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2012 · in review

8,311 plays

The year you discovered 780 new artists and spent ~490 hours listening (461 measured on Spotify). Headliner: Helios (291 plays).
Hours
490
New artists
780
Unique artists
1,434
Peak month
Feb (1,842)

By month

peak: Feb (1,842 plays) · average 693 plays/mo
Discoveries

You discovered 780 new artists this year

top 15 shown · ranked by plays in 2012
  1. 1
    The Cure
    95 plays in 2012
  2. 2
    Zac Brown Band
    51 plays in 2012
  3. 3
    Youth Lagoon
    32 plays in 2012
  4. 4
    Eric Church
    30 plays in 2012
  5. 5
    Super Furry Animals
    27 plays in 2012
  6. 6
    The Chips
    23 plays in 2012
  7. 7
    Alabama Shakes
    22 plays in 2012
  8. 8
    Jackson Browne
    22 plays in 2012
  9. 9
    The Whitest Boy Alive
    21 plays in 2012
  10. 10
    Ray Davies
    21 plays in 2012
  11. 11
    Django Django
    19 plays in 2012
  12. 12
    Victor Wooten
    18 plays in 2012
  13. 13
    Ben Howard
    17 plays in 2012
  14. 14
    Purity Ring
    17 plays in 2012
  15. 15
    Flight Facilities
    17 plays in 2012

Top artists

  1. 1Helios291
  2. 2The Tallest Man on Earth159
  3. 3The Avett Brothers122
  4. 4Radiohead100
  5. 5Kings of Convenience100
  6. 6The Cure95
  7. 7Ólafur Arnalds92
  8. 8The Flaming Lips80
  9. 9Tycho73
  10. 10Bob Dylan71
  11. 11Elton John67
  12. 12Kanye West67
  13. 13Bon Iver66
  14. 14Max Richter64
  15. 15The Smiths59
  16. 16of Montreal53
  17. 17Bibio52
  18. 18Zac Brown Band51
  19. 19Ra Ra Riot51
  20. 20Goldmund50
  21. 21Neil Young49
  22. 22Red Hot Chili Peppers48
  23. 23Bruce Springsteen47
  24. 24MGMT45
  25. 25Explosions in the Sky45

Top albums

  1. 1Helios — Eingya191
  2. 2Tycho — Dive (Deluxe Version)70
  3. 3Radiohead — Kid A53
  4. 4Zac Brown Band — You Get What You Give49
  5. 5The Smiths — Complete48
  6. 6The Tallest Man on Earth — The Wild Hunt45
  7. 7The Cure — Greatest Hits45
  8. 8Kings of Convenience — Riot on an Empty Street45
  9. 9Red Hot Chili Peppers — Greatest Hits44
  10. 10Ólafur Arnalds — Living Room Songs42
  11. 11Ólafur Arnalds — ...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness42
  12. 12Frank Turner — England Keep My Bones [Deluxe Edition]40
  13. 13Max Richter — Songs From Before39
  14. 14MGMT — Time To Pretend37
  15. 15The Cure — In Between Days / Stop Dead [Digital 45]36

Top tracks

  1. 1Frank Turner — Wanderlust38
  2. 2The Cure — Inbetween Days37
  3. 3MGMT — Love Always Remains35
  4. 4The Cure — Friday I'm in Love30
  5. 5Kings of Convenience — I'd Rather Dance With You27
  6. 6Passion Pit — Take a Walk27
  7. 7Trampled by Turtles — Wait So Long24
  8. 8Oberhofer — Away Frm U23
  9. 9Wild Nothing — Paradise23
  10. 10Helios — Paper Tiger22
  11. 11The Naked and Famous — Young Blood22
  12. 12Radiohead — Kid A21
  13. 13Helios — Vargtimme21
  14. 14Ray Davies — Waterloo Sunset21
  15. 15The Chips — Rubber Biscuit21
  16. 16Helios — Bless This Morning Year20
  17. 17Kings of Convenience — I Don't Know What I Can Save You From - Röyksopp Remix20
  18. 18The National — About Today20
  19. 19Grizzly Bear — Yet Again20
  20. 20Super Furry Animals — Juxtaposed With U20
  21. 21Radical Face — Welcome Home19
  22. 22Helios — Coast Off19
  23. 23The Tallest Man on Earth — Bright Lanterns19
  24. 24The Avett Brothers — The Once And Future Carpenter19
  25. 25Jackson Browne — Somebody's Baby19

Listening time

Spotify streams of 30 s+ · 7,861 in 2012 · measured

Most hours · artists

  1. 1Helios22.1 h
  2. 2The Tallest Man on Earth8.4 h
  3. 3The Avett Brothers7.5 h
  4. 4Radiohead6.3 h
  5. 5Tycho5.5 h
  6. 6Kings of Convenience5.3 h
  7. 7Explosions in the Sky5.2 h
  8. 8Bon Iver5.1 h
  9. 9The Flaming Lips5.0 h
  10. 10Ólafur Arnalds5.0 h

Most hours · tracks

  1. 1MGMT — Love Always Remains2.7 h
  2. 2Frank Turner — Wanderlust2.0 h
  3. 3Helios — Bless This Morning Year1.8 h
  4. 4Passion Pit — Take a Walk1.7 h
  5. 5Helios — Paper Tiger1.6 h
  6. 6The Cure — Friday I'm in Love1.6 h
  7. 7Helios — Coast Off1.5 h
  8. 8The Cure — Inbetween Days1.5 h
  9. 9Helios — For Years and Years1.5 h
  10. 10Helios — Halving the Compass1.5 h

Where 2012's plays come from: 3,776 scrobbled and streamed · 4,085 Spotify only · 450 Last.fm only. A scrobble and a Spotify stream of the same song within 5 minutes count as one play.

Generated Oct 9, 2026 · pulled from Last.fm + Spotify
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