topic Re: "This Is" Playlist request in Content Questions

"This Is" Playlist request

korokd — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:15:09 GMT

Good morning, folks!

I'd like to know who (department (?)) is responsible for creating "This Is Artist/Band" playlists and, also, how can I, a mere mortal, interfere or influence in favor of the creation of a "This Is" of a specific band - Heidevolk, in this case

Thanks y'all for your attention 😄

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

jsannn — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:55:31 GMT

Hi @korokd

Unfortunately, I don't think you can influence "This is" playlists on Spotify. As far as I know (Spotify never officially stated that) those playlists are generated for each artist above a certain number of listeners. Only Spotify decided if an artist get such playlist and what is included in it.

Have a great day and lots of cool songs.

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

Katerina — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:29:26 GMT

Hey there @korokd,

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the Community!

If you're an artist, you can also take a look at this helpful FAQ article for more info.

Have a lovely day 🙂

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

cs812 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:54:52 GMT

i dont think you can currently do this... maybe make your own playlist of your favourite tunes by this band... it seems as if they dont make this is.. playlists for more obscure bands. they have mainly very famous artists.

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

Aublob — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:05:30 GMT

Hey so I don't have all the answers and am deeply mystified by the "this is" playlist feature myself, hence my being led to this thread to begin with!

Anyway I will say I'm a pretty under the radar artist that actually had someone else try to take my artist name (accumulating a strangely large amount of plays in the process) but as it turns out, followers or overall play count is not necessarily a factor in the generating of a "This is" playlist for an artist...

I think it is slightly more complicated algorithms that are attempting not to allow those "underground" artists to get lost in the shuffle of weird second rate manufactured pop... I can't say for certain it's completely successful and like I said I am just making assumptions based on my recent observations. There are a bunch of questions I have about it too but it doesn't seem like I can google myself to any clear answer which honestly is kinda sexy and strange and I can dig it. Here's to A.I. that values lo-fi!! I'm gunna attach the "This is Kid Indigo" (dat's me ya'll) and you can check it out, I don't have one of the fancy cut out glamour shot covers, I am starting to gather that there is some sort of trial period and they jazz up the look if they think it's worth the time, otherwise they probably delete it and forget they ever took the chance. Hopefully my weirdstuff will find the right audience before they give me the hook haha. ANYWAY I hope that helps somehow. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO1YHHkn?si=tniB1gtdTHGzzG7mow_2Rg

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

suleymankaya — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:55:16 GMT

hello dear spotify team! I am an artist on your platform How can I get the playlist named "this is"?

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

flintyoung — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 17:24:43 GMT

Hi there, there was some issues surrounding my mothers meta data and a "this is zoe" playlist was made for the wrong person using her most famous song "sunshine on a rainy day". i have since gotten in touch with sony who has helped us get the song back on to her profile. but when you look up the song it still takes you to the wrong this is playlist. I was wondering if there was anyway i could go about getting Spotify to look into making her a new playlist with her original content in.

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

gstlb — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:26:13 GMT

Yes, and this is how the popular get more popular, and everyone else is left behind.

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

JEE6 — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 14:16:54 GMT

Release 50 songs and you will get this playlist

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

vzd — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:13:25 GMT

I have like 80 songs out and it still hasnt popped up 😒

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

hary_ — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:27:14 GMT

Hello!
As far as I know from my research, you must have a certain number of visitors listening to your songs and if any song(s) are from last year.
Regarding the "release 50 songs to have this playlist", this information is wrong, because there are artists who have less than 50 songs and manage to have it. But even so, Spotify hasn't solved how to get it. See the frequently asked questions.
I hope this helps! 🙂

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

korimullan — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:10:26 GMT

Hi! I'm Kori Mullan, and I have one. I don't have very many monthly listeners, but I think Spotify auto generates one for you when you either have 2 hours of music uploaded or 50 songs uploaded.

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

maremusics — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:37:02 GMT

Neither is this correct, as I know many artists who have less than 50 songs and less than 2h of music uploaded, yet they randomly got their "This Is" playlist.

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

Breakfastinbed — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:40:29 GMT

Hey there.. very good question here. Anyway, I created my own "this is" playlist - I just did a normal playlist and named it "this is" with the same style of artworks. The same thing, only that it appears under "artists playlists" instead of "Featuring". Once I get my real "this is", I will delete the fake one... 🙂

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

alterkmusic — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:41:17 GMT

It's about a mix of different metrics : if you have above 2h or 50 tracks delivered, then it'll be automatically made. But if you get above the 25 threshold in Popularity Index with at least 5 tracks delivered, you also get it automatically too (so it's a mix of different criteria). I also know that if you have a professional distributor that work closely with Spotify, you can request it to the Spotify representative when you have above 10 tracks delivered...

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

CHXRLIY — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:07:28 GMT

can i have an artist playlist?

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

Legendary_Music — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:02:57 GMT

I have both over 2h of music uploaded and over 50 tracks but I do not have one. I assume it’s a specific number of listeners but idk how many

Re: "This Is" Playlist request

Trypdø — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:30:20 GMT

I have over 90K monstly Listeners, over 70 songs released on Spotify and 6K follower, and still i dont have a Official THIS IS playlist. so i have no idea what else i need.

Trypdø