How to Add Music to Apple Music

Apple Music is Apple’s streaming music service, comparable to other similar streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Google Play Music, Tidal, and others. In Apple Music, you can add your favorite artists, songs, and albums from the Apple Music Catalog to your library. But what if Apple Music does not have the artist/song/album that you want? Don’t worry. You’ll be able to upload your own music to Apple Music. You can put songs on Apple Music with iTunes, then you can access your music library across all of your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID. Keep reading and find the ways to add music to Apple Music.

• Part 1. How to Add Music from the Apple Music to Your Library
• Part 2. How to Add Your Own Music to Apple Music with iTunes

Part 1. How to Add Music from the Apple Music to Your Library

If you find a song, album, or playlist on Apple Music you love and want to manually add to Library, here's how to go about it.

On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android device

1. On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, open the Music app. On your Android device, open the Apple Music app.

2. Find music that you want to add to your library.

3. To add a song, tap the Plus button. To add an entire album or playlist, tap +ADD.

Then, you can find songs, albums, and playlists that you've added in Library.

On your Mac

1. Open the Music app.

2. Find the music that you want to add to your library.

3. To add a song, click the Plus button. To add an entire album or playlist, click +Add.

Then you will find the Apple Music will be imported to all Apple supported devices.

After you add music, you can find songs and albums in Library, and playlists in the sidebar.

On your PC

1. Open iTunes for Windows.

2. Find the music that you want to put on your library.

3. To add a song, click the Plus button. To add an entire album or playlist, click +ADD.

You can find your songs and albums in Library, and playlists in the sidebar of Library under Apple Music Playlists.

Part 2. How to Add Your Own Music to Apple Music with iTunes

If you have an audio file that downloaded from other platforms, or that you created, you can’t just add it to your Apple Music. Instead, you are required to have the iTunes installed on PC or Mac along with an active Apple Music subscription. Then you can access your music library across all of your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID.

Before putting your own music on iTunes, one thing you need to note is the format of your audio file. iTunes supported audio formats include: MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible .aa files and iTunes purchased M4A and M4P music files. If the format of your music is not supported, you must convert it to the above one. Here we highly recommend you to use this versatile audio converter – Apeaksoft Video Converter Ultimate to help you convert any audio format to the iTunes supported format without quality loss.

Step 1Free download Video Converter Ultimate, install and run this converter on your computer.

Step 2When you enter the main interface, click the Add File button to load the music you want to convert. You can import several audio files at a time to have a quick conversion.

Step 3Click Profile and choose a suitable audio format, like WAV from the drop-down list as target format. Then, set the output folder by clicking Browse next to Destination. At last, click Convert to start the conversion.

After converting your audio files to the iTunes supported format, you can add your own songs to Apple Music with iTunes by following the steps below.

1. Launch your iTunes on your PC or Mac. From the menu bar, click File and choose the Add File to Library option from the drop-down menu.

2. Find the song (s) you want to add from your computer, and open it in iTunes.

3. When the file is synced, your new song will show up in the Apple Music on your iPhone if all goes well.