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What does it take for an album/song to generate a genius playlist?

The reason I ask, is that I have had the latest Alan Parsons album, The secret, since it was released back in April 2019, and yet here we are, two years later, and not one of the tracks will pull up a genius option.

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 2, 2021 1:49 AM

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Apr 3, 2021 5:15 AM in response to hugh Fathers

Hello hugh Fathers,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

We understand from your post that you would like to know what it takes to generate a Genius Playlist. This article will explain how Genius Playlists work which you may find helpful:

Use Genius Shuffle or Genius Playlists in Music on Mac - Apple Support

"To create Genius Playlists and Genius Shuffle, Music uses anonymous information about your library and other Music libraries. The iTunes Store updates its Genius data constantly, based on new information from the iTunes Store and customers’ libraries."

Best Regards.

turingtest2

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Apr 4, 2021 4:23 AM in response to hugh Fathers

I'm not sure it is a function of time so much as popularity. I think that many other Genius users would have needed to create manual playlists that include tracks from the album along with other music, in order to create data about what those tracks go with which then feeds into the Genius algorithm. But I'm only guessing, I don't have inside knowledge as to how it works under the hood and I don't think Apple have published any details.

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hugh Fathers Author

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Apr 3, 2021 11:04 PM in response to Alwayswantingtohelp1

I guess I did not ask my question clearly enough. I've been using iTunes and iTunes genius, since Snow Leopard days.

What I want to know, is why Genius cannot pick a playlist from an Alan Parsons album that is now 2 years old? How long does an album have to be available before iTunes genius picks it up?

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