Artist names not showing up in local files

[gay_communist]

Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Device

Desktop PC

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

I have downloaded music on my computer that I listen to through Spotify. Some of the artist names show up in local files, but some of the artist names do not. The artists that do not show up are on Spotify. I have made sure that all the files have the artist name in the properties. Is there something I can do so the artist names will show up on Spotify?

[Elena]

Hey there @gay_communist!

Thanks for reaching out and welcome to the Community.

First, we'd recommend making sure the meta data of the files your uploading is correct and in case the artists name contain any special symbols you can try removing them.

It's also a good idea to perform a clean reinstall of the app (instead of a regular one). We'd recommend that you download the app from the Microsoft store.

Then, it will be a good idea to remove all the local files you've uploaded on the app and try syncing them again. It might be good to create new folders with the files and connect those.

Keep us in the loop here. We'll be here if you need us.

[osaru123]

I know I'm really late but in case anyone else is having this problem, you have to edit the properties so the main artist is under "Contributing artists" not "album artist" 

[Cozzie-]

this was a lifesaver thank you!
in case it's helpful to anyone else i'll add:
- Once you rename the file, move it out of the folder spotify uses for local files then back in so spotify registers the change. there may be a better way of doing this but that's the one i found!
- You can have the main artist written under "Contributing artists" and "Album artists" should you wish and it will still work

edit: after some time spotify did show the changes to the files naturally, but it duplicated them keeping the original files without the artist name so i still prefer removing them to clean up the folder. i can also confirm that in the tests i ran removing and re-adding the file did not remove it from any other playlists it was added to which is nice to know.