The streaming music field is packed with companies battling for your auditory attention. YouTube Music, an extension of Google’s entertainment arm, stands out from rival services by combining customized playlists, search-by-lyrics functionality, official studio releases, and community uploads. For YouTube Premium users, you are allowed to download YouTube Music songs for offline listening, however, the songs will be unavailable once you cancel the YouTube Subscription.
Is there any way to save songs from YouTube Music and keep them forever? Yes, of course, the key point is to download and convert YouTube Music songs into normal audio formats such as MP3 without DRM protection. This article will show you 3 tools to download MP3 songs from YouTube music and YouTube videos, then you can enjoy YouTube Music songs on an MP3 player, Sony Walkman, smartphone, or any other mobile device.
Part 1: Download Songs from YouTube Music to MP3
TunePat YouTube Music Converter is a professional music downloader tool that allows you to download songs, albums, and playlists from YouTube Music to your local computer for offline listening. With no need to install the YouTube Music app, it can convert YouTube Music songs to MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC/AIFF/ALAC at 10X fast conversion speed with original output audio quality, keeping the ID3 tags after conversion.
Tips: If you want to download Music videos from YouTube Music to MP4 format, please read this tutorial: Download YouTube Music Videos to MP4
TunePat YouTube Music Converter
TunePat YouTube Music Converter is an easy-to-use music converter optimized for YouTube song conversion, helping you convert and download YouTube content with ease.
The most distinct feature of TunePat YouTube Music Converter is the simplified operation steps, it will help download and convert YouTube Music songs to MP3 in three simple steps: select YouTube Music songs, choose the output format as MP3, then click the "Convert" button to export them as MP3 files on your local computer. Here are the detailed steps:
Step 1 Download and Install TunePat YouTube Music Converter
Download the TunePat YouTube Music Downloader tool from the link above and install it on your computer. TunePat fully supports the latest Windows and macOS systems. Start the program, and you will see a homepage and the embedded YouTube Music web player. You are supposed to log into your YouTube Music account in the web player window to get access to the YouTube Music library.
Step 2 Choose the Output Settings
Go to the main interface of the program and open the "Settings" window. Please complete the settings of output and conversion parameters here. For example, output format (MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, AIFF), output sound quality (bit rate and sample rate), output path, output filename, etc. Then go back to the YouTube Music web player window to prepare for song selection.
Step 3 Add YouTube Music Songs to TunePat
Find out the song, album, or playlist you wish to get from YouTube Music. Open it and choose the lower right corner "Click to add" button, Then the available titles will be automatically read and displayed by TunePat YouTube Music Converter. Tick off the ones you want and click on the "Add" button to add them to the TunePat.
Step 4 Convert YouTube Music Songs to MP3
As you can see, all the songs you selected are here. Don't worry when you add a playlist with several songs here by mistake but do not need to be converted. Click the "Delete All" button to clear the current list. If you still have songs you want to convert, you can click "Add More" to continue adding. If you have selected all the target tracks, click "Convert" to start the conversion.
Once the conversion is done, you can find your downloaded music format by clicking the "Converted" button or directly going to the output folder you customized in the previous step. Then you will see all YouTube Music songs have been downloaded as MP3 files with perfect audio quality. Now you can enjoy YouTube Music songs on an MP3 player for offline listening.
After converting, you get more than you think:
Part 2: Download Songs from YouTube Video to MP3
This part will introduce 2 tools to you to download YouTube video to MP3.
2.1 TunePat Music One
As mentioned before, TunePat Music One not only supports converting songs from YouTube Music but also supports converting songs from YouTube. It can extract music from videos and convert them to MP3. Let's see how to operate it.
TunePat Music One
TunePat Music One is an all-in-one audio converter, ideal for fans of any music streaming platform.
Step 1 First launch the TunePat Music One and this time, please click the "YouTube" tab. The YouTube web player will pop up automatically. Remember to sign in to your YouTube account first.
Step 2 Then go to the "Settings" window and change the output format to "MP3". You can also change other settings like the bit rate, sample rate, output file name and others.
Step 3 Now, please go to the YouTube web player and choose the desired MV. Open the MV and you will find that the button in the lower-right turns blue. Click on it and TunePat will load the video. Please click the "Add" to add the video to the TunePat.
Step 4 If you want to convert multiple MVs at the same time, you can click the "Add More" button to add more videos to the TunePat. If not, please click "Convert" to start converting. Wait for a short period of time, you will see that TunePat has finished converting and the output folder will pop up automatically. Now you can check the converted MP3 audio.
2.2 NoteBurner YouTube Downloader
There is another way to download music from YouTube. This app is a NoteBurner YouTube Video Downloader. It's designed for downloading YouTube videos for free. But if you need to rip a preferred audio track from a YouTube video, this app works too. Check detailed instructions and have a free trial. It only takes a few steps to download music from YouTube.
Step 1 Start YouTube Video Downloader
Run YouTube Video Downloader on PC, and then enter the name of the video or directly copy and paste the link of videos from YouTube to NoteBurner YouTube Video Downloader, and then press the "Enter" button on your keyboard.
Step 2 Finish the output settings
Click the 
setting button in the upper right corner to customize the video quality (High, Medium, Low) and output path.
Step 3 Start to Download YouTube Videos to MP3
The program will list all download options in the "Advanced Download" window. All you need to do is tap the icon 
, followed that a window will pop up allowing you to select the corresponding video or audio in different output formats & quality. Click "MP3" under "Audio download links", then YouTube Video Downloader will rip the audio from the YouTube video you choose and download it as MP3. You can check under Library after the download is finished.
Step 4 Enjoy Offline Playback
When all desired songs are downloaded, you can open the output folder. Songs from YouTube Music are downloaded as MP3s. You can enjoy free playback of these YouTube Music tracks permanently. Now, you own YouTube Music collections for real.
Conclusion
In this article, we have introduced how to download songs from YouTube Music or YouTube Video to MP3 files. For downloading MP3 songs from YouTube Music, TunePat YouTube Music Converter will be your best choice for the fast downloading speed, simple steps and user-friendly UI design. TunePat Music One could also be a backup option for the compatibility of all popular streaming music services. As for extracting audio from YouTube videos, the TunePat Music One and NoteBurner YouTube Video Downloader will do a great job for you.
Olivia Anderson
Senior Writer