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1944 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 2d16a17ae9
1945 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... YyyIdL3MPg
1946 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... WpmFKdP8zW
1947 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... qZLiD4pJMB
1948 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... W89fKdP8zW
1949 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... qdVhD4pJMB
1950 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... G7ai2bxP8Z
1951 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... WdESKdP8zW
1952 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... qdZUD4pJMB
1953 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... W1qtKdP8zW
1954 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... q1jID4pJMB
1955 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... GM1C2bxP8Z
1956 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... ED6Uyo9xPV
1957 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 19VtEGX2DW
1958 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... qk0sD4pJMB
1959 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... GXmC2bxP8Z
1960 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... Ek9uyo9xPV
1961 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 1EPiEGX2DW
1962 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... E3vIyo9xPV
1963 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 15mTEGX2DW
1964 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... gM3cXa2mx7
1965 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 44c3094007
1966 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 839f81797e
1967 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 222976ff46
1968 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... eNoT2bxP8Z
1969 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 67cbc168bb
1970 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... JLBtD4pJMB
1971 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... ecc32f3ed4
1972 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... e4oC2bxP8Z
1973 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 3yxiyo9xPV
1974 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 5R3tEGX2DW
1975 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 5DysxG4eWN
1976 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 5DysxG4eWN
1977 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... goeCdL3MPg
1978 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... RPPCyDGVzB
1979 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... kr9fE6qMB1
1980 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... fe72e14c51
1981 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... f4c21a50ef
1982 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... J5lTKdP8zW
1983 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 430152ca65
1984 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 1201136011
1985 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... af9eb67207
1986 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 7fa26ba6ca
1987 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 0f73c7dc50
1988 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 2eJuE6qMB1
1989 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... cfbc065166
1990 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 1XJHEGX2DW
1991 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... d50ad9e6f2
1992 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... JBXTD4pJMB
1993 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... bxBFyDGVzB
1994 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... 2V7tE6qMB1
1995 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... j8DTKdP8zW
1996 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... j1YsD4pJMB
1997 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... gMyh2bxP8Z
1998 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... j1mCKdP8zW
1999 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... jl9FKdP8zW
2000 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... NPZuEGX2DW
2001 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... 76BsxG4eWN
2002 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... k9ktE6qMB1
2003 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... jKyI2bxP8Z
2004 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... jzvuyo9xPV
2005 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... ee271e12d1
2006 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... gqptxG4eWN
2007 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... lb7FE6qMB1
2008 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... g3MfxG4eWN
2009 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... lNNFE6qMB1
2010 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... G0EfyDGVzB
2011 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... Y3bSXa2mx7
2012 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... dd5fd7dc38
2013 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... 566652a5cf
2014 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... 1NmU2bxP8Z
2015 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... ec83b8be03
2016 Acclaimed Songs - https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/20 ... Ggxfyo9xPV
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sfyetter, this is fantastic!!!

It's just that there's a site update coming soon, with a new ranking and almost 7,000 new songs on the site. Nevertheless it would be great to have both Spotify lists and Apple Music lists on the site in the future. I will definitely look into that sooner or later.
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Awesome! I use Apple Music instead of Spotify so it would be great to have Apple Music playlists.
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Henrik wrote:sfyetter, this is fantastic!!!

It's just that there's a site update coming soon, with a new ranking and almost 7,000 new songs on the site. Nevertheless it would be great to have both Spotify lists and Apple Music lists on the site in the future. I will definitely look into that sooner or later.
Thanks Henrik!

Regarding creating Apple Music playlists, I am experimenting using an app called "STAMP" from https://freeyourmusic.com/ . Are you familiar with it? It allows for the creation of playlists from .csv files. The app parses the .csv line by line and feeds it to an iTunes interface seeking matches. If it gets a match, it adds it to the playlist. One oddity is that due to parallel processing, the order is not preserved 100%, but it is close. There are other oddities not worth getting into here. It does however provide a limited opportunity for auto-creation of Apple Music lists. Do you know of better approaches?

One challenge of the STAMP approach is that you need to specify both the song and the album containing the song in the .csv to get a good match. I'd like to do some more experimentation with this. Is it possible for you to generate a spreadsheet from your database containing a cross reference of top songs to the top album that they appear on (when they do appear on a top album)? I think it would be appropriate to use Top Albums for Top Song AM playlists where possible.
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veganvalentine wrote:Awesome! I use Apple Music instead of Spotify so it would be great to have Apple Music playlists.
Yep me too. Really good stuff here.
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sfyetter, it would be awesome if you (or someone else) could convert the Spotify playlists to Apple Music playlists!

Here is a spreadsheet of all my track links. Ideally for me, Apple Music links would be added to this spreadsheet. The key information would be the new links and the ID column.
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Henrik,

Apple's model is different from Spotify's. I don't think your plan of just adding "Apple Music links" to the spreadsheet will work. I don't know of any way to generate Apple Music playlists from such a list.

For example, here is the Apple Music link to "Like A Rolling Stone": https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/like- ... =201281527 . Because there is no web version of Apple Music (and there won't be), the link just sends you to the iTunes version of the album that the song is on, but it will not play. You need to go the next step and open the album in iTunes to get it to play.

