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Spotify is one of the best podcast, audio, and video streaming service out there. There are millions of users worldwide who love Spotify to listen to music. But however, this service is not available in every country, so it’s a bit bad fact that every user can’t take advantage of it. If you are one of those, searching ways to get around this issue then this guide will help you. Can’t listen to music on Spotify? Don’t worry now as today I will tell you how to download music from Spotify directly to your PC. No matter what platform you’re using, with the help of this guide, you will be able to easily download Spotify songs to Windows, Linux, and Mac PC.
There is a command line tool available which you can use to easily download songs from Spotify. The tool’s name is Spotify-Downloader and it is written in Python can download Spotify songs using a Spotify URL or its name. In addition to that, it can also download a song from YouTube and then automatically add the corresponding meta tags like album, artist, cover, year, genre, etc., pretty easily. Although, it requires numerous dependencies to be installed on your PC in order to work, once you get it done it will be usable for your life time. Just a one-time effort that will let you enjoy Spotify music as long as you want.
How to Download Music from Spotify to Linux, Mac, Windows PC?
Spotify Downloader let’s see download songs using Spotify URL. And not only a single song but if you want to download multiple songs using a less than you can also do that. This tool is very well capable of handling that kind of situations too. You can supplier list of songs to it through a file and file download them all for you. And the best part is that it adds the song metadata or ID3 tags automatically from the Spotify. If you are a songs lover then I am sure you are going to love this tool for its simplicity. After downloading songs from Spotify, you can play them in your favorite music player. I would recommend you to use GOM Audio: a music player with sync lyrics feature. And if you are on Linux, then Amarok is a very good choice.
Spotify Downloader works from command line. And there’s just a simple Python command you need to execute to download songs from Spotify. Before starting I would like to make clear that this tool required Python 3. So, if you want the smooth functionality of this tool then upgrade Python. Next, make sure if the Pip3 command is working and if it’s not, then run “python3 get-pip.py” from the terminal. After all set, please go through the following steps to set up Spotify Downloader. Here I will be explaining the process for Linux PC. In my case, I am using Kali Linux with KDE desktop. But, the process is very much identical to other platforms as well.
Step 1: Download the repository of Spotify Downloader from GitHub as ZIP file and extract it. After that, open the extracted folder and then locate the “spotdl.py” file. Also, open the command prompt or terminal in the same directory.
Step 2: Now, there are some dependencies to be installed. So, run the following command.
And after completion of this, run this command to install FFmpeg. If you are using windows PC, then you can install FFmpeg from this link. Copy ffmpeg.exe from “ffmpeg-xxx-winxx-staticbinffmpeg.exe” to PATH (usually C:WindowsSystem32) or just place it in the root directory extracted from the above step.
Step 3: To download Spotify songs to your PC, run this command. After that, it will download the song for you and convert it to mp3 and apply all the ID3 tags. By default, it will place the downloaded songs to the Music folder in the code base directory. To download a song, you can specify Spotify URL of the song or you can manually type song and artist name. See this:
This is how you can easily download music from Spotify to Linux, Mac, Windows PC. And not only this, there are some other features available in this tool. You can look for other switches to use with the main command. For example, you can use –list switch to download songs from a list stored in a file. Or, you can also download songs to a custom location using –file switch. You can see them all on its GitHub repository’s description page. And finally, after downloading high-quality songs, you can enjoy listening to them in your favorite music player.
Bottom Line:
At first, I didn’t believe that it is possible to download songs from Spotify. Then, I came across this Spotify Downloader and it worked like a charm and I was amazed at its performance. I found it to be worth sharing so I wrote this detailed guide about how to download music from Spotify to Linux, Mac, Windows PC. So, if you have good hands on command line tools then you can try out this and share what do you think.
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One of the biggest benefits of Spotify Premium plan is its ability to download offline songs from Spotify. Specifically, by paying $9.99 a month, you are able to download and save any music from Spotify, including single track, album, or playlists onto your computer or mobile devices, like Android or iOS for offline listening.
Here in this article, you'll see how to download Spotify music to Android/iOS and computer with Spotify Premium subscription, as well as the best alternative to download Spotify playlist with Spotify free account.
