Enjoy Local to Global Music with These Apps

Music knows no boundaries. This is why the entire world comes together to enjoy songs like “Despacito” and “Gangnam Style.” Such songs create history and receive love from everyone and even with all of their differences, it becomes their jam. On the other hand, you have those local hits. Even though they are not part of the mainstream, they excel at entertaining their listeners. Thanks to the music streaming services, you can access the global sensations and local hits in one place. Don’t know which apps will provide you this experience? This list is here to help.

Resso

Resso made its debut in 2020 in India and within a short span, it went on to become one of the top music streaming services in the country. Its vibrant and hip user interface tugged the strings of the younger population and the userbase is always growing. But the app is not just about the looks, it does come with an impressive catalog.

You are bound to find songs from all around the world as well as hits from talented local artists. It comes with nifty features like sound effects for music, accurate lyrics, and more. To make your listening experience even better, you get unlimited downloads, unlimited skips, and absolutely no ads.

Price:

• ₹59/month and ₹749/year

YouTube Music

YouTube Music takes design cues from its older sibling and the resulting user interface looks slick and minimalistic. This is great because you already feel at home even if you are a first-time user of YouTube Music. The app is home to songs from global superstars as well as niche talented bands. You are going to be spoiled for choice! 

To make your musical journey more enjoyable, get the app’s premium subscription. It frees you from advertisements, lets you download as many songs as you want, and lets you play music in the background. One of its features that helps it stand out from the crowd is the video toggle. It’s such a simple feature but it’s super fun!

Price: 

• Free with ads and limited features
• ₹99/month or ₹990/year for premium

Amazon Music

Amazon Music has 100 million songs! It doesn’t matter whether you want to listen to the newest song by your favorite Spanish singer or by your beloved band from Kochi, you’ll find them all here. Ad free music playback and the ability to create and listen to community playlists make this app more fun to use. This could just be the best music downloader out there. It lets you download as many songs as you want, so you can have all your entertainment even in areas with poor networks.

Amazon Music lets you watch fun clips and short videos of famous artists so you always know about their latest songs. The best part is that all of this comes with an Amazon Prime membership and that also gets you Prime Video and free and fast delivery from Amazon’s website/shopping app.

Price:

• ₹299/month, ₹599/3 months, and ₹1499/year

Apple Music

Just like Amazon, Apple Music also has a massive catalog of songs along with a strong user base from around the world. It’s also one of those services that you can rely on for finding any song that your heart desires. Apple is a company that is known for creating good-looking products, so it’s no surprise that their music app comes with an amazing user interface. To ensure you get the best listening experience, your subscription comes with completely ad free playback and unlimited downloads.

Apple Music is also great for podcast listeners out there. Comedy, suspense, and motivation are just some of the podcast categories available here. The app suggests terrific playlists to go with every occasion and every mood, which is perfect as you’ll always have entertaining content to listen to.

Price:

• ₹99/month onwards

Summing up

It’s fun to listen to French jazz while cooking. It’s a sheer delight to sip coffee with some Cuban music in the background and it’s pure bliss to dance to Punjabi songs. Having a large palate of music just makes life more fun and these apps help you do that. To ensure you get the best listening experience, all of these offer ad free music playback. Pick any of these apps, find your favorite speaker or earphones, and let the music take over.