See recommended music on iPad
In the Music app , Apple Music subscribers can use the Home screen to discover and play your favorite albums, playlists, interviews, and personal mixes, based on your taste.
Select your favorite genres and artists
When you first tap Home in the sidebar, you’re asked to tell Apple Music about your preferences. Apple Music uses these preferences when recommending music.
Tap the genres you like (double-tap those you love, and touch and hold the genres you don’t care for).
Tap Next, then do the same with the artists that appear.
Play music
Tap Home in the sidebar, then tap a playlist or album.
Tap Play, or tap Shuffle to shuffle the playlist or album.
You can also touch and hold a playlist or album, then tap Play.
Play songs from an artist’s catalog
Go to an artist page, then tap next to the artist’s name.
The Music app plays songs from the artist’s entire catalog, mixing hits and deep cuts.
Add favorite playlists, artists, albums, and songs
Apple Music subscribers can mark playlists, artists, albums, and songs as favorites. Do any of the following:
Add a favorite playlist (iPadOS 17.2 and later): Touch and hold a playlist or tap
next to a playlist, then tap Favorite.
Add a favorite artist: Go to an artist page, then tap
at the top of the screen.
When you mark an artist as a favorite, they appear below Favorite Artists in Home, and their music is recommended more often.
Add a favorite album: Touch and hold an album, then choose Favorite. Or tap an album, tap
, then tap Favorite.
Add a favorite song: Touch and hold a song or tap
next to a song, then tap Favorite. Or on the Now Playing screen, tap
.
When you mark a song as a favorite, it appears in the Favorite Songs playlist in the sidebar.
You can easily find favorite items in your music library. Below Library in the sidebar, choose Artists, Albums, or Songs, tap , then choose Favorites.
Tell Apple Music what you enjoy
Do one of the following:
Touch and hold an album, playlist, or song, then tap Favorite or Suggest Less.
On the Now Playing screen, tap
, then tap Favorite or Suggest Less.
Telling Apple Music what you like and dislike improves future recommendations.
Discover your most-played music of the year
For every year you’re subscribed to Apple Music (and listen to enough music to become eligible), Apple Music creates a Replay personal chart, ranking the songs you’ve played the most. Find a playlist for each year you’ve been a subscriber by tapping Home, swiping up to Replay: Your Top Songs by Year, then tap a year. You can also find deeper insights into your listening throughout the year at replay.music.apple.com. See the Apple Support article How to get your Apple Music Replay.
Discover music you’ve never played before
Using your listening history and taste profile, Apple Music recommends music you may like that you’ve never played before.
Tap Home, then swipe down to Stations for You.
Tap Discovery Station, then choose an option.
Rate music in your library
Go to Settings
> Music.
Turn on Show Star Ratings.
In Music, touch and hold a song in your library, tap Rate Song, then choose a rating from one to five stars.
Song ratings sync to all devices that use the same Apple ID.
This option appears only if you already have star ratings from a synced library on your device.
Tell Apple Music to ignore your listening habits
If you don’t want your followers on Apple Music to see any of the music you play, follow these steps.
Go to Settings
> Music.
Turn off Use Listening History.
Turning off your listening history impacts new music recommendations and the contents of Replay playlists.