YouTube Music Archives

Upload your music collection to YouTube Music

23/02/2020

Upload your music collection to YouTube Music where you can create and stream your own personal music library in a soon to be released upgrade to the app. Once your music is uploaded, you can use YouTube Music to play your uploaded music as part of your listening experience. Google has announced it will eventually be replacing Google Play Music with YouTube Music and has been adding new features since its launch. No date has been […]

YouTube Music adds personalised playlists

19/12/2019

YouTube Music adds personalised playlists to make music discovery more personal with the introduction of three new mixes – Discover Mix, New Release Mix and Your Mix. Available now the new mixes contain official songs and albums as well as deep cuts, live performances, and remixes as well as recommendations based on listening history. These mixes are updated regularly and with your listening history will create a unique experience and guide your music exploration to […]

YouTube music app is the most used in India

15/12/2019

YouTube music app is the most frequently used in India according to a recent survey* by leading market research and data company, YouGov. The main reasons given for using YouTube are access to the latest soundtracks and ability to share music according to the research. Around a quarter of Indians (23%) claim YouTube Music is the most frequently used app by them in order to listen to music followed by Gaana (17%), Google Play Music […]

YouTube Music launches in SE Asia

13/11/2019

YouTube Music launches in SE Asia with 7 additional countries as part of its worldwide rollout to replace Google Play Music. Google has been under criticism that YouTube Music is less feature rich and less available than Google Play Music and this has seen a flurry of additional countries and features deployed on the YouTube Music platform. Welcome as these additions are many of them are catch up rather than novel features and with the […]

YouTube Music app on Android screenshots

YouTube Music app comes preinstalled on Android 10

16/10/2019

YouTube Music app comes preinstalled on Android 10 according to a recent blog posting replacing Google Play Music as the default music player. YouTube Music will come installed on all new devices launching with Android 10 (and Android 9), including the Pixel series. According to the blog, ‘Music listeners on Android devices are now just a few taps away from streaming their go-to tracks and discovering new music. From the gym, to the car, to […]

Paid for views will no longer count in YouTube Music Charts

27/09/2019

Paid for views will no longer count in YouTube Music Charts and their 24-hour record debut policy to improve the credibility of their charts. In a YouTube blog posting, the company asserts that. ‘YouTube Music Charts have become an indispensable source for the industry and the most accurate place for measuring the popularity of music listening behaviour happening on the world’s largest music platform. In an effort to provide more transparency to the industry and […]

YouTube Music launches in the Middle East

23/09/2019

YouTube Music launches in the Middle East and is available now in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman and Qatar. YouTube Music subscriptions start at SAR 19.99 and YouTube Premium at SAR 23.99. Regional director of marketing at Google MENA, Tarek Abdalla said, “For over a decade, millions of people in the Arab world have come to YouTube to watch, learn and listen. Music is the second most popular category on […]