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Apple has a new ‘Viral’ playlist on Apple Music and Shazam

Now Apple and Shazam users have a quick place to see what music people are discovering in the real world.

Now Apple and Shazam users have a quick place to see what music people are discovering in the real world.

The Apple Music iOS logo on a green and white background.
The Apple Music iOS logo on a green and white background.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Umar Shakir
is a former news writer for The Verge.

Apple is launching a new global Viral Chart playlist in Apple Music that consists of tracks people are discovering through the company’s Shazam service. The playlist, which is updated daily, shows the top 50 songs people have heard playing out in the real world and have logged through Shazam. You can see charts on Shazam’s website as well.

The playlists use “Shazam’s data to offer a comprehensive view of today’s fastest-growing songs across the globe, David Emery, who works for Apple Music in the UK, says on Threads. Emery notes that charts reflect songs going viral on Shazam in “real time” and then ranks them based on “their weekly growth in Shazam volume.”

As of writing, the top viral songs in the list include Shake It To The Max (FLY) [Remix] by Moliy, Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship, and Hot Together by The Pointer Sisters. On Shazam’s website, you can look at the rankings by country, if you’d like.

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