Part 1. How to Download Spotify Music to Computer
How To Download Music From Spotify Pc App
Tutorial 1: Download Spotify Songs to Mac/Windows with Premium
It's easy to download music from Spotify on Mac/PC if you have a Premium account. Make sure you have installed the latest Spotify desktop app on your computer already.
Note: With this method, you can't download Spotify songs individually but have to either download an entire album or save the track to a playlist, which you can then download for offline listening. Besides, the option to download Spotify songs and playlists is currently not available for the web player yet.
Step 1Add Spotify songs to playlist or library
Firstly, launch Spotify desktop client on Mac/PC. Then log into your Spotify Premium account and move to the playlists or library where the songs are collected. If you however haven't added any music yet, simply browse the Spotify channel to find some songs you like and right-click on them to add the tracks to your playlist. Or you can press on the three dots button next to the song and add it to the library.
Step 2Start to download Spotify playlist
Once created, navigate to the playlist and you'll see a toggle button as 'Download'. Switch the button to on, and your playlist will automatically download for offline listening. You'll find the 'Download' button turns to 'Downloading', indicating the download is in progress. Once it's completed, it will be replaced by a 'Downloaded' status.
Step 3Force Spotify to go offline
After downloading, navigate to File at the top left-hand side of the Spotify app and click on the 'Offline Mode' option. In this way, you'll be able to listen to those Spotify playlists and songs even when there's no internet connection.
Tips: Don't be too excited after downloading those Spotify songs as the next second you might be disappointed to find out it's impossible to share them to your friends or play them in another app. In this case, you are suggested to follow Tutorial 2 for a solution.
Tutorial 2: Download Music from Spotify to Computer with Spotify Free
Spotify music are encoded in a protected format called DRM-ed OGG Vorbis. Due to which they are not able to be downloaded with free accounts, nor will they be shared even with premium plan. In other words, to download music from Spotify with free, the alternative way is to find out a tool that can delete the DRM protection from Spotify songs. Here, TunesKit Spotify to MP3 Downloader comes to help.
As a smart Spotify music solution, this app is a professional Spotify downloader that can download music from Spotify to MP3 for both free and premium accounts. While removing the DRM, it will keep the original sound quality and ID3 tags of Spotify songs. Thanks to the advanced technology, it works at 5X faster speed when downloading Spotify to MP3.
Now the following tutorial will show you how to use this tool to download Spotify playlist offline with even free subscription.
Step 1Add Spotify playlist to TunesKit Spotify Downloader
After launching TunesKit Spotify Music Downloader, the Spotify desktop app will be launched automatically. Log into your account and find any track or playlist that you want to download from Spotify. Then drag the songs or URL from Spotify to TunesKit.
Step 2Set output format
Go to top menu bar and select Preferences option. In the popup window, you can choose the output format such as MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, etc. as you like. You can also set the audio parameters, quality, speed according to your requirements to adjust the output sound quality.
Step 3Download Spotify music offline as MP3
Click the 'Convert' button and it will start to download and convert Spotify to MP3 or others to your computer. Once downloaded, you can copy and transfer the offline songs to any device or player for listening.
Part 2. How to Download Music from Spotify to Android and iOS
The process to download Spotify music to Android or iOS mobile devices is similar to desktop app. Simply follow these steps to see how to listen to Spotify songs offline on Android/iOS.
Step 1Navigate to Spotify playlists you want to download
Log in your Spotify account via the music app on your mobile phone or tablet. Go to the desired playlist you would like to download. If there's no playlist yet, simply create one.
Step 2Begin downloading Spotify songs
Switch the 'Download' button on to let it downloading the Spotify music for you automatically.
Step 3Set Offline mode
Once you've downloaded the songs, you can enable Offline Mode by navigating to Settings > Playback from left-hand menu.
Tips: You can also use TunesKit Spotify Music Downloader to download the Spotify songs to computer firstly, and then transfer the offline tracks to Android and iOS mobile devices, such as iPhone, iPod, Galaxy S8, etc. via USB cable.
Matt Smith is an amateur writer engaged in Tuneskit in 2013. He is a movie lover who write a lot of movie reviews for many websites and blogs.