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New Feature To Try On Desktop: Quick Search Shortcuts

Hey folks, The Spotify team is always working to make the software as simple as possible for everyone to use, and for those of you who like to save a bit of time by using keyboard shortcuts, there's a very convenient trick that you may not have notic...

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Superuser Contribution 80s Top 10 Songs Not on Spotify

With the arrival of Def Leppard, that leaves Peter Gabriel as the only major 80s pop artist to still hold out on putting his back catalog on Spotify (and since he has acted like a tremendous douche on the subject, I doubt we'll see him cave anytime s...

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  • With the arrival of Def Leppard, that leaves Peter Gabriel as the only major 80s pop artist to still hold out on putting his back catalog on Spotify (and since he has acted like a tremendous douche o...
  • Jameshagan75
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Make Spotify show songs/playlists from my country more?

PlanPremiumCountrySerbiaDeviceAnyOperating SystemAny My Question or IssueI want to discover new releases and trending songs/playlists from my region. How do I make Spotify be more location specific, show content from my region more? It's just mostly ...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...e more location specific, show content from my region more? It's just mostly Western and foreign songs in Search. In Home it's just based on what I listen to, not what's generally popular or new from i...
  • SWGHL
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Who manages the profiles of dead artists on Spotify?

Case a) The artist died less than 70 years ago (say, John Lennon): so I asume that the righholders claimed their profile: family (or a person delegated by the family), or the label (in case there is only one). Case b) The artist is in Public Domain (...

  • Roadie
  • ...s only one).   Case b) The artist is in Public Domain (typically year of death +70, say Beethoven, Chopin, Bach or Scott Joplin). Nobody has the exclusive, natural right to administrate the p...
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Superuser Contribution Every Podcast episode marked played showing never started in Listening History

PlanFamily premiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone 14Operating SystemIOS 17.6.1My Question or IssueUsually, after an episode is finished, it gets marked as played with the green check mark, same in listening history. However, recently when I click on...

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  • Plan Family premium Country United States Device iPhone 14 Operating System IOS 17.6.1 My Question or Issue Usually, after an episode is finished, it gets marked as played with the green che...
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Superuser Contribution Issues with Recommendations and Playlist Functionality – Support Needed

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceSamsung S10+Operating SystemLatest Issues & Recommendations Hi,I have a few issues I'd like to address and some ideas for improvements.**Issues:**1. Recommending albums or podcasts after I've already pressed "not interested...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Samsung S10+ Operating System Latest   Issues & Recommendations   Hi, I have a few issues I'd like to address and some ideas for improve...
  • Maria
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I need better recommendation system

Need a better recommendation system depending on the time in the day, in the morning I tend to listen something refreshing, energising and at night I tend to listen something relaxing peaceful. But still the recommendations are mismatched and I have ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Need a better recommendation system depending on the time in the day, in the morning I tend to listen something refreshing, energising and at night I tend to listen something relaxing peaceful. But s...
  • osornios
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Since moving to another country, I've lost access to several albums

I recently relocated to another country and noticed that I've lost access to several Brazilian music albums that I used to enjoy regularly. I believe this may be related to regional availability of content.Could you kindly let me know if there's any ...

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  • I recently relocated to another country and noticed that I've lost access to several Brazilian music albums that I used to enjoy regularly. I believe this may be related to regional availability of content...
  • osornios
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Playback speed on music

I know the app has adjustable playback speed on podcast but could we look into getting it for music as well? As someone who is trying to learn the drums on my own, it would be nice to be able to slow down songs will practicing.

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  • I know the app has adjustable playback speed on podcast but could we look into getting it for music as well? As someone who is trying to learn the drums on my own, it would be nice to be able to slow...
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Superuser Contribution Recently played and listening activity

I noticed a friends recently played artists will glitch and update with 20 new artists but their listening history does not update at all. Why does this happen?

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  • I noticed a friends recently played artists will glitch and update with 20 new artists but their listening history does not update at all. Why does this happen?
  • AlejaR
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Superuser Contribution Ads in podcasts (not read by podcaster) despite premium account.

