playlist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.

2. 2

   A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or…

   A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.

   • When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist.
   • Strangers constructed playlists that pulled from artists and albums you’d never heard of, but without the performative high/low-ness that afflicts so much online music talk.
   • I hadn't spoken to her in a year, but she could still see my listens on the music platform we both used. I still went to those playlists for solace. A sense of collective understanding. We had stockpiled our youth.
3. 3

   A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert

   A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert; a setlist.

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   1. 4

      To include (a track) on a playlist.

      • She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.
      • Suddenly they got a single playlisted at Radio 1 and the album went gold.
      • And it's the story of how those problems then played out over the span of many years, as music became personalized, playlisted, autoplayed, and algorithmic.

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