Web User - UK (2019-12-27)

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terms of 2019,our minds

havebeenfocused

elsewhere.Its most

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concerned the

perplexing question of

the backstop,but that

wasbeatenbypeople

keentolearn about Area

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onFacebooktostorm

thetop secret US air

forcebase back inJuly.

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butthebiggestsearcheswere related

tosport:therugbyandcricketWorld

Cupswerefirstandsecondoverall,

aheadofGame of Thronesandthehit

bit.ly/adventure
TheBBCiscontinuingtoexperimentwithinteractive
storytelling,usingitsweb-basedStoryFormertechnology.
Thisallowsindividualelementssuchasaudio,video and
captionstobecombinedintoabranchingnarrative,with
usersdeterminingthepaththeywishtofollowbymaking
decisions alongtheway.
TheaimofHisDarkMaterials,basedontheBeeb’s recent
TVseries,istodiscoveradæmonthatmirrorsyoursoul.In
manyways,it feelslikeastorywrappedwithinapersonality
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spotify.com/uk/wrapped

Attheendofeachyear,

SpotifyunwrapsWrapped,

afeaturehighlightingthe

topartists,songsand

genresyou’velistenedto

overthepast 12 months.

This time,aswell asthe

annuallist,youcanalso

getthelowdownonthewholeof

the2 01 0s,whilestilldiscovering

howmanyminutesofmusicyou

listenedtoduring 20 19 andhow

manysongsyou‘liked’.

Spreadover13pages,you

justneedtoscrolldownforthe

highlights.Themainattractionisacuratedplaylistofyour

most-playedtunesthatyoucanshareonsocialmedia.If

you’renotaPremiumsubscriber,you maygetanoffer, too.

Globally,PostMalonewasthemoststreamedartistof

2019 withmore than6.5billion streams,andtherewerea

billion streamsofSeñoritabyShawnMendesandCamilla

Cabello.Overthepastdecade,LoveTheWayYouLieby

Eminem andRihannawasthemost-streamedsong.

SkyAtlanticseriesChernobyl.People

alsowantedtoknow“howtofloss

dance”, “howtoeatpineapple”and

“howtotameafoxinMinecraft”.

I’maCelebritycontestantCaitlyn

Jennerwasthemostsearched-for

person,Avengers Endgamewas

topofthemoviesandRKelly

themostrequestedmusician

(butperhapsnotforhismusic).

Asalways,youcanclickallthese

entriestoseewhentheypeaked,

discoverwhichregionsweremost

enquiringanddiscovertrends from

across theworld.

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SeeGoogle’stop searchesin2 019

Enjoyaninteractive

adventurefromthe BBC

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