If you use Spotify, broadening your musical horizons is easy.
Spotifys Top 50 and Viral 50 charts are great starting points with tons of songs.
While using the Spotify desktop app:
Head to Browse on the Spotify home page.
Then head to Charts.
Scroll down the page and youll see Top 50 by Country and Viral 50 by Country.
Pick the Top 50 list for your country of choice.
Click or tap songs and listen to see if you find anything you like.
Depending on the country, one chart will be probably more helpful than the other.
Ive had more luck with the Viral 50 charts since most of those songs tend to be localized.
Once you find a song on those charts you like, do what I call following the trail.
If youve ever fallen into a Wikipedia rabbit hole, its a lot like that.
Heres a quick rundown:
Go to the artists page by clicking or tapping the artists name.
On the artists page, give a listen to their five most popular tracks listed at the top.
This will give you a bigger taste of their musical stylings.
While you listen, check out their About tab and learn about them.
If you like what you hear, scroll down and consider giving all of their albums a listen.
When youre ready to move on, look for the Related Artists tab, then pick a new artist.
Repeat the process, building a playlist along the way, until youre satisfied.
Ive gotten lost listening to music from all over the place with this process.
Heres how:
Go to the artist page.
Click or tap the … symbol.
Select Go to Artist Radio.
Spotify will play some of that artists songs, as well as songs from similar artists.
This is a decent approach if youre trying to build some playlists while working on other things.
check that you enter their full name, but dont hit enter.
Instead, click or tap on the Show All Results link.
Those playlists are what youre after.
Choose one and start browsing.
