Spotify blend issues

[ahsenogul]

I have created blend playlists (both are a mix of 2 people) and they barely include any of my songs. They both have 50 songs, only about 7 are mine and about 5 songs are our common songs. The rest are the other participant's songs. The same happened when I joined a blend playlist my friend created. Also, most of the songs that were picked for me are songs that I haven't listened to in months, and my top artist wasn't even included even though my friends also listen to them. Even though I have around 75% similarity with both of my friends, almost all of their songs are in genres I don't listen to at all.
All of my blend playlists were created a few days ago, however the uneven distribution doesn't seem to change when the playlists refresh.

[Alex · Accepted solution]

Hi there @ahsenogul,

Thanks for the post.

The blend playlists are automatically generated based on data gathered for both members. If the Spotify algorithm has more data on one of the members, it will most likely include more songs from them. I'm currently not aware of the exact percentages, but songs in the Blend won't always be distributed 50/50. It's also very dependent on what artists and albums you've liked and how long you've been listening to them. Sometimes you won't get songs from artists that you've started listening to just recently, even if you've played their song a hundred times, but that's not always the case.

In order to get more accurate recommendations, I'd recommend following the artists you like, hit the plus (+) button on the songs that you like, and use the search tool to explore more music. 

Hope you find this info helpful.

[diddumz91]

I'm having the exact same issue. I've have had blends for a year now and they were more varied then all of a sudden in December, there's like 1 song from me and 19 from the other person. They didn't used to be like that at all. I use Spotify daily, and more than those participating in the blends so I don't get why this is happening. 

[valeribanana]

If I don't "follow" any artists, but I do "heart" a lottttt of songs - should my blend playlist work correctly? I notice I don't see any of my songs in the blend playlists that I join...

[Keyzzz]

why is my blend with my friends I don’t have the same music taste higher than my closest friends? And why does the blend with other people say 5% instead of a 90% or higher?

[agent_tulip22]

Hello, I have a small issue. I recently joined a Spotify blend with girls I had no similar taste to, and now on all my past blends it’s giving all the same results. It’s all saying ‘5%’ and ‘3%’. On past blends it use to be in 80%-90% then all of them changed to 5% and 3%.

[Frankie25]

Hello, how many songs can I ads to my spotify blend? Because it seems like the more we add to the playlist, our older songs disappear. Why is that?? Is there a limit on the amount of songs we can add ourselves?