It’s that festive time of year again. All the algorithm elves that live inside our favorite music streaming apps have started creating custom “best of” lists along the lines of Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay. This year, though, there’s a new kid on the block. Amazon Music just launched .
It’s called Amazon Music Delivered, which I guess is a play on the fact that the company offers a lot of bundles in real life? Either way, the year roundup shows all your favorite songs, artists, and podcasts from the entire year. The tool will even display “the top request you’ve made with Alexa.” Uh oh I asked Alexa to sing that awful, but catchy, like 25 times this year. Will this count?
The feature is available to all Amazon Music customers. This includes Prime members using the basic version and those who came up for the monthly unlimited subscription. Just go to the library page and tap on the banner that says “2024 Delivered”. You can access a playlist by asking good Alexa about your best songs of 2024.
Amazon also says Alexa could play “an exclusive and special message” from one of your top artists, though the company didn’t say how many artists participated in the promotion. It just says that “eligible customers will see a flashing yellow light on their Alexa devices” if a message is waiting.
Like other streamers, Amazon Music has also revealed its most popular artists and songs of the year. Taylor Swift took the top spot for artist while Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” took home the award for best song.
The different tiers of Amazon Music can be a bit confusing, as with most . Prime members automatically get something called Amazon Music Prime, which gives access to a catalog of 100 million songs and podcasts. There are no ads for this tier, but members are tied to playlists and shuffles, which is kind of how Spotify’s free tier works.
Amazon Music Unlimited removes all restrictions, but costs $10 per month for Prime members and $11 for non-members. Finally, there’s Amazon Music with Ads, which is an ad-laden version of the standard Prime-based tier. It costs nothing and is available to everyone, even people who are not interested in free and fast shipping.
