# How to get stars next to songs in apple music

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-stars-next-to-songs-in-apple-music/52100
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-stars-next-to-songs-in-apple-music/52100 "2021-02-23T07:08:12Z")
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### Author: ![nelo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@nelo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nelo)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-stars-next-to-songs-in-apple-music/52100/1 "2021-02-23T07:08:12Z")

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anyone know if there’s a way to add stars next to songs using mp3 tag so it shows after importing the file to apple music ?

example:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/1/137a4072f8fb10060df4e2abd7bff855bdeca1e4.jpeg)

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-stars-next-to-songs-in-apple-music/52100/2 "2021-02-23T07:20:26Z")

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see this thread on apple music:

> [@Need help editing (iPhone/Apple Music app)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-editing-iphone-apple-music-app/45746):
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> Hello, I am having trouble identifying how to add a couple tags via the Mp3tag application. I attached photos to help explain my issue (photo is 1) from my library 2) what shows up on Apple Music for the same album). Basically I want my album to match up exactly like the Apple Music version. All songs are in M4A format. The first is that the artist name does not appear red/hyperlinked in my music library (using iPhone music app). The artist name matches up exactly with what’s on iTunes and I a…

I think that the star is something local to apple music and is not saved in the tags.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-stars-next-to-songs-in-apple-music/52100/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:05Z")

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