Songs I had in my playlists are now grey out and say "No longer available"!

[katantona]

Plan

Premium

Country

Device

(iPhone 8 plus and PC)

Operating System

(iOS 16.6 and Windows 10)

My Question or Issue

The last 20 days songs have started being unavailable in my playlists. Initially was one song only and now they increase.

They appear as grey out both in iOS and PC and in iOS when I try to play I get an error message "the song is no longer available".

How is this even possible? When I go to the artists album the majority of the songs have became grey out/unavailable except one so it is not an issue of copyrights or something like that.

Please help

   

[Maxim]

Hey @katantona,

Thanks for coming to the Community.

Can you share the link to one of the albums? I'll be happy to check the global availability for you 🙂

[katantona]

Hi Maxim,

Thanks for the reply

One of the links is this

https://open.spotify.com/album/7i9uUXyp0IdIDfQdGoGkHg?si=RqDTvG4OSTqX2UZoxKz06g

With the exception of song 2 "I Endekati Entoli" all others were previously available and now have been greyed out and unavailable.

Also this album

https://open.spotify.com/album/3CAzk4BbYc0eOhkX8UhtFJ?si=doO2PuFhRPWAU3p3MQJc4A

Songs 8 and 13 are no longer available although until early August were playing normally. The rest of the album though is accessible.

These are some of the songs/albums. It had started happening in various others.

Thanks in advance

[Maxim · Accepted solution]

Hey @katantona,

Thanks for sharing the links.

Spotify wants all the world’s music on their platform, but some artists and tracks are currently not available (or are available in one country and not in another).

Reasons for this vary: Agreements with artists or labels may be ongoing or can’t be reached, or ownership of rights can change hands.

Thousands of albums and artists are added to Spotify every day. If you can’t find something you’re looking for now, it may appear (or reappear) soon!