What Does The Star Mean On Apple Music Songs?
There is now a star at the bottom of the screen in Apple Music and the word “new” is written with it. This icon is a shortcut to seeing all the new music added to Apple Music. Tapping on it will take the user to a new page showing all new tracks. It is a good way to see through the trending songs and allow users can play through them.
The Meaning Of The Stars Besides Songs
In Apple Music, besides certain songs and albums, there is a star. Earlier, Apple had given out a brief statement explaining what this star actually means. These stars are not arbitrary but indicate a very important thing about the song or the album. Apple described those songs (with Stars) as Hot Tracks. The Stars signify the performance of the track or the album. The songs, which are most popular on Apple Music, are given stars. Similarly, in the case of albums, those, which are played the most, are given the stars.
The most played songs are based on the cumulative data from all users and not just an individual device or account. The addition of stars beside songs changes regularly depending on the number of times a track is played. Now, the exact number of times a song must be played to get the star is not revealed by Apple. Earlier, Apple Music used to have star ratings for the tracks as well where users were allowed to add their own rating to the songs but that feature has now been deprecated. Apple Music also allows users to see the top twenty-five songs at any time and even allows them to play through them as a list.
User Rating
Apple Music also allows users to add their rating to a song or album i.e., give their star. Apple Music once removed this feature to rate the music but with new updates, it brought it back. This feature has a lot of utility. Therefore, almost all the prominent streaming services offer this. It allows users to add stars to their favourite tracks and keeps them highlighted. Users can find the songs they have chosen as their favourites with a star rating and sort them by rating.
Apple Music uses a star rating system ranging from one to five, one being least liked and five being most liked. Users can rate the songs using the following steps –
Open the Apple Music app and Play a songIf the song is not in full-screen mode then tap the play and make it full screenIn the popped-up menu, tap ‘Rate Song’The Star Rating Window will pop up and tap the number of stars which should be assigned to the songTap ‘Done’
A star rating confirmation will appear on the screen. One thing to note here is that rating music does not affect the way Apple Music would suggest music to the user.
Apple Music allows artists to see the number of streams each of their tracks has and gives even more information via the Analytics Section. An audio stream count is added whenever a track is played for more than 30 seconds on Apple Music. Similarly, video views are recorded when a music video is watched for more than 30 seconds.
Conclusion
Apple Music allows artists to know and understand their listeners better. It provides Artists with information such as the count of audio streams, average daily listeners, purchases made from the iTunes Store, and video streams. While the personal information such as name, address and email of the listeners cannot be provided to the artists due to legal and regulatory procedures, the analytics section allows artists to view the age range, country, and the play count by playlists of people who are listening to their music.
Q1. What is Apple Music?
A1. Apple Music is an application that allows users to stream music and podcasts.
Q2. What does the star sign mean besides the track?
A2. The star sign beside the song signifies that it is a hot track and is played the most number of times on the app.
Q3. What does the star sign with ‘new’ written beside it mean?
A3. The star sign refers to the top 25 tracks of Apple Music. Tapping on it takes the user to the list of the most played 25 songs and even allows the listener to play through them.
Q4. Can users give their own rating to the music?
A4. Users can give their ratings to the songs in terms of stars, ranging from one to five.
