Apple Music MacOS app grouping songs in wrong album in Ascending Year view only

In the "Artist" View, if you set it to Ascending Year view order, the songs are grouped into incorrect albums. For example, the first song on one album will be listed as the last song of another album etc.

Macbook Pro

Apple M1

macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

Apple Music 1.4.4.48

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on May 18, 2024 4:30 PM

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hullstar Author

Level 1

5 points

Jul 2, 2024 3:08 PM in response to hullstar

EDIT: This glitch only seems to happen with favorited artists. It can be removed by un-favoriting artists. Super irritating. Hope this is eventually addressed so I can favorite my favorite artists again.

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