{"id":82107,"date":"2020-12-27T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=82107"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:25:37","slug":"barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama&#8217;s songs of the year 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@historyhd?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"><em>Image Credit: History in HD<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"> Now that the finish line of 2020 is in sight, at RouteNote we\u2019re looking back over this endless year and pulling together some of the highlights from the music world. And so is former President Barack Obama, who has released a list of his favourite songs of the year. <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The 44th US President often compiles lists showcasing his favourite cultural highlights, sharing them with the world on social media. Obama always promises that \u2018there\u2019s something in here for everybody\u2019, and the same is true of his latest list, a rundown of top tracks of the year, compiled with help from daughter Sasha. The songs range from Bruce Springsteen\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Lo5QNcFioZ4\">Ghosts<\/a>\u2019 to tracks from <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fEYUoBgYKzw\">Bad Bunny<\/a> and British artist <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hRa6LjVtfo4\">Little Simz<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are some of my favorite songs of the year. As usual, I had some valuable consultation from our family music guru, Sasha, to put this together. I hope you find a new song or two to listen to. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K1NRPYiSg4\">pic.twitter.com\/K1NRPYiSg4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1340386687898312706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously Barack Obama had shared his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CI6Hwx7g9AK\/\">favourite films and TV shows of 2020<\/a>, and a list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/barack-obama-favorite-books-2020\/\">top books he&#8217;d read this year<\/a>. A few months ago the release of the first volume of Obama&#8217;s memoir, <em>A Promised Land<\/em><span>,<\/span><em> <\/em>was accompanied by a list of the songs that <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/37i9dQZF1DX6WprIDNPtyX\">track his time in the White House<\/a>, and earlier in 2020 he posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/barack-obama-has-revealed-his-2020-summer-playlist-2730700\">Summer Playlist<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Songs of the Year 2020 playlist is available to listen to on <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/can-i-upload-my-music-to-spotify-yes-and-its-free\/\">Spotify<\/a>. The Obamas have a good relationship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-customize-your-spotify-artist-profile\/\">streaming platform<\/a>, last year partnering their Higher Ground production company with Spotify to create podcasts. <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-debuts-the-michelle-obama-podcast-series-releasing-later-this-month\/\">Michelle Obama&#8217;s first series<\/a> saw her chatting candidly to friends and family about relationships. This month Spotify also signed <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-sign-spotify-podcast-deal\/\">an exclusive podcast deal with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle<\/a>, prompting rumours that the platform is moving away from its traditional music base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Barack Obama&amp;apos;s Songs of the Year 2020\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/37i9dQZF1DX5gYucl3g9Ad?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the finish line of 2020 is in sight, at RouteNote we\u2019re looking back over this endless year and pulling together some of the highlights from the music world. And so is former President Barack Obama, who has released a list of his favourite songs of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":82111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,8614],"tags":[4678,6208,15926,20384,20385,19675,19676,20386,4991],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barack Obama&#039;s songs of the year 2020 - RouteNote Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barack Obama&#039;s songs of the year 2020 - RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Now that the finish line of 2020 is in sight, at RouteNote we\u2019re looking back over this endless year and pulling together some of the highlights from the music world. And so is former President Barack Obama, who has released a list of his favourite songs of the year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-27T16:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-21T15:25:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash-700x504.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Madeleine Amos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RouteNote\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"RouteNote\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote Blog\",\"description\":\"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":3934,\"height\":2832},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/\",\"name\":\"Barack Obama's songs of the year 2020 - RouteNote Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-27T16:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-21T15:25:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Barack Obama&#8217;s songs of the year 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/681c9fd50fd43a10dc30b10cb5e87667\"},\"headline\":\"Barack Obama&#8217;s songs of the year 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-27T16:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-21T15:25:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Barack Obama\",\"michelle obama\",\"obama podcasts\",\"obama's songs of the year 2020\",\"president obama lists\",\"routenote round up 2020\",\"routenote year round up\",\"songs of the year 2020\",\"Spotify Playlists\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Digital Music News\",\"Fun\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/681c9fd50fd43a10dc30b10cb5e87667\",\"name\":\"Madeleine Amos\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/995af743aeac7c643564c9567ab0caa6?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/995af743aeac7c643564c9567ab0caa6?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Madeleine Amos\"},\"description\":\"I write about music for RouteNote, sharing fun stuff, news, and tips and tricks for musicians and producers. Also a saxophonist and hater of marmalade.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/author\/maddi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Barack Obama's songs of the year 2020 - RouteNote Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Barack Obama's songs of the year 2020 - RouteNote Blog","og_description":"Now that the finish line of 2020 is in sight, at RouteNote we\u2019re looking back over this endless year and pulling together some of the highlights from the music world. And so is former President Barack Obama, who has released a list of his favourite songs of the year.","og_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/","og_site_name":"RouteNote Blog","article_published_time":"2020-12-27T16:00:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-21T15:25:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":504,"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash-700x504.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Madeleine Amos","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RouteNote","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/routenote-logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"RouteNote"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/","name":"RouteNote Blog","description":"The World of Digital Music - Distribution - Stores and Free Music","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg","width":3934,"height":2832},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/","name":"Barack Obama's songs of the year 2020 - RouteNote Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-12-27T16:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-21T15:25:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Barack Obama&#8217;s songs of the year 2020"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/681c9fd50fd43a10dc30b10cb5e87667"},"headline":"Barack Obama&#8217;s songs of the year 2020","datePublished":"2020-12-27T16:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-21T15:25:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#webpage"},"wordCount":289,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barack-obamas-songs-of-the-year-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg","keywords":["Barack Obama","michelle obama","obama podcasts","obama's songs of the year 2020","president obama lists","routenote round up 2020","routenote year round up","songs of the year 2020","Spotify Playlists"],"articleSection":["Digital Music News","Fun"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/681c9fd50fd43a10dc30b10cb5e87667","name":"Madeleine Amos","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/995af743aeac7c643564c9567ab0caa6?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/995af743aeac7c643564c9567ab0caa6?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Madeleine Amos"},"description":"I write about music for RouteNote, sharing fun stuff, news, and tips and tricks for musicians and producers. Also a saxophonist and hater of marmalade.","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/author\/maddi\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/history-in-hd-v_e3Hha4EBA-unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}