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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Embedded songs only plays preview. How to play entire song?

I'm trying to get an entire song to play on a blog by the given embed code, but when I embed the song, it only plays the 30 second preview. I have an account, and I'm logged in. Why is it not playing the entire song on the site the song is embedded o...

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  • I'm trying to get an entire song to play on a blog by the given embed code, but when I embed the song, it only plays the 30 second preview. I have an account, and I'm logged in. Why is it n...
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Top Artists

This is only recent but why do artists from playlists you've listened to show up in your top artists now? They used to only show up there if you listened to their music through their artist page. I also have 'show top artists' unchecked in my setting...

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  • This is only recent but why do artists from playlists you've listened to show up in your top artists now? They used to only show up there if you listened to their music through their artist page. I a...
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Solved!! Playlist time/length removed/missing?

I just noticed while creating a new playlist that the feature that showed the total playtime/length of the playlist is gone.. I used this feature frequently to create time specific lists.. A 1 hour workout playlist, A 3 hour roadtrip playlist, 45 min...

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  • I just noticed while creating a new playlist that the feature that showed the total playtime/length of the playlist is gone.. I used this feature frequently to create time specific lists.. A 1 hour w...
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Tan ki shakti man ki shakti bournvita

Tan ki shakti man ki shakti bournvitaTan ki shakti man ki shakti bournvita

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Ambuja cement sasta nhi sabse acha .....lol

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Playlist followers

Does anybody else have the impression that the follower count for official playlists isn't working, i.e. new followers aren't shown?

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  • Does anybody else have the impression that the follower count for official playlists isn't working, i.e. new followers aren't shown?
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How do I sort my playlists?

Is there an option any where to sort all of my playlists? I want to selectively order them. Seems like it should be easier to find an option in Spotify.

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  • Is there an option any where to sort all of my playlists? I want to selectively order them. Seems like it should be easier to find an option in Spotify.
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Friend activity not displayed

Until today I have 5 friends in Spotify whos activities are shown in the friend activity feed. Now I have added 2 more friends but i cant see them in the friend activity feed?!? Does anybody know a solution for that?

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  • Until today I have 5 friends in Spotify whos activities are shown in the friend activity feed. Now I have added 2 more friends but i cant see them in the friend activity feed?!?   Does anybody...
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offline

my spotify app on my mac pro says it's 'offline' even though i'm connected to a wifi network and my internet is working. i've quit the app and reopened multiple times with no change. i tried to delete the app and redownload, but when i drag it over t...

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  • my spotify app on my mac pro says it's 'offline' even though i'm connected to a wifi network and my internet is working. i've quit the app and reopened multiple times with no change. i tried to delet...
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Downloading Songs library

I have a question: why am I allowed to make my Songs library on my phone offline but not on my PC?

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  • I have a question: why am I allowed to make my Songs library on my phone offline but not on my PC? 
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Web Player (Firefox) - unknown device messing with controls / app

Hi there,I have a very strange (and disapointing) issue here. Os: macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)Hardware: MacBook Pro-13, 3.1Ghz, 8Go LPDDR3Plan: Premium (recently upgraded to Family plan, but already had this issue before)Client: MacOS Desktop app, V 1...

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  • Hi there, I have a very strange (and disapointing) issue here.   Os: macOS High Sierra (10.13.3) Hardware: MacBook Pro-13, 3.1Ghz, 8Go LPDDR3 Plan: Premium (recently upgraded to Family plan...
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Search is biased

Typing "digital" in the search field gives as a top (and only) result artist "Digitalism", and the actual artist called "Digital" which I'm searching for is not even in the songs list. Same thing with "spirit": top result is "Spiritualized" instead o...

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  • Typing "digital" in the search field gives as a top (and only) result artist "Digitalism", and the actual artist called "Digital" which I'm searching for is not even in the songs list. Same thin...
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Spotify desktop launch music alone!!!

My spotify desktop launch music alone since a few weeks. It plays music I don’t want to listen, especially in moments I don’t want to listen music. Sometime it happens also on the Spotify app on my iphone. What the **bleep**’s going on? Moreover it i...

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  • My spotify desktop launch music alone since a few weeks. It plays music I don’t want to listen, especially in moments I don’t want to listen music. Sometime it happens also on the Spotify app on my i...
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Local Files - Will Not Display All Files

Hi there - I'm trying to import to a personal playlist some music from my iTunes folder that does not exist on the Spotify server. There are approximately 22,000 files in my iTunes folder (but I'm only after a small number of items). When I select th...

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  • Hi there - I'm trying to import to a personal playlist some music from my iTunes folder that does not exist on the Spotify server.  There are approximately 22,000 files in my iTunes folder (but ...
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Playlists not showing up in drop down menu

When you right click and go to add to playlist, its only ever comes up with just "create a new playlist" or maybe two of the dozens of playlists I have - it wont even let me drag the song into the playlist either. please help.

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  • When you right click and go to add to playlist, its only ever comes up with just "create a new playlist" or maybe two of the dozens of playlists I have - it wont even let me drag the song into the pl...
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playlist exchange

I've been trying to submit one of my playlists on the playlist exchange, but I keep on getting the message, "You must provide a valid Spotify URI **bleep**", and this happens for every single one of my playlists, can anyone help with this? Thanks!Spo...

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  • I've been trying to submit one of my playlists on the playlist exchange, but I keep on getting the message, "You must provide a valid Spotify URI **bleep**", and this happens for every single one of ...
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Desktop App Disappeared - App will not reinstall

Spotify Desktop App for Mac disappeared without my help and now when ttrying to install the app again it gets hung-up at the end and will not complete. Anyone else experiencing this?

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  • Spotify Desktop App for Mac disappeared without my help and now when ttrying to install the app again it gets hung-up at the end and will not complete.  Anyone else experiencing this? 
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Upper Display in Playlists is missing

Brief description of the issue: I cannot see anything in the top of the listing of any listing of album or playlist. See screenshot below.Steps to reproduce the issue: It just occurs. Basically after I click on a Playlist and I see the screen below. ...

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  • Brief description of the issue: I cannot see anything in the top of the listing of any listing of album or playlist. See screenshot below. Steps to reproduce the issue: It just occurs. Basically aft...
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Solved!! Can an entire playlist be duplicated or copied and re-named?

I have a "private" playlist that I've previously shared with a friend (via email w Spotify by attaching link/url)Now I no longer want this friend to be able to access my playlist, but I don't want to delete the entire playlist. Is there a way to dupl...

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  • I have a "private" playlist that I've previously shared with a friend (via email w Spotify by attaching link/url) Now I no longer want this friend to be able to access my playlist, but I don't want ...
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