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What does the star next to track #2 and #3 indicate in this screenshot?

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Looks like it indicates a song's popularity.

@rjonesy It's an indication of the song's popularity in the iTunes Store.

https://twitter.com/AppleSupport/status/720277245865107457

Steve Moser
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It means that either Apple has used this song, or, it means it is a popular track.

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    Welcome to Ask Different and thank you for your answer. A single sentence is rarely (if ever) acceptable as an answer. Can you expand on this to back up your answer? For example, is there a source you can link to and summarise in your answer (in case the link breaks)? – Monomeeth Mar 09 '17 at 10:09
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It's also the star rating that you've given a song/disc. While listening to a song, tap the artwork. From there you can give it 0-5 stars. The stars will show-up next to the song, like in your image.

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    I just tried this out and it doesn't seem to correlate. Maybe you can show a screenshot with more than one star next to a song in the album list view? – Steve Moser Apr 13 '16 at 20:01
  • It won't show more than 1 star next to it. Every song/album I've "star'd" has the star next to it. Maybe I just star popular songs? – fsb Apr 13 '16 at 20:51
  • It would be awesome if you could make a short video of rating a song on your device and a star appearing. But I understand if you can't. – Steve Moser Apr 13 '16 at 21:15
  • My free Apple Music subscription expired so I can't access it anymore, sorry. – fsb Apr 13 '16 at 21:57
  • i can confirm that this is not what the star means. – vas May 03 '20 at 21:42
  • @vas feel free to update the answer or add a new answer if your info is more accurate. – fsb May 03 '20 at 23:51
  • why? the accepted answer is spot on. seems like you don't want to accept that? – vas May 04 '20 at 00:48
  • yes. and your answer is wrong. the accepted answer is right. if you don't get that, there's nothing more i can say. – vas May 04 '20 at 01:21
  • No, if there already is a correct answer, why would you edit the others? That makes no sense. You downvote the wrong ones. And you're the one who made this extensive. I just pointed out that it was wrong, and you couldn't be rational about it, and made suggestions that made ZERO sense given that there is a correct answer already. Later! – vas May 04 '20 at 05:54