Kingpush69

Q: How to get artist artwork, in iTunes 12?

Hi,

 

There used to be artist artwork by each artists name, on that left hand panel. But ever since I've updated to the new iTunes, this has all gone, and its replaced by default images (see screenshot).

 

Anyone know how to get it back?

 

I'm using iTunes 12.5.1.21

 

itunes artist artwork.png

Windows 10, null

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 5:17 PM

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  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Sep 28, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Kingpush69
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    Sep 28, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Kingpush69

    This is a user to user support forum. Ask Apple via iTunes feedback.

     

    tt2

  • by alanfromalexandra hills,

    alanfromalexandra hills alanfromalexandra hills Sep 28, 2016 11:36 PM in response to Kingpush69
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    Sep 28, 2016 11:36 PM in response to Kingpush69

    I spoke to iTunes support today (Kelvin).

    He looked this problem up and found that this is a new FEATURE of iTunes 12.5.

    He said there was no way to change this - reverting to an older version is not recommended and won't work if your iphone/ipad has ios version 10.

    I asked how deleting 95% of my Artist artwork could be called a feature and he could not help me.

    His only suggestion was to hope that they might change this feature in newer versions of iTunes.

    Or some third party software might be able to change it.

     

    I personally wonder if this might be part of their push to change people to Apple Music subscriptions.

     

    New iPad and New iPhone 7 Plus on order - and yet very disappointed.

  • by hhgttg27,

    hhgttg27 hhgttg27 Sep 29, 2016 7:03 AM in response to alanfromalexandra hills
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    Sep 29, 2016 7:03 AM in response to alanfromalexandra hills

    Nothing has been "deleted".  Previous versions of iTunes displayed an image in Artist view derived from the album artwork associated with an artist.  iTunes 12.5.1 has replaced this by displaying images pulled from the iTunes store for artists that have one or more items purchased from the store.  I rarely, if ever, use Artist view so this doesn't affect me though I can see that this may an irritation for others.  However, since you can still organize your library, play music from it, and sync content to iDevices its definitely not a "show stopper".

  • by Kenny Jay,

    Kenny Jay Kenny Jay Sep 29, 2016 8:19 AM in response to alanfromalexandra hills
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    Sep 29, 2016 8:19 AM in response to alanfromalexandra hills

    Funny how the call it "a feature", when in fact it's a bug!

    P***es me off!

  • by hhgttg27,

    hhgttg27 hhgttg27 Sep 29, 2016 10:40 AM in response to Kenny Jay
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    Sep 29, 2016 10:40 AM in response to Kenny Jay

    Why do you think its a "bug"?  I don't see anything to indicate that this is anything other than an intentional change on Apple's part, i.e., to derive artist images from the Store, based on purchases, rather than reusing album artwork images.

  • by Kenny Jay,

    Kenny Jay Kenny Jay Sep 29, 2016 11:05 AM in response to hhgttg27
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    Sep 29, 2016 11:05 AM in response to hhgttg27

    Well, for starters it's not a feature, when that so-called "feature" doesn't work.

    It doesn't get artist images from the store, only a few. I have several purchases which does not generate the artist artwork.

    So again, it's bugged! Simple as that.