those DaysDal · No. 6
  7. 34Silver DawnArtemis · No. 7
  8. 32Boney M DownLindstrøm · No. 8
  9. 31Everybody Loves the SunshineGabriele Poso · No. 9
  10. 31Play The 4th PrimeBarrett Martin Group · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM27PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSThe Name of the WaveStrange Cargo, from 15 Feb

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2021.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2021Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)Joel Corry1 Jan, 00:22
  • LAST SONG OF 2021I Can't Believe That You're In Love With MeStan Getz31 Dec, 23:55