A method executed by an apparatus for playing music based on a target face photo album in a terminal device, characterized in that it comprises: acquiring from a first acquiring module a watching instruction triggered by a user for watching pictures in the target face photo album, wherein the watching instruction is triggered by the user's selection of the target face photo album; acquiring from a second acquiring module features of the user to determine whether the user is a first user or a second user based on the acquired features, wherein the features of the user include a fingerprint or a facial image of the user; determining a relationship between the user and a person being watched whose face is depicted in the target face photo album using a first determining module, wherein the relationship between the user and the person being watched whose face is depicted in the target face photo album is determined based on a category tag set by the user for the target face photo album, if the user is determined as the first user; and the relationship between the user and the person being watched whose face is depicted in the target face photo album is determined based on the category tag set by the first user for the target face photo album and a category tag set by the first user for a face photo album that matches with a facial image of the second user, if the user is determined as the second user; determining a target music type corresponding to the relationship based on a preset correspondence relationship between each relationship of a plurality of relationships and each music type of a plurality of music types using a second determining module; playing the pictures in the target face photo album and playing music corresponding to the target music type using a playing module. acquiring from a first acquiring module a watching instruction triggered by a user for watching pictures in the target face photo album, wherein the watching instruction is triggered by the user's selection of the target face photo album; acquiring from a second acquiring module features of the user to determine whether the user is a first user or a second user based on the acquired features, wherein the features of the user include a fingerprint or a facial image of the user; determining a relationship between the user and a person being watched whose face is depicted in the target face photo album using a first determining module, wherein the relationship between the user and the person being watched whose face is depicted in the target face photo album is determined based on a category tag set by the user for the target face photo album, if the user is determined as the first user; and the relationship between the user and the person being watched whose face is depicted in the target face photo album is determined based on the category tag set by the first user for the target face photo album and a category tag set by the first user for a face photo album that matches with a facial image of the second user, if the user is determined as the second user; determining a target music type corresponding to the relationship based on a preset correspondence relationship between each relationship of a plurality of relationships and each music type of a plurality of music types using a second determining module; playing the pictures in the target face photo album and playing music corresponding to the target music type using a playing module.