Charting Education: Streaming - Apple Music

• Mobile Apps
  • iTunes and Apple Music are pre-installed on Apple Devices
  • Apple Music for Android
• Computer Apps
  • iTunes – on ​Windows Devices(Apple Music is part of iTunes)
  • Apple Music – Pre-installed on Macs and Macbooks​

BEFORE BUYING IN ITUNES:

If you purchased the title track or the album on iTunes, depending on how your device is set up, the song may get automatically added to your Library and/or your device.  Playing these iTunes downloaded songs may not count toward charting, as it is the equivalent of playing CDs. 

STREAMING IN APPLE MUSIC:

1. Manually search for the song in Apple Music
2. If you bought the song in iTunes remove it from your library (but don’t worry, you’re going to put it back)
3. Add it to your “Library” to ensure you are playing the Apple Music streaming file and it will count for charting
4. Hit play!

PLAYLISTS:

Create playlists to focus on title tracks, singles, and/or albums. There’s no exact number of songs you have to have between the repeated single. Keep it varied so you don’t seem like a bot! Need help? Check out our playlist tutorial below.

TIPS FOR STREAMING:

• Play songs fully
• Interact with your playlists
• Avoid bot-like behavior 
• Do NOT mute
• If you downloaded songs for offline streaming, be sure to reconnect to the internet by the end of the tracking week (Thursday, 11:59pm EST/EDT)  so your streams get counted! (see step 2 above to make sure you are downloading tracks properly)