Same artists keep ending up under "Recommended artists" even after I follow them multiple times

[Travelguy36]

Plan

Premium

Country

Serbia

Device

Huawei P10 Lite

Operating System

Android version 8.0.0

My Question or Issue

Is there any reason why the same artists keep ending up under "Recommended artists" even after I follow them multiple times?  What happens is I will follow a band, let's says "The 6ths" and later, close out of spoify.  When I open the app again they will be back under "Recommended artists".

I have 5450 liked tracks and 1240 followed artists on version Spotify 8.5.87.921 for my Huawei P10 Lite.

The following artists keep ending up under "Recommended artists": The 6ths, Pan American, SBB, Hood, The Belinda Butchers, Broken little sister, Paul Van Dyk, The Edgar Winter Group, Bob Dylan, My Violaine Morning, Curve, Meniscus, Readymade, Arab Strap, Propagandi, Frank Zappa, Vidulgi OogoO, Wild Nothing, Labradford, And I watched you from afar, Swingin' Utters, Henry Cow, Tanukichan, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Lymbyc System, Ben Frost, The Zephyrs, 5ive style, Savage Republic, Aphew Twin, Peter Gabriel, Vello Leaf, An autumn for crippled children, The best pessimist, Amusement parks on fire, Sigur Ros, The Mars volta, Bob Weir, Throw me the statue, Broken Social scene, pg.lost, Jega, Malory, Bowery Electric, Memory Tapes, Simon and Garfunkel, The Deviants, Autechre, Univers Zero, Kimrock, Burning House, Millencolin, Death by stereo, Gastr del sol, Downset, The Magnetic fields, Outputmessage, I am no hero, Yes, Cepia, Slowdive, Rodan, Clearlight, Lanterna, The outlaws, Pennywise, Our last hope lost hope, Rancid, Yndi halda, The Paul Butterfield Blues band, Ellis the vacuumchild, The war on drugs, Blackhearted brother, Galaxie 500, Cemeteries, and Carlos Santana.

Every. Single. Time. I close out of Spotify and open it back up again I have to follow these bands and artists again and quite frankly I find it obnoxious and grow tired of it.

I have version 8.5.87.921 but I am seriously considering NOT paying for the premium subscription anymore if this continues. 

I have tried many, if not all of the generic fixes like restarting my phone, turning off my phone and turning it back on again, uninstalling and reinstalling Spotify, signing out and signing back into spotify, tried my account on 3 different devices including a Samsung Tablet and etc.  I only use this on my Android device but for the interest of seeing if this was just limited to my device, I tested this on my tablet and my gfs phone with my account and had the same issue with the same artists.

I would like a real fix to this issue because it is annoying and I have noticed topics dating back to 2013 or 2014 about this very thing.

[Ver]

Hey @Travelguy36,

Thanks for getting in touch with us and welcome to the Community 🙂

It sounds like this could be an account-related issue. Could you try creating a new account here? Are there any changes?

If the issue doesn't occur with the new account, you can give these steps a go and transfer your music. That way you can enjoy your favorite jams on the other account as well.

Keep us in the loop! If you have questions, we are here for you.

[Travelguy36]

Can I transfer all of the artists I FOLLOW to my new account with the click of a button? (I follow 1200+ artists).

[Ver]

Hey @Travelguy36,

Thanks for getting back to us 🙂

Currently there is no option to transfer the artists you are following. If the issue persists, in this case you could have these recommendations because there is a limit for artist and profiles that you can follow- 1000.

We always strive to improve our app and the experience with it. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us and will make sure to pass it on to the right team. 

If you have questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We'll be happy to help.

[Travelguy36]

If you want to improve your app then find a solution to this problem that has been ongoing for 7+ years.  The issue of followed artists becoming unfollowed and/or followed artists ending up under "Recommended artists" again and again.

The issue is on your end, why should the consumer have to do all the work to possibly find a solution?   And the "fix" you offer is not even a solution, but possible one that may or may not work...

If my artists are becoming unfollowed why do I have to create a new account and do the work to follow everyone again? 

[Travelguy36]

"Currently there is no option to transfer the artists you are following. If the issue persists, in this case you could have these recommendations because there is a limit for artist and profiles that you can follow- 1000."

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So why then, when I unfollow 5 artists to test this out and then follow 5 other artists under "Recommended artists" that I have tried to follow countless times in the past, do the 5 new ones still end up under "recommended artists again and again?? Hm?  And now you want me to make a new account and take the time and effort to follow AGAIN 1000+ artists as the solution?  Come on.

[Travelguy36]

Bump

(issue not solved yet)

[DirtyDanASDF]

Maybe try removing those artists from your artists list. I don't think leaving Spotify does anything to help but maybe this will