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From rock to hip-hop to jazz, Afrobeats and pop, from new music made in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos to classics remixed or remastered for it, this handpicked playlist is the place to find songs that unlock the magic and full power of spatial sound on Apple Music.

Ever wish you could get that feeling of hearing your favourite song for the first time all over again? No problem. Thanks to Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, now on Apple Music, you can be fully immersed in the songs you love, as if you’ve stepped inside of them. The vocals you harmonise with, the beats you move to: All of it can feel real enough to touch, like you’re at the centre of it all. It’s a three-dimensional listening experience where sound comes from around and above you. Handmade by our editors, this playlist showcases some of music’s biggest and brightest songs as you’ve never heard them before. There’s no turning back from here.

As its name implies, alternative music offers a breath of fresh air—something new and different from the norm. Listening to alternative in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos coaxes out even more sonic nuances, thanks to three-dimensional sound that highlights the genre’s forward-thinking aesthetic. Handpicked by our editors, this playlist provides an immersive experience that conjures the excitement of a summer festival and the exhilarating feeling of a buzzing club show.

One of the things we love most about jazz is the interplay—the way players and instruments react to one another in the moment, the way they weave together. An immersive listening experience in which sound comes to us from above and all around, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos places us in the middle of the music, where we can experience that magic as it unfolds—almost as if we’re in a combo or watching from onstage in one of the world’s great jazz clubs. Curated by our editors, this handmade playlist brings the elegance of jazz to life, with a selection of classics both old and new.

To experience hip-hop in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is to step inside the song. The samples, the beats, the sound of an MC’s voice and flow—all of that can be heard in its own space, and with stunning clarity. It’s a 3D listening experience where sound comes to you from all directions—the next leap forward in the evolution of recorded music. This handpicked playlist offers a revealing new look at hip-hop, placing the artistry in every song on full display.

Big, bold, bright—pop songs are made for dancing and singing along to. But when you listen to them in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, you can take that experience to another level, as sound comes to you from all directions. Curated by our editors, this handmade playlist offers an immersive listening experience that’s the closest thing to being in the club, in the very centre of the moment’s hottest songs.

Country music is known for its natural warmth, whether it’s coming from the strum of a guitar, a glimmer of pedal steel or a heart-rending vocal. Now you can hear all of those elements interacting in a totally new way, thanks to Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, the natural dynamics of each song able to shine like never before in three-dimensional sound. Handmade by our editors, this playlist shines a light on country at its warmest and most vibrant.