The Most Popular Spotify Playlists

Although I have my issues with Spotify — namely, it’s run by two billionaires who enrich themselves off both musician’s recordings and ads that feel like extortion — I use it a lot. It has to be said, it’s a pretty great product for consumers if not at all especially helpful for creators — especially when musicians are prevented from performing live to make a living. Are they expected to live off of merchandise sales until they retire?

A relatively minor annoyance for people like me, who listen to a fairly wide range of music and like to make playlists, is that only the first 100 of our playlists are searchable — so when a friend asked whether or not I had a Northern Soul playlist, which I do, I had to send her a link on her phone because “n” was far too far down in my alphabetical list to be available for her to search. Anyway, I figured it might be helpful to make a post with all of my playlists so that they’re easier to search for. I’m starting with the most popular.

Enjoy… and support artists however you can since streaming sites don’t.

AFROCLASSICAL

CAJUN

CELESTA

CENTRAL ASIA

CHINESE CLASSICAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC

CLASSIC COUNTRY WOMEN

CLAVICHORD

DANCEHALL (OLD SCHOOL)

EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN OLDIES (1950s-1980s)

ELECTRONIC MUSIC (1920s-1960s)

演歌

FRIDAY

GNAWA

HORN OF AFRICA (የአፍሪካ ቀንድ)

INDO JAZZ, INDO ROCK, AND RAGA ROCK

JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC

KANSAS CITY JAZZ

KOREAN OLDIES

MUSICAL SAW

NORDIC FOLK

時代曲

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PDEEY7OrfwxAZmzgDcmpI

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Eric Brightwell is an adventurer, essayist, rambler, explorer, cartographer, and guerrilla gardener who is always seeking paid writing, speaking, traveling, and art opportunities. He is not interested in generating advertorials, cranking out clickbait, or laboring away in a listicle mill “for exposure.”

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