Michael Jackson's Thriller album is not appearing in monthly replay despite many plays, and also not showing up in curated playlists or stations

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Michael Jackson's Thriller album is not appearing in monthly replay despite many plays, and also not showing up in curated playlists or stations

I am on iPhone 14 plus iOS 26.5, and noticed a weird thing on Apple Music when I got my May recap today. Michael Jackson's Thriller album is not appearing in any curated playlists or in my replay stats, even though I played it constantly this month. His page does not even recognize the tracks from Thriller when you go to his page and create a station for him. Apple Music simply doesn't play any songs from it and I hadn't noticed until now. Today I was hearing everything he's ever done except for any songs from Thriller. When I checked my monthly replay this morning, I saw every other Michael Jackson album I had listened to except for that one. It kind of hurt because Thriller is my favourite. I've been reading through some Reddit posts, and I am not alone with this issue, so I know my account or device is not the problem. The rest of my replay seemed to count things properly except for this one album. Hoping to get some answers.

iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 26

Posted on Jun 2, 2026 6:32 PM

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emvill02 Author

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Jun 3, 2026 5:11 AM in response to sarindi

It’s incredibly frustrating for sure. So far I think the only thing we can do is wait and keep playing it. Thank god the album is still playable! I did a little experiment of my own this morning and asked Siri to play the album just to see what would happen and she played it no problem. It’s literally just curated playlists and stats that don’t recognize it for some reason.

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sarindi

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Jun 3, 2026 4:01 AM in response to emvill02

I’ve been having this same issue. Other songs with less plays appear on my replay but songs from the Thriller album with many plays don’t appear at all like Human Nature with 45 plays! If you get any answers please do update!

Apple please fix this issue as a lot of people are having the same issue :)

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emvill02 Author

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Jun 14, 2026 8:36 AM in response to reginaldjames

Same here! I wish they’d figure this out. There’s no reason for it. I’m not sure who to contact at Apple either. Looked promising for a while because the songs did show up in my heavy rotation playlist recently but then never came back again.

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amalijd

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Jun 15, 2026 5:28 PM in response to emvill02

I've been having this problem too for the past couple months. The Thriller album doesn't show up in my Replay or Heavy Rotation playlists. I've tried other versions of thriller too and none of them are tracking. All of my other music seems to be tracking accurately aside from this specific album.

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Jun 14, 2026 8:16 AM in response to emvill02

Experiencing the same issue and have been monitoring for several weeks already, seems like there is no fix yet. It is ruining my otherwise excellent experience with Apple Music.

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