Apple Music Classical Gains New Top 100 Chart

[MacRumors]

Apple today added a Classical Top 100 chart to Apple Music Classical, the classical music streaming service that it introduced in early 2023.

The list features the most popular classical music albums that are streamed globally, combining five data sources from more than 165 countries. Top 100 comes from Apple Music Classical streams, Apple Music streams, iTunes downloads, iTunes song sales, and Shazam tags.

According to Apple, the Classical Top 100 list is the most comprehensive classical music chart available. The first number one album is Bach: Keyboard Concertos with Chinese pianist Tianqi Du and the Academy of St Martins in the Fields conducted by Jonathan Bloxham. The top five albums feature artists from Canada, China, Brazil, Latvia, Norway, and the UK, and encompass everything from full orchestral symphonies to solo guitar.

Apple plans to update the Apple Classical Top 100 list each Monday, and it can be found on the Apple Music Classical Home tab. Each chart includes activity from the prior week.

Apple Music Classical is a standalone music app designed for classical music lovers and musicians. It has the world's largest classical music catalogue, and it can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Apple Music Classical Gains New Top 100 Chart

 

[abatabia]

If badly needs an Apple TV app.

 

[jbmelby]

If badly needs an Apple TV app.

And a macOS app.

 

[gleepskip]

I think a certain Italian opera will be at the top.

 

[diego.caraballo]

And Homepod support.
If I ask Siri to play a playlist from Classical, it says that is not supported.

 

[arkitect]

And a macOS app.

100% agree.

I am not re-subbing until this happens.

My Mac is hooked up to my hifi stuff and I mostly listen at home — not while on the road.

 

[VisceralRealist]

And a macOS app.

Can't understand why this hasn't been brought to macOS yet. I keep hoping that maybe they're saving up for a major overhaul of the macOS Music app and that will bring the Classical app as well, yet every year at WWDC, the Music app hardly gets a mention.

 

[spazzcat]

If badly needs an Apple TV app.

Carplay is a bigger deal at this point.

 

[hagar]

Can't understand why this hasn't been brought to macOS yet. I keep hoping that maybe they're saving up for a major overhaul of the macOS Music app and that will bring the Classical app as well, yet every year at WWDC, the Music app hardly gets a mention.

We can’t expect a small startup to immediately support all platforms. They have to carefully focus their resources 🤣

 

[wanha]

Whoa already?

 

[hooptyuber]

$10 billion on a ridiculous Apple car boondoggle but somehow they don't have the resources to put their own Classical app on Apple TV or macOS. It would be nice if Apple would pay attention to their core customers and core mission.

14 years to put a freaking calculator app on the freaking iPad. Great work, geniuses.

 

[macintologist]

I'm a big classical musical listener. While I love the music, I have no belief about classical being broadly popular. What is the market research that shows investing in a dedicated classical app is worth it?

 

[hooptyuber]

I'm a big classical musical listener. While I love the music, I have no belief about classical being broadly popular. What is the market research that shows investing in a dedicated classical app is worth it?

The old Apple was never about the lowest common denominator but they seem to be now. They've got gazillions in cash but a classical app isn't “worth it”? How much additional time and money could it possibly cost them? Especially considering they've already got iOS and iPadOS versions. I find it all very frustrating.

 

[poematik13]

I'm a big classical musical listener. While I love the music, I have no belief about classical being broadly popular. What is the market research that shows investing in a dedicated classical app is worth it?

It's definitely a pet project for some exec at the company whos a hardcore classical music fan and has a $500k audiophile setup in his palo alto smarthome

There's no other reason why this couldn't have just been a dedicated tab in Music.app lol

 

[purplefox]

It's definitely a pet project for some exec at the company whos a hardcore classical music fan and has a $500k audiophile setup in his palo alto smarthome

There's no other reason why this couldn't have just been a dedicated tab in Music.app lol

Maybe Tim Apple likes classical music too? And didn't they buy a company only to create this app? Doubt it's just a pet project, but it's weird they don't focus too much on the app. Too many bugs, and not many features on the app.

 

[citysnaps]

Love the Classical Music app.

 

[jbmelby]

I'm a big classical musical listener. While I love the music, I have no belief about classical being broadly popular. What is the market research that shows investing in a dedicated classical app is worth it?

Believe it or not, not everything is about money. Maybe not to everyone, but don’t assume that it is just because you might not think so.

 

[jbmelby]

Believe it or not, not everything is about money. Maybe not to everyone, but don’t assume that it is just because you might not think so.

And bear in mind that there are some of us who listen only to classical music.

 

[jbmelby]

And bear in mind that there are some of us who listen only to classical music. chacun à son goût.

 

[unregbaron]

It's definitely a pet project for some exec at the company whos a hardcore classical music fan and has a $500k audiophile setup in his palo alto smarthome

There's no other reason why this couldn't have just been a dedicated tab in Music.app lol

Classical music has a load of labelling/classification requirements that non-classical doesn’t need.

 

[SoldOnApple]

Finally. I suspect if Tim Cook were actually a classical music fan that we'd have these features many years earlier. Jobs apparently loved Bach.

 

[anthogag]

A 100 list is too long, especially if it's albums. If they update every Monday they can do a top 25 list. Maybe every Monday hear a new track to add to the library.

A better way to learn to like Classical is deejayed programs where people talk about classical between tracks. A classical radio station in the Classical app. A radio station for some of the best classical deejayed programs. "Artist Playlists" and "Classical Sessions" in the app is mostly boring.

 

[Emmanuel.th]

Waiting app for macOS

 

[QuarterSwede]

And a macOS app.

And a CarPlay app. I know we’re asking for the moon here.

 

[jbmelby]

A 100 list is too long, especially if it's albums. If they update every Monday they can do a top 25 list. Maybe every Monday hear a new track to add to the library.

A better way to learn to like Classical is deejayed programs where people talk about classical between tracks. A classical radio station in the Classical app. A radio station for some of the best classical deejayed programs. "Artist Playlists" and "Classical Sessions" in the app is mostly boring.

The best way is repeated listening. The main thing about this music is that if one is really listening rather than just hearing it, one discovers something new about it every time.