How to rip music from YouTube Music[2024 Guide]

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coco
August 7, 2024

I have YouTube Music and want to download or rip an album that i can’t find in retail stores. Is it possible to download or rip music from YouTube Music on a PC? Actually, there are a few apps and free online websites that allows you to rip music from YouTube. To rip music from YouTube Music, you’d better use the professional Pazu YouTube Music converter.

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Option 1. Professional Pazu YouTube Music Converter

Online YouTube to MP3 Converter tools are convenient when you just want to rip individual songs, they can’t rip YouTube Music albums and playlists.

If you are looking for a way to properly rip a playlist from Youtube Music, preferably in the highest available quality with meta data and album artwork, you’d better use Pazu YouTube Music Converter.

Pazu YouTube Music Converter is specially designed for both YouTube Music free and premium users to download any songs, albums and playlists to MP3(320kbps), M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF for offline playback.

Pazu YouTube Music Converter features built-in YouTube Music web player, making it easy and convenient to download any YouTube Music songs to DRM-free MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF on Mac and Windows.

YouTube Music Converter

Download YouTube Music songs/albums/playlists to MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AAC.

  • Download YouTube Music songs on Mac/Windows.
  • Rip YouTube Music to MP3/M4A/AAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF.
  • Preserve all ID3 tags and 320kbps.
  • Built-in YouTube Music web player.
  • No YouTube Music account needed.

Option 2. OnlyMP3 YouTube to MP3 Converter

OnlyMP3 is a user-friendly web app that lets you convert YouTube videos to MP3 music files with just one click. No need to sign up or install any software. You can convert an unlimited number of videos and save them to your Dropbox account. Simply copy and paste the YouTube video URL into OnlyMP3’s converter tool, and it will automatically convert the video to an audio file. You can also click the Dropbox button to save the file to the cloud platform. It’s a completely free and secure service, allowing you to enjoy unlimited music conversion from YouTube in the best available quality.

How to rip YouTube Music to MP3 with OnlyMP3?

  1. Open https://music.youtube.com and copy the song link you want to download.
  2. Open https://en.onlymp3.to/IYI/ and paste the song link in the Search box.
  3. Please wait while the Converter is processing the song link.
  4. Click the “Download” button. Conversion will be completed shortly.
  5. Once the File is downloaded, you can play it whenever you want.

Note that you can only paste song link, albums and playlists can’t be detected.

Cons:
Rip in 192kbps.

Option 3. Y2Mate

Y2Mate YouTube to MP3 Converter allows you to convert your favorite YouTube videos.Youtube Music songs to MP3 audio files and to download them for FREE. Y2Mate works on your desktop, tablet and mobile device without the installation of any additional apps. The usage of Y2Mate is free, and safe!

Cons:
Rip in 192kbps.

Option 4. TubeRipper

TubeRipper.com is online service that allows you to extract and download audio and video from YouTube and most online services.

How to rip YouTube Music to MP3 with TubeRipper?

  1. Open tuberipper.com.
  2. Copy&paste the YouTube Music song link to blank area.
  3. Press Enter button and wait for TubeRipper.com to analyze the url.
  4. Choose MP3 on the Extract Audio button to extract songs from YouTube Music.

Cons:
Rip in 128kbps.

However, these online tools may download either the wrong version (like maybe a live concert version, or maybe even a remix), or even just a completely different song.

Is YouTube Music’s sound quality better than just normal YouTube? 

Yes, you can select high quality(256kbps AAC & OPUS) in YouTube Music’s settings if you’re a Premium member, the quality will be the same as standard YouTube if you’re a free user.

Tutorial: How to rip music from YouTube Music with Pazu YouTube Music Converter?

To rip YouTube Music songs, albums and playlists to MP3, follow below steps.

1. Run Pazu YouTube Music Converter 

To get started, download, install and run Pazu YouTube Music Converter on your Mac or Windows PC, which features a built-in YouTube Music web player.

If you have already purchased a license, click the key icon to register the converter. If not, continue using the trial version.

YouTube Music Converter

You don’t need to sign in to your YouTube Music account.

2. Choose output format

Click the gear icon on the top right corner to customize the output settings, like output file format(MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF), output quality, output folder, file name format, etc. You can also sort downloaded songs by Artist and album.

YouTube Music Converter settings

3. Select YouTube Music album or playlist to rip

Browse or search to find the songs, albums or playlist you want to rip. Simply click the red icon to load songs. 

choose YouTube Music playlists

Pazu YouTube Music Converter will automatically analyze the playlist for you in seconds. All songs are selected for downloading be default, you can uncheck the songs you don’t want to rip, then click the Convert button.

choose YouTube Music songs

4. Click Convert button

After selecting the songs, click Convert button to start ripping YouTube Music songs to the format you choose. You will see a progress circle indicating your music is downloading.

convert YouTube Music to MP3

When the whole conversion is finished, then you can get YouTube Music songs in MP3 format in the destination folder. After that, you can play the YouTube Music songs offline anywhere or DJ.

YouTube Music to MP3 converter