The 2019 Playlist
I listen to a couple hours of music every day. I particularly enjoy searching for music I've never heard. When I hear a new song I like, I add it to one playlist, all year long. At the end of the year, I go through that playlist and choose one song for each artist and then cut out a bunch more so the playlist is at an even number. I started doing this a few years ago when I really needed to find some new music for inspiration. Well, it certainly worked because this year I ended up composing and recording nearly 2.5 hours of music for numerous projects.
While the majority of the tracks were released in the 2019 calendar year, this is not "A Year in Music" playlist but a playlist documenting the music I enjoyed and “discovered” in 2019, new or old. Usually, I stick to my rule of one song per artist, but this year we allowed a select few to have a couple (it’s my list damnit!).
The list has been designed to be played straight through as well as on shuffle. Usually, I just make it so the first 50 or songs are my absolute favorite and leave the rest as it is, but this year, I spent a lot of time making sure the whole list flowed from song-to-song, start to finish.
As always, please use this list as a starting point. If you find an artist or song you like, go check out them out! There's 200 artists with entire discographies just waiting for you to enjoy! Get saved!
These are the first 100 tracks. Listen to the rest on Spotify!
Another great year thanks to Spotify
These were my Top Artists of 2019
My favorite NEW ARTISTS OF 2019
My most anticipated releases of 2020
busiest Artists of 2019
Each artist is only given one song, but if they appear on other artist's songs, they can be on multiple tracks.
These artists performed more than two songs from The 2019 Playlist.
Selena Gomez
“Look at Her Now”
Benny Blanco’s ”I Can’t Get Enough” featuring J Balvin and Tainy
Julia Michaels “Anxiety”
DRAKE
“Money in the Grave” featuring Rick Ross
Meek Mill’s "Going Bad"
Bad Bunny’s “MIA”
My Release of 2019
I started making these playlists years ago to help influence my own music projects. It’s been more than helpful. Last year, empowered by all the amazing electropop I had recently discovered, I finally put out my Vegas Baby Vegas album. This year, while working on next year’s music project, I really reconnected with my punk rock roots. After listening to Rancid my entire life, I finally learned how to play most of their discography on my guitar. I did that so much, Rancid made their way into my top artists this year. Reinvigorated with the entire genre, I started a new punk rock project called The Jump Scares and released a 7 song album a week before Halloween. I may or may not revisit Vegas Baby Vegas in the future, but The Jump Scares is something I hope to do regularly.
Favorite Albums of 2019
MUSIC VIDEOS
Some of my favorites
Favorite Album Art
These are some of my favorite covers from the 2019 Playlist.
The Final Track List
CSV Download
The 2019 Playlist on a Spreadsheet
Just in case Spotify and YouTube ever go down, here is a downloadable CSV file. You can print it out and put it on your wall or something.
Thank you for taking the time to look through this page. While listening to thousands of hours of music is endlessly inspiring, working on this playlist and website can be a chore and feels like a waste of time. But my hope is someone out there will use this page and these playlists as a way to reignite their passion for music the way they have for me. See you in 2020!