Odd Music app issue on iPhone - songs missing

[300bhp/ton]

So I've discovered an odd issue on my iPhone 6 Plus. I think it was introduced sometime since the new year as I received a brand new handset from Apple after a failed battery replacement. Since then I've restored my content to the phone a couple of times as I had a 'Handover' issue after the first restore.

So I don't know exactly when this problem occurred. But it is certainly over the past couple of months to a few weeks ago.

The phone is running the latest iOS.

I manage my music on my Mac via iTunes (latest OS X and iTunes versions).

I tick the sync music and select a playlist to sync.

The issue I've found is, song(s) that are on the playlist do not appear in Music app on the iPhone.

Steps I've taken:
-Remove all music from my phone via iTunes (Mac) sync
-Renamed the playlist on the Mac and confirmed a known missing song is on that list (and downloaded not streaming)
-Re-sync'd the music back to the iPhone

When I went into the Music app on the phone, the song I was looking for was not listed, nor the artist. The Music app search also didn't find it. Saying no results/matches.

If I went to the homescreen and swiped down and searched for the song name using the general Search function, it found it and clicking on it opened the song in Music app and played. The song now displays in the Music app and is now findable by the Music app search function.

I do not know how many songs are affected as the playlist has over 1700 songs on it. This particular song was one purchased via iTunes Store on the phone, so I would have thought it should have showed when searching in the Music app regardless, as I should just be able to re-download it anyway.


Has anyone else encountered this? My Googlefu skills seem to have failed to find much.

[littleredrooster]

Yep - my SE is exactly the same. Songs fail to appear either in the album listing or the search, but a search of the entire phone finds them.

I did the same as you - deleting the playlist and re-installing. Made no difference. I despair at iTunes sometimes all the time!

[A900ss]

It’s the reason I’ve switched from Apple Music back to Spotify. Gradually, all my playlists were shrinking on AM.