Answers to questions about music on VKontakte

Why now? Are these all some new rules?

No, not new. Mass seizures of VKontakte audio recordings at the request of copyright holders began back in 2012. Since then, the functionality of the music service in the iOS application has been gradually limited, until it was completely disabled in 2015. Negotiations with the giants of the global recording industry resulted in agreements with Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music. We managed not only to restore the section in the iOS application and many of the seized tracks, but also began to increase the functionality of the music service.

Zvooq - a collection of the best playlists from Vkontakte

Users who don’t want to appear on VK to listen to the track can be understood. There are different situations in which you need to remain anonymous. Usually, in VKontakte search, people look for popular music from the latest hits. If you want to find something similar, use the Zvooq music service.

The link will open collections of the 10, 50 or 100 best tracks according to certain parameters from VK. For example, only new products that appeared on the social network, hits of 2021 or a collection of Russian performers.

Here you can not only listen, but also download the track you like. Or rate it using the appropriate button.

And also share any composition on other social networks. Including your VKontakte page. At the top of the portal there is a search bar used to search for any new music. Or a classic track in a certain genre. Select filters from the menu and open music by artist, genre, radio station or collection.

Why pay for a subscription if you haven't done anything new?

This year we launched a large-scale update of the music service. We completely redesigned the design and navigation, added playlists and albums, track and album covers, and launched personal recommendations. Now the catalog is regularly updated with new products from all major music studios - tracks can be listened to in high quality, with correct names and covers. A large number of artists publish premieres of works exclusively on VKontakte - earlier than on other platforms. This is just the beginning: we continue to work on other opportunities for listeners, improving the structure of the music catalog, search, and recommendations.

Analogues of VKontakte music on a paid basis

Instead of paying 149 rubles to the VK service, you can use other paid streaming services that have wider functionality. One of these is Google Play Music. The subscription cost does not exceed 159 rubles for one person or 239 rubles for 6 family members. The main emphasis in the service is on the automatic creation of selections of radio stations. They include music for all occasions: from workout songs to getting ready for bed. It is worth noting that there are personal recommendations - you only need to add 10 tracks, and the service will automatically select new audio files for you in a similar style. Recommendations also take into account both location and time of day.

If there are not enough musical groups, the Google Play Music service allows you to upload up to 50,000 songs to the cloud from your computer for subsequent online listening without a paid subscription. For those whose Internet on their smartphone is not always stable or limited in speed, there is a data transfer quality setting from high to low.

It is also worth noting the caching of songs, but not all of them, but only those that are in demand by the user. As a result, Google Play Music is a paid, but very interesting service for listening to your favorite tracks, legal favorite tracks.

Download Google Play Music for Android free

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Your own music library online

Surely many of you have an excellent collection of songs on your computer, because you want to always have soul-warming tracks at hand. Many people download audio files directly to the smartphone's memory, but if you don't want to do this or have little storage space, then the next option is for you.

Introducing CloudPlayer from doubleTwist. A very simple and easy to understand application for listening to songs online directly from the cloud, without wasting space on the SD card. Just upload audio recordings to cloud storage such as Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive and listen until the battery runs out.

After downloading tracks, they are grouped depending on tags, and the player does not limit you in any way on how many songs can be uploaded to the cloud. CloudPlayer supports not only the MP3 format, but also lossless formats such as FLAC AND ALAC. Since lossless files weigh quite a lot, the Internet speed must be appropriate. There is also file caching, but not automatic, but manual. If the songs do not have album images, then it doesn’t matter - the application will select the corresponding images automatically. A bonus of CloudPlayer is the presence of online radio, which includes local radio stations. Initially, free use of the application is available for 30 days, after which the utility will require a one-time payment from the user of no more than 99 rubles.

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I still think you're just greedy. I'd rather pay for other music services!

We understand your pain, because everyone is used to the fact that there are no restrictions in VKontakte music, but now they appear. But even with them, VKontakte music has a number of advantages:

all main features of the service are available for free on desktop and mobile applications;
the largest music collection - including many songs and bands whose work cannot be found anywhere else;
here you already have a music collection with all your personal playlists, and thousands of music communities create their own collections on different topics and genres;
for free listening, VKontakte offers the most lenient restrictions; for paid listening, it offers the lowest cost for an individual subscription among music services.

How to listen to music from your computer without going to VK

The administration of the social network does not allow third-party developers to provide access to site resources. But there are programs that bypass this limitation. Some browser extensions allow you to download your favorite tracks to your computer, although the social network itself prohibits doing this directly.

Plugins for downloading music include VkOpt, which can be downloaded from the Google Chrome extension store. After installation, an arrow icon appears on the page with audio recordings. If you click on it, the track will begin downloading to your hard drive. After this, you can listen to VK music without going into it, in any convenient music player, since the files will be in MP3 format.

VK Audiopad extension

To listen to VK songs online without going there, an extension for browsers has been developed - VK Audiopad. You can download it on the official website of the developers using the link.

The download is free and available for Google Chrome and Opera browsers. Let's look at how to use the extension using the Google Chrome browser as an example:

Select the Google Chrome browser to download and confirm the installation of the plugin in the browser.

After installation, log in to the social network.
The plugin icon will appear in the top bar of the browser. Click on it and a drop-down menu will appear with a list of available music.
Click on “My Audio Recordings” to open a list of tracks.

After this, you can listen to any VKontakte music online without going to your page, and it will play in the background through the extension.
In addition, it allows you to find any track through the search bar. The advantages of the extension are as follows:

access not only to the user’s music, but also to his friends and groups;
the ability to play songs from the news feed;
creating and editing albums and playlists;
VK status is “offline”, even if music is played online via VK Audiopad;
Hotkey support for convenient use.

The disadvantages include the fact that the administration of the social network is regularly updated and improved, so the operation of the plugin is often disrupted.

VKMusic

The VKMusic program allows you to find, download and listen to songs on VK online without logging into the social network. You can download the software for free on the developer’s official website. Through it you can open a list of not only audio, but also video recordings that are on your page.

The built-in compact player allows you to listen to VKontakte music online without going to the page. It provides the ability to view song lyrics, just like the social network itself. It’s easy to use: insert a link to your page in the search bar, and all the tracks that are there will open.

The program has many advantages:

ability to select quality before downloading;
watching videos from various popular social networks and video hosting sites;
convenient advanced search for audio recordings and videos;
built-in player with simple and convenient controls;
free distribution;
active support from developers and regular program updates.

The presence of the “Popular Music” section allows you to learn about new releases and listen to popular music online without going to social media. The program has no shortcomings: it works stably, synchronizes with many well-known resources and has many features and additional functions.