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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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Jun 16, 2015 3:25 PM in response to MattChessell

When I first saw the issue it was back in March or April and it was after I downloaded the iOS 8.2. Is there 8.4 yet? My iPhone 5c is still at 8.3. Maybe the 8.4 will fix these issues? Songs that people downloaded several years ago show up wrong on their phones! One would think when you download a song that it should appear 100% accurate on the phone! Ugh hopefully they WILL fix it!


I tried many different ways.


I tried to manually delete my entire iTunes list from my iphone, refreshed the phone, then sync from computer to phone.


I also deleted my entire list from my phone then i manually added it back from my phone.


Someone suggested unchecking the sync music, then hit sync, then check the sync music then sync again, that didn't work.

Jun 21, 2015 7:47 PM in response to michael151

I'm having the same problem, and it's not just with purchased music from iTunes. I downloaded a free EP from bandcamp and the artist name is wrong. It should say KOAN Sound but it says KOAN Sound & Asa. Here's a screenshot:


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Actually, all of my KOAN Sound songs say KOAN Sound & Asa, whether they were purchased from iTunes or not. I have tons of songs with these problems, would love a fix soon...

iOS 8.2 music app displaying wrong artist for songs

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