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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Katie Cunningham

Spotify Wrapped is back for 2024 – but why is a decade-old Vance Joy song Australia’s most popular local track?

Vance Joy performs during the 2022 Aria Awards.
Vance Joy performs during the 2022 Aria Awards. The artist’s 2013 hit Riptide has taken out the No 1 spot for most streamed Australian song in Australia for Spotify Wrapped 2024. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Australians logging into Spotify this morning may have been surprised – or perhaps not at all – to see that a decade-old folk pop song was the nation’s most streamed song by an Australian artist this year.

The streaming platform releases an annual roundup of its most played tracks every December called Spotify Wrapped, which reveals national trends as well as leaving some users amused, confused and ashamed about their individual listening habits.

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