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Can't play an artist's discography on the desktop app

Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...

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szkill

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Issue : no volume control in spotify when exclusive mode is activated

Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...

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betterhalf

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Black Screen (June 15 2026 install)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...

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earthbound

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic troubleshooting Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows are...

Moderator

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Friend Activity Not Showing Up in Sidebar

PlanPremiumCountry Canada Operating SystemWindows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueOnce again, having issues with friend activity showing up on the sidebar - I know that a friend is playing music, but only her username (and none of her music) shows up on...

Newbie

Plan Premium Country  Canada     Operating System Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Once again, having issues with friend activity showing up on the sidebar - I kn...

Loxer

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Spotify broken?

Everytime I go on spotify and press play on a playlist/radio station/song, it skips through a load of songs without playing them before coming up with an error message saying "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer y...

Newbie

Everytime I go on spotify and press play on a playlist/radio station/song, it skips through a load of songs without playing them before coming up with an error message saying "Spotify can't play this...

Keanu_C

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Since which version of Spotify desktop app use the integration with Discord?

My Question or Issue What was the first version of the desktop app in add the function of show the current song playing as status of discord desktop app?

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  My Question or Issue   What was the first version of the desktop app in add the function of show the current song playing as status of discord desktop app?

Keanu_C

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No Friends Feed, Discover Weekly, or Radio

PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWin 10 My Question or IssueFor nearly two months, my Spotify hasn't show my friends feed. It just gives me the message "Hm, Friends Feed failed to load" and gives me a button to refresh, which doesn'...

Newbie

Plan Free/Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Win 10   My Question or Issue For nearly two months, my Spotify hasn't show my friends feed. It just gives me the message...

Loxer

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Follow button changed to heart button

This morning my artist page "Follow" button has turned into a heart button. It does the same thing as Follow did, but it's much harder to quickly see whether I'm following (hearting? liking?) an artist, since the button is very small and doesn't chan...

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  This morning my artist page "Follow" button has turned into a heart button. It does the same thing as Follow did, but it's much harder to quickly see whether I'm following (hearting? liking?)...

BuildaLife

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Stream Counter is not working

Country Germany Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Hi, I have my own music on spotify. The "Spotiy for Artists" app shows me, that I had streams the last 3 days, but the counter doesn't count anything. The number 19,499 isn't changing. N...

Casual Listener

Country  Germany   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   Hi,   I have my own music on spotify. The "Spotiy for Artists" app shows me, that I had stre...

Luke

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Why was the follow button removed from artist and album pages?

Country England (UK)DevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Why was the "Follow" button removed on artist and album pages? It seems odd that features people are used to and use frequently get removed; the same thing happened a few yea...

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  Country  England (UK) Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Why was the "Follow" button removed on artist and album pages? It seems odd that fea...

Sebasty

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Superuser Contribution [BUG] Desktop client unable to play next song after playing local file

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceDesktop PC running 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd (Windows Store version)Operating SystemWindows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 1713 My Question or Issue Recently I've been having an issue (past one or two months) where Spotify i...

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Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Desktop PC running 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd (Windows Store version) Operating System Windows 10 Version 10.0.17134 Build 1713   My Question ...

esskay94

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Auto-play not working

Auto-play is enabled, but Spotify won't play anything after the playlist ends!EDIT: Tried reinstalling Spotify, it didn't work. OS: Windows 10Spotify Free Version: 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9

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Auto-play is enabled, but Spotify won't play anything after the playlist ends! EDIT: Tried reinstalling Spotify, it didn't work.   OS: Windows 10 Spotify Free Version: 1.0.86.337.ga8d5c...

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No sound for playing music

PlanPremiumCountry United StatesDesktopWindows 10 My Question or Issue I just bought a PC yesterday, and I’ve been trying to listen to music, but everytime I play something the sound doesn’t work, and I know there is a ton of forums for this topic, b...

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  Plan Premium Country  United States Desktop Windows 10   My Question or Issue  I just bought a PC yesterday, and I’ve been trying to listen to music, but everytime I pl...

xSkylitDesire

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After updating windows 10 1803, spotify only show blank fragmant with nothing

PlanPremiumDeviceNew Surface ProOperating SystemWindows 10 1803 updateMy Question or Issue I updated windows 10 1803 this afternoon. Before this spotify works fine on my surface. After the update, I am not able to see the content when opening spotify...

