Fix for missing song titles (asterisks)
I ran into this problem in Apple Music on iOS and it took me forever to figure out how to fix, so I thought that I would post the solution in case someone else runs into this problem.
Above is a screenshot of Beastie Boys' "To The 5 Boroughs" album on Apple Music on my iphone. You'll notice that basically all the song info is missing and instead replaced by three asterisks. First, I have iTunes Match and this only happens on songs that are uploaded via Match (thanks Apple!!). To fix (you'll need your desktop Apple Music, the songs will be correct there):
- Go to the Album and select all the songs
- Right-click and select "Get Info"
- In the new Get Info window, Click/Check the box next to "Use work and movement"
- In the "Work" field that appears, delete anything in that box. It'll either show some asterisks (***) or it'll have a grey "Mixed". Either way, clear it out (hit delete).
- That'll cause a green check mark to appear to the right of the "work" and "Use work and movement" fields.
- Uncheck the "Use work and movement" field.
- Click OK.
- Now give it 10-20 seconds and everything should be peachy on your phone.
Pro Tip: If you have a lot of songs/albums like this (which I do...thanks Apple!), create a smart playlist where Work Contains *. Then I find it helpful to sort by Album.