So I plan to work on updating the above Apple Music playlists by year, and will create a 10,000 song playlist that is shareable, but I don't know of any way to fill out your spreadsheet with Apple Music URIs.

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sfyetter wrote:Henrik,

Apple's model is different from Spotify's. I don't think your plan of just adding "Apple Music links" to the spreadsheet will work. I don't know of any way to generate Apple Music playlists from such a list.

For example, here is the Apple Music link to "Like A Rolling Stone": https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/like- ... =201281527 . Because there is no web version of Apple Music (and there won't be), the link just sends you to the iTunes version of the album that the song is on, but it will not play. You need to go the next step and open the album in iTunes to get it to play.

So I plan to work on updating the above Apple Music playlists by year, and will create a 10,000 song playlist that is shareable, but I don't know of any way to fill out your spreadsheet with Apple Music URIs.

Steve
OK, that sounds great too! Thanks!
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Hey sfyetter, do you know how import those Apple links into playlists in iTunes? Like if I wanted to create playlist from each of those links into my iTunes how would I do that if that is possible?
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If you add one of the above playlists to your library in Apple Music, it will show up in iTunes under your "Apple Music Playlists" in the left navigation. From there you can right-click on the playlist and select "Duplicate" to make a copy of the playlist for yourself that you can modify.
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sfyetter wrote:If you add one of the above playlists to your library in Apple Music, it will show up in iTunes under your "Apple Music Playlists" in the left navigation. From there you can right-click on the playlist and select "Duplicate" to make a copy of the playlist for yourself that you can modify.
I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. I can't seem to even get the playlists into my library. When I open the link I choose 'Listen on Apple Music' button and when I open it in Itunes it has options to Share, Copy, etc and then when I right click to Add to Playlist it asks to Merge to Library and then I get 'Genius results can't be updated right now . An Unknown error occurred'.
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bootsy wrote:
sfyetter wrote:If you add one of the above playlists to your library in Apple Music, it will show up in iTunes under your "Apple Music Playlists" in the left navigation. From there you can right-click on the playlist and select "Duplicate" to make a copy of the playlist for yourself that you can modify.
I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. I can't seem to even get the playlists into my library. When I open the link I choose 'Listen on Apple Music' button and when I open it in Itunes it has options to Share, Copy, etc and then when I right click to Add to Playlist it asks to Merge to Library and then I get 'Genius results can't be updated right now . An Unknown error occurred'.
To duplicate a playlist, you need to be in the "Library" tab of iTunes. You should see an "Apple Music Playlists" section showing up in the left hand navigation bar. There you can select playlists that you have added. If you right-click on an Apple Music Playlist in this navigation view, you will see the option to "Duplicate" it.
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sfyetter wrote:
bootsy wrote:
sfyetter wrote:If you add one of the above playlists to your library in Apple Music, it will show up in iTunes under your "Apple Music Playlists" in the left navigation. From there you can right-click on the playlist and select "Duplicate" to make a copy of the playlist for yourself that you can modify.
I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. I can't seem to even get the playlists into my library. When I open the link I choose 'Listen on Apple Music' button and when I open it in Itunes it has options to Share, Copy, etc and then when I right click to Add to Playlist it asks to Merge to Library and then I get 'Genius results can't be updated right now . An Unknown error occurred'.
To duplicate a playlist, you need to be in the "Library" tab of iTunes. You should see an "Apple Music Playlists" section showing up in the left hand navigation bar. There you can select playlists that you have added. If you right-click on an Apple Music Playlist in this navigation view, you will see the option to "Duplicate" it.
I'm not sure if you are getting what the problem is. I can't even get these links you provided into my library. I also don't see anything that says 'Apple Music Playlists' section in my iTunes on the left hand nav bar. I've never seen that in my iTunes. I can open your playlists in the 'Browse' section and that's really all I can do. From there I right click on the playlist to 'Add to Playlist' which are all the playlists I have in my library and then I get that error that I told you about.
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I figured it out by calling an Apple rep. I guess I need to subscribe to Apple Music to see the 'Apple Music Playlists' you are talking about.
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Thanks to bootsy for pointing out the 1976 link above is wrong, here is the corrected URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... N4GtEGX2DW

I'm currently working to get the above playlists in sync with the recent AM revisions starting with 2010s and working back in time.
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sfyetter wrote:Thanks to bootsy for pointing out the 1976 link above is wrong, here is the corrected URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/19 ... N4GtEGX2DW

I'm currently working to get the above playlists in sync with the recent AM revisions starting with 2010s and working back in time.
Thanks sfyetter.
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There is an easy way to import the list of songs to create the playlist. Apple iTunes script. It’s realativy easy to do. However the bad news is some of the scripting is buggy. When I try to add a song to the playlist it works st the condition that this song is in your library.
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These Apple Music playlists are fantastic - many thanks for compiling them. I was a bit confused that they don't seem to match exactly with the lists on the Acclaimed Music website... Is this because the lists on the website have been updated since you made the playlists, or did you add songs from 'bubbling under' that you liked? Are there more up-to-date versions of the playlists available anywhere?
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