A Last.fm collage that shows which albums you own
A Last.fm collage is a grid of the album covers you played most in a week, a month or a year. Lots of sites, like tapmusic, make one from your Last.fm username. Shelfify 1.1.0 makes one too, with one difference: it knows which of those albums you actually own.
- Connect Last.fm in Settings (free).
- In the Records tab, tap the round record button at the bottom right, choose Share your shelf and swipe the wheel at the bottom to Last.fm Chart.
- Pick the period and the look, then tap Save or share.
So the question it answers is a collector's question. Of everything I listened to this month, how much of it is on my shelf?
Three looks
- Grid: the covers of your top albums as a collage. Choose how many go across.
- Shelf or not: the same grid, but the albums on your shelf stay in colour and the rest turn grey.
- Chart: your top albums ranked, with their plays.
Pick the last 7 days, the last month, 3 months, a year or all time. Albums you own are marked with a little record, and the picture says how many of them are on your shelf.
How it matches albums to your shelf
Last.fm knows albums by artist and title, your collection knows releases from Discogs. Shelfify matches the two by name, including albums with Cyrillic, Greek or Japanese titles. A record only counts as owned when it is in your collection.
If most of your listening goes through vinyl, scrobbling your records makes the chart a picture of your shelf. If it goes through streaming, the grey covers are a good list of what to look for next.
Sharing it on Instagram, Threads, X and Reddit
Collage posts are a small ritual for many Last.fm users: a story every Monday with last week's top albums, or a monthly grid in the feed. Choose 9:16 for a story or 4:5 for the feed. Share straight to an Instagram story, or through the share sheet to Threads, X, a Reddit thread or a group chat, or save it to Photos. The chart is free: connecting Last.fm does not need Pro.
A few ideas that get people talking: post the Shelf or not look and ask which grey album you should buy next, put this month next to last month, or share your all time grid next to a photo of the real shelf.
Questions
How do I make a Last.fm collage?
Connect Last.fm in Shelfify's settings, open Share your shelf and swipe to Last.fm Chart. Pick a period and a look, then save or share it. Sites like tapmusic make a grid from your username too; Shelfify also shows which of those albums are on your shelf.
Is it free?
Yes. Connecting Last.fm and making the chart are free, on iPhone, iPad, Android and Macs with Apple silicon. Scrobbling records from Shelfify to Last.fm is part of Pro.
Why are some covers grey?
In the Shelf or not look, grey covers are albums you listened to but do not have in your collection. Colour means the album is on your shelf.
Which periods can I pick?
The last 7 days, the last month, 3 months, a year or all time.
Your listening and your collection usually live in two different apps. This puts them in one picture.
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