topic Inaccurate Metadata in Your Library

Most Listened Artists Show Wrong Artists

moonlore — Sat, 07 May 2022 12:40:37 GMT

Hello,

My most listened artists this month page never includes some of the artists I most listen to, but it has some of the artists I don't listen that much.

I also track what I listen to in Last.fm, so when what Spotify shows and what Last.fm shows don't align, it bugged me.

For example, I listen to JIN the most, and if anyone is supposed to be shown in my most listened artists this month section, I know it's supposed to be him. But Spotify never shows him and instead shows people I do not listen to at all.

Here is my Last.fm scrobbles (which is connected to my Spotify account), my most listened songs section in Spotify and also my most listened artists this month section. They are in Turkish, so I apologize for that in advance.

(Most Listened Artists This Month, doesn't include Jin at all, but includes Red Velvet and Loona which I don't listen at all.)

(Most listened songs this month, you can see Jin is at top. He needs to appear on most listened artists.)

(And this is my scrobbles for artists on Last.fm. You can see they don't align with Spotify at all.)

I hope this is fixed, and it doesn't affect my Spotify Wrapped. Thank you. 🙂

Plan

Premium

Country

Turkey

Device

Spotify Desktop App

Operating System

Windows 11

Re: Most Listened Artists Show Wrong Artists

Alex — Sun, 08 May 2022 11:13:29 GMT

Hi there @moonlore,

Thanks for reaching out about this in the Community.

We can't guarantee that 3rd apps like Last.FM will show the same stats as Spotify or what would appear in Wrapped, since they use different algorithms.

Note that Spotify won't count listens when you listen to music when in Private Session.

We know it might be inconvenient to not always see your favorite artists at the top your Top Artists, however there is no manual setting you can adjust to influence this. Note that if you skip songs, even if it's 2 sec before the song ends, that won't count towards your total stats.

Hope you find this info helpful.

Re: Most Listened Artists Show Wrong Artists

moonlore — Sun, 08 May 2022 11:17:50 GMT

Hello,

I understand Last.fm might not be the same as Spotify, but how does a song appear in my most listened (considering the data is collected by Spotify) but the artist never appears in my most most listened artists? The data is collected in the same way.

Anyway, thank you for answering. I hope it will be resolved soon though.

Artist not showing up in my top artist

user-removed — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:35:30 GMT

Plan

Premium

My Question or Issue

Why isn't an artist that I listen to a lot not shownup in my top artist? I have used tired party sites to see my top artists too and still hasn't appeared in it for months and months. The artist is "Jisoo".

Re: Most Listened Artists Show Wrong Artists

1-l6u_qcbwqs7 — Wed, 21 May 2025 02:12:09 GMT

I am experiencing a similar discrepancy and I know it has nothing to do with skipping songs or anything like that. Last.fm will show me exactly what times I played each song so I can go back and see and remember when I listened to each song. This month, my Spotify is showing Taylor Swift in my top artists when I have only streamed her songs 28 times according to last.fm. Last.fm shows the Newsboys in my top 5 artists because I streamed them 34 times. Most of those were on one particular day when I saw one of them live so I remember intentionally listening to them. They are nowhere near the top on my Spotify top artists. I would love to have more transparency in my Spotify top artists and tracks so I can verify things that don't make sense to me.

Inaccurate Metadata

Joelwsy — Sat, 24 May 2025 08:01:10 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Malaysia

My Question or Issue :

Hi, i've been checking my Spotify's profile for my top songs and artists. And I've noticed that the data has been inaccurate for the past few months. Often, my top songs are mixed with songs I've only listened like at most twice in the month, and sometimes paired with very very old top songs that I haven't been looping.

Either way, the top songs is clearly inaccurate and off