When an artist such as Swift or Adele releases a new album, one of the first metrics of success, besides album sales, has become the number of streams on the app. But is Spotify’s hegemony ultimately good for how we consume music? Did you spend most of 2021 crying to Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License, scrutinizing Taylor Swift’s new version of Red or bopping to Justin Bieber? Or, like me, did you replay the same five songs from the nineties over and over again?Īpart from being a fun way to showcase what you’ve been streaming all year, Wrapped is also a reminder of Spotify’s dominance in the music-streaming space. Wrapped has become a hugely popular way to signal to friends and strangers alike what kind of year you’ve had. In fact, I fully expect the Swedes to figure prominently in my Spotify Wrapped, the streaming service’s highly anticipated and much-shared year in review, a social-media-friendly window into your listening habits, both good and bad.
It’s certainly a shock to my Spotify algorithm that Abba is only just being recognized by the Grammys now, since the band’s many hits have become a constant soundtrack to my life, a holdover from my disco-loving parents and a favourite with my kids.
The very late-in-life first-time nod is a surprise to many who know too well the band’s blockbuster hits, including Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen and Take a Chance on Me. Nearly 50 years after making their pop debut, Swedish megaband Abba has just received its very first Grammy nomination for its latest album, I Still Have Faith in You.
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