I've had a premium subscription for years now. But when listening to podcasts I get ads injected, by Spotify, why is this? (I know they come from spotify because if my VPN is set to my home country there are no ads, while e.g if set to Norway I get N...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've had a premium subscription for years now.  But when listening to podcasts I get ads injected, by Spotify, why is this?  (I know they come from spotify because if my VPN is set to my ho...
  • evalenablom1
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Superuser Contribution Same location different results

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhen I search for certain songs on my account the results are 'unavailable'. But if I search ...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue When I ...
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I can't listen to specific song on Spotify.

There is a specific song by José José that all my friends in Mexico can listen to and I can't. They send me the link and when I click it, the song does not appear. Why can't I listen to it?

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  • There is a specific song by José José that all my friends in Mexico can listen to and I can't. They send me the link and when I click it, the song does not appear. Why can't I listen to it?
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Solved!! Step Up: Movie Soundtrack

Does anyone know why the soundtracks for the first "Step Up" movie aren't available on Spotify like the sequels?

  • Casual Listener
  • Does anyone know why the soundtracks for the first "Step Up" movie aren't available on Spotify like the sequels?
  • Amayy
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Superuser Contribution Why are all(?) the audiobooks suddenly only available as samples?

All of the audio books I have looked at today are only available as samples even though it says they are available in premium and I have premium. Is this a bug? There is no way to pay for them either and it doesn't have the locked icon on it so it le...

  • Visitor
  • All of the audio books I have looked at today are only available as samples even though it says they are available in premium and I have premium. Is this a bug? There is no way to pay for them either...
  • Missbliss13
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Some Songs Which Are Not On Spotify

Why are some songs not on Spotify? I could not add "ISA - Bomb" and "Steerner & Kavela - Horizon ft. Matthew Steeper" because I could not find these songs on Spotify.

  • Newbie
  • Why are some songs not on Spotify? I could not add "ISA - Bomb" and "Steerner & Kavela - Horizon ft. Matthew Steeper" because I could not find these songs on Spotify.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Hiding song on queue (dislike) does not work, song is not removed from queue.

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceiPhoneOperating SystemiOS My Question or Issue Hi there!Please help me hide songs that I disliked... Minus sign in circle icon does not prevent songs from being played again... disliked songs are still in my queue. What ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device iPhone Operating System iOS   My Question or Issue   Hi there! Please help me hide songs that I disliked... Minus sign in circle icon does n...
  • seanhara11
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Superuser Contribution i had a pop up but i accidentally closed it

i opened the app and there was this cool interactive game but i accidentally dismissed it without thinking. i didn't get a chance to see what its asking and i cant find it anywhere. how do i get it to pop up again?

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  • i opened the app and there was this cool interactive game but i accidentally dismissed it without thinking. i didn't get a chance to see what its asking and i cant find it anywhere. how do i get it t...
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Superuser Contribution 404s and heartbreaks student

Hello, I'm trying to get premium student, once I follow the steps in "get premium student" step 1 fill out the sheerID verification form goes to 404 page. Also I tried in safari and chrome in private window I got the same issue. besides my phone I tr...

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  • Hello, I'm trying to get premium student, once I follow the steps in "get premium student" step 1 fill out the sheerID verification form goes to 404 page.  Also I tried in safari and chrome in ...
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Superuser Contribution How does Spotify Blend affect my own algorithm?

I've just recently started using Spotify Blend with a group of 5 people. We all have very different taste in music, which is interesting, and I do want to listen to their music--within the context of Blend, that is. I am curious if & how listening to...

  • Casual Listener
  • ...ersonalized content (such as my Discover Weekly).   It seems to me that if using Blend does impact each person's algorithm, our music suggestions/contributions to Blend will actually become h...
  • Maria
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Username Search & "Songs" tab of Search Bar

I would like to better understand how the "Songs" tab of Spotify Search Bar are populated when specific Usernames are searched. I understand there could be a combination of factors that contribute to this such as a user's Artist profiles, Ai, algorit...

  • Newbie
  • ...ndividual and would like to better understand how this content is populated relative to the data the individual has authorized their account to share with Spotify. Is the technology behind this public...
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