Genesis Owusu – the only artist this year to be both a metaphorical and literal dancefloor smasher – topped the list this week, gaining the most adds on the best Aussie new music playlists for his latest, “Get Inspired”. With nearly half of the lists I track giving him a spot, this is also one of the highest shows of support for an artist in a single week so far this year, and the second time in 2023 he’s topped the most-added lists.
Most Playlisted This Week
🥇Genesis Owusu
🥈Becca Hatch
🥉Beckah Amani, DMA’s, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Elsewhere, DMA’s and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard both got the wide level of support you’d expect from artists with six-figure followings on Spotify. Beckah Amani stood right alongside them though, another occasion this year where this excellent artist received notably strong backing.
Story Of The Week though goes to the brilliant Becca Hatch, who damn near topped the list this week – in fact in most weeks, this level of support would have put her in the top spot. Her new track “Blessed” slotted neatly in at the #2 spot, outstanding backing for a newer artist, and ahead of some way more established peers.
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📸 Genesis Owusu by @bec_parsons
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The image above is a screenshot of the top end of the full lists. You can see this week’s lists here – those are updated on Mondays and allow you to scroll down the whole list. That page also details a bit more about how the whole thing works and what the charts mean.
You can also listen to the most playlisted tracks on, er, a playlist that I keep updated here. This has got the latest 50-ish most playlisted tracks from the last month or so on it, and it’s a decent spin through recent tracks that Australian new music playlisters are adding. The playlists that I track are the same as the ones listed in the Playlist Guide.