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iOS 8.2 music app displaying wrong artist for songs

I've been very unhappy with iOS 8.2. After updating my iPhone 6 to 8.2, I noticed a problem in the music app. Some of my songs have the wrong artist name displayed. In some cases, all of the songs by an artist display the wrong name. For example I have songs by the artist Wings. On one of their albums, They went under another name for a couple of songs, The Country Hams, and I have the album artist listed as Wings. But, after the update, all of the songs by Wings on every album have the artist name as The Country Hams, even though that name is used on only 2 songs on one album. When I search by artist in the app, Wings is no longer listed as an artist. When I go to The Country Hams, all of the songs by Wings are listed under that name. A similar problem occurs with other artists as well, whether the songs are purchased or not. Nothing I did would fix the problem. I tried changing the tags in iTunes, re-syncing, and restoring the phone. Nothing. I synced the songs to my iPod, and the information was correct, so I know the problem is not with my iTunes Library or the tags. Eventually, I succumbed to downgrading back iOS 8.1.3, and restoring the phone. Everything's back to normal. The problem is 8.2. I hope this is fixed with the next update, otherwise I'll just have to stay with 8.1.3. This is very frustrating.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.2, 128gb

Posted on Mar 15, 2015 3:18 PM

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Mar 29, 2015 3:47 PM in response to michael151

Only fourfiveseconds should be displaying Rihanna, Paul McCartney & Kanye West. And all of the songs are purchased from the itunes store. I spoke with apple tech support over the phone but they weren't much help. I was instructed to conduct a restore but it failed to fix the issue. I guess I just have to wait for another update to be released because ios 8.2 is trash. 😟




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Mar 29, 2015 3:36 PM in response to nate89741

I've downgraded to the last version, 8.1.3. I refuse to upgrade again unless the next release fixes the problem. This is a major problem that Apple, at least publicly, has not addressed except to tell the employees at the Genius Bars that it's a problem with all of our phones. Seems coincidental that everyone who's upgraded has defective phones or doesn't know how to organize their libraries. I sincerely hope they fix this problem and not continue to act like we're all ignorant. I was the first person to post here about this, thinking it was just me, and I'm glad that other users like Luis, with his thread posted above, are giving voice to users with the same problem. The list is growing, Apple. Please read these threads, and fix this!

Mar 30, 2015 8:53 AM in response to nate89741

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iOS 8.2 music app displaying wrong artist for songs

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