Spotify’s Music Editors Reveal Their Picks for the Best Songs of 2024

Songs were hand-selected based on their exceptional songwriting, musicality, cultural impact, and distinctiveness

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The work of Spotify’s global editorial experts is grounded in a deep understanding of music culture. Spotify’s editors are always at the forefront of new trends, working to establish new genre spaces, introduce listeners to emerging artists, and provide context for music fans. And now, as the year comes to a close, Spotify is thrilled to present Editors’ Picks: Best Songs of 2024—an 85-track, genre-spanning journey through the songs that made listeners feel, think, and move.

The playlist builds on Editors’ Picks: Best Songs of the Year (So Far), a carefully curated playlist of 40 songs that launched in June.

“Our team lives and breathes music, with genre experts across the musical landscape listening to thousands of songs each year,” said John Stein, Spotify’s Head of North American Editorial. “Spotify’s Editors’ Picks: Best Songs of 2024 playlist is a home for the best of the best, the songs that couldn’t stop playing and sparked conversations throughout the year. We hope you enjoy.”

Songs were hand-selected based on their exceptional songwriting, musicality, cultural impact, and distinctiveness. For each pick, editors asked themselves: Is this song unique or in its own lane in 2024? Has it driven meaningful cultural conversation? Is this a beautiful and undeniably artistic song?

To share that editorial expertise directly with fans, the Editors’ Picks: Best Songs of 2024 playlist comes to life via Spotify’s Editorial Watch Feed, where listeners will find dynamic on-screen insights and commentary from Spotify’s editors that offer a deeper dive into each song’s artistry and impact. It also features a playlist clip from Sulinna Ong, Spotify’s Global Head of Editorial, Music, introducing the full list.

So without further ado, HERE are the 85 songs that rose to the top in 2024. 

Stream Editors’ Picks: Best Songs of 2024 on Spotify.

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