How to Move to a New Music Streaming Service
Transferring Playlists
Playlists are the most valuable part of a music collection for a lot of people. Given the amount of time spent collating them and the number of songs within them, it would be impossible to manually replicate on a new streaming service.
Luckily, there are lots of online tools dedicated to playlist migration. Here are the two best.
1. Stamp
Stamp started life as a tool to let users move playlists from Spotify to Apple Music, but since then it’s grown considerably. Now, in addition to the two original services, it also works with Google Play Music, Deezer, Rdio, YouTube, Tidal, Amazon Music, Pandora, and Groove.
Additionally, the app supports CSV files. It’s a useful feature if you’re planning to cancel all your music streaming subscriptions but want to keep a record of your playlists in case you return to using them one day.
You can download Stamp on Windows, Android, and iOS. The premium version, which removes song and playlist transfer limits per session, costs $9.99 for a lifetime subscription.
2. Soundizz
Soundizz is arguably the most well-known playlist transferring tool. It’s so reliable that Tidal suggests using the app on its website.
The app has the largest selection of supported services. Tidal, Spotify, Google Play Music, Apple Music, YouTube, Deezer, Napster, SoundCloud, Groove, Pulselocker, Qobuz, Discogs, Hype Machine, Yandex Music, Dailymotion, and Jamendo are all covered.
Using Soundizz is both easy and fast. Connect the two services you want to transfer playlists between, then simply drag-and-drop the content you want to move.
Transferring Your Library
Lots of people use their service’s library feature to save music outside of their playlists. Of course, you could move your library into a bumper-sized playlist and use one of the tools above, but some services have track limits and other restrictions.
However, if you’re a keen Last.fm user who’s been scrobbling your listens for a long time, you have few better methods available to you. Last.fm will already have a comprehensive overview of your favorite artists and bands, so why not use the data to your advantage? Here’s how.
1. Spotibot
As the name suggests, Spotibot is focused on users who want to migrate to Spotify. The web app is simple to use. Just enter your Last.fm ID number in the on-screen box, and Spotibot will automatically create a Spotify playlist of all your Loved tracks.
2. gmusic-playlist
If you want to switch to Google Play Music, you can move your Last.fm tracks using the third-party gmusic-playlist tool.
To begin, you need to export your Loved songs from Last.fm. Since Last.fm’s controversial redesign in 2015, you can no longer export your Loved songs natively. Instead, use this tool on benjaminbenben.com. Just enter your username, and the app will automatically pull the associated data from the Last.fm API as a CSV file.
Next, download gmusic-playlist off GitHub. There is a Python and a JavaScript version. I recommend using the JavaScript version because it adds a CSV file upload option directly into the Google Play Music web app. You just need to select your file and the tool takes care of the rest.
