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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 30, 2015 11:45 AM in response to michael151

Well, I finally figured it out after four months of digging! It's an issue with compilations. Go to iTunes and go to View: Column Browser: Show Column Browser. Then select 'compilations' from the column browser, select all songs, right click: get info, uncheck the compilation box. Unsync all of your music, re-sync and voilà! Hope this helps someone because this drove me CRAZY.

Jun 30, 2015 6:53 PM in response to mrmet2087

Just add to the chorus. Mine is all messed up too. Most music missing or mislabled and not showing up in order.


APPLE DON'T KILL IPOD CLASSIC TO FORCE US INTO THE MATCH MODEL ONLY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN!!! Access to our music library may seem like a lifestyle inconvenience to a programmer, but to a musician and producer who needs access to this on the go, it's like taking away the keyboard to your computer.


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Sep 6, 2015 12:54 PM in response to michael151

Why would anyone would want to use a service that not only "rearranges all of your records", but changes album artwork to boot?

I have had to weed through my music collection fixing info in iTunes, then deleting all files on my iPhone and resynching for the third time this year.

This is time consuming and a real pain.

I'm tired of surprises with software/system updates

iOS 8.2 music app displaying wrong artist for songs

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