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Plan Premium Device New Surface Pro Operating System Windows 10 1803 update My Question or Issue  I updated windows 10 1803 this afternoon. Before this spotify works fine on my surface. A...

javalberdi

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Shuffle Not Working

PlanPremiumCountry USADevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue On desktop, while looking at my Songs, i click the shuffle button and it turns green, but songs play by artist order. When I go to view the Queue, it's all in order by Arti...

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Plan Premium Country  USA Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue   On desktop, while looking at my Songs, i click the shuffle button and it turns green...

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Disabled playing local files but app still plays from local files -- and refuses to stream original

Premium, United States. Windows 10 64 bit, desktop computer. I initially had the "Local Files" preferenced turned on, so that Spotify could play my local files. However, I eventually turned this off. Over a year later, there are at least two songs th...

Casual Listener

  Premium, United States.   Windows 10 64 bit, desktop computer.   I initially had the "Local Files" preferenced turned on, so that Spotify could play my local files. However, I e...

Loxer

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Mixtapes and heart are gone

PlanFrom free to premiumCountryGermanyDeviceNexus 5x and DesktopOperating SystemAndroid Oreo and Windows 10My Question or IssueHey there!I joined spotify as a free user and tested it out a bit and really liked it! I had some mixtapes ready after addi...

Casual Listener

Plan From free to premium Country Germany Device Nexus 5x and Desktop Operating System Android Oreo and Windows 10 My Question or Issue Hey there! I joined spotify as a free user and t...

Loxer

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Superuser Contribution I shared a song link with my friend; now he is controlling my Spotify desktop

I shared a song link with my friend. He's now able to control all my music on my PC from his Surface laptop running windows 10, although he can't hear it. He can pause, play, change the current song, and . It's kind of funny but also a little freaky....

Casual Listener

I shared a song link with my friend. He's now able to control all my music on my PC from his Surface laptop running windows 10, although he can't hear it. He can pause, play, change the current song,...

SergioDavid

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Superuser Contribution Echo Show Song (Track) Title lags by ONE song

Anyone else have this issue?The song listed on the Echo Show is always one song behind what is actually playing... PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceEcho Show My Question or Issue

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Anyone else have this issue? The song listed on the Echo Show is always one song behind what is actually playing...     Plan Premium Country  USA Device Echo Show   &...

SergioDavid

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Superuser Contribution Is there any ideas for distortion free playback?

Hello Spotify Team & Community, first let me start with what I generally want from an operating system: I want NO mixer. I want to listen to Skype conversation OR Spotify music OR web-based videos, but NEVER mix those streams. I really wonder why all...

Gig Goer

  Hello Spotify Team & Community,   first let me start with what I generally want from an operating system: I want NO mixer. I want to listen to Skype conversation OR Spotify music O...

SergioDavid

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Song duplicated in queue

PlanPremiumCountry AmericaDevicePCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My issue is a wierd one. When I listen to a playlist, the queue will automatically add the current song to the playlist. The issue here is that it is always placed at t...

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Plan Premium Country  America Device PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My issue is a wierd one. When I listen to a playlist, the queue will automatically...

Loxer

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Friend feed not showing

I am using spotify version 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 for my desktop running Windows 10-64 bit Pro. I am not able to get friend feed. What should I do? This problem started occuring in 1.0.85 too. I was using earlier 1.0.83 I guess and everything was fine.

Roadie

I am using spotify version 1.0.86.337.ga8d5cef9 for my desktop running Windows 10-64 bit Pro. I am not able to get friend feed. What should I do? This problem started occuring in 1.0.85 too. I was us...

Loxer

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Queue confusion

What I REALLY want to do is play one song. That's it. Choose a song and play it. Too much to ask? A bizarre request? Well, not to me.Someone advised right-clicking to "Add to Queue". Ok - then what? Where is this "Queue"?For a world-conquering outfit...

Music Fan

What I REALLY want to do is play one song. That's it. Choose a song and play it. Too much to ask? A bizarre request? Well, not to me. Someone advised right-clicking to "Add to Queue". Ok - then what...

Loxer

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