Apple Music now does a much better job of showing artists’ albums

Apple has fixed one of the biggest problems with Apple Music: the unhelpful way that a given artists’ releases were listed and displayed on the service. Previously, singles and collections were lumped together with studio albums, so if you wanted to put on a particular album you’d usually have to scroll through dozens of unrelated or redundant releases to find it. This also meant it was hard to get a sense of what an unfamiliar artist’s most significant records were.

Now, things are much better — studio albums get their own section and are displayed first, while there are separate sections for live albums, compilations, and singles/EPs. There’s also a new “Essential Albums” pick that’s displayed for most major artists right under their...

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