Apple Music Popular Track stars gone from Apple Music?

[codeeater]

Is it just me or have the star outlines, marking popular tracks in albums, disappeared from Apple Music?

I no longer see them in MacOS music app and in the web version... I do see them on my iPhone though.

 

[codeeater]

Come on, no one?

 

[BrianBaughn]

It's just you, I guess. I see them in the Apple Music app (macOS 12.2.1).

 

[codeeater]

Damn. I tested this in an incognito Chrome window, not even logged into Apple Music. So how could it be only me I wonder?
Could it be related to region? Only broken in German Apple Music? Any other users from Germany here?

I need to try through VPN. I cannot switch to US Apple Music (even not logged in) currently.

 

[211]

I can see the stars in the Music app on macOS Monterey. UK here.

 

[codeeater]

I can see the stars in the Music app on macOS Monterey. UK here.

Thanks 211! Interesting... I wonder if this "popular track" information is sourced from regional data anyway, or if users across regions have seen the same hot tracks in the past.
Maybe this changed recently and Germany has not collected enough data yet to provide this information...

Still confused and waiting for feedback from another German region user.

 

[codeeater]

Could we compare screens? I just picked a popular album - Pet Sounds - where I'm sure, that hot tracks should exist. This is from private Safari session (none - but there used to be markers) and from my iPhone (1 and 8 marked).

 

[211]

Maybe you need to sign into Apple Music on macOS for the stars to appear?

 

[codeeater]

It's the same in logged in state - in Music app on MacOS and in Safari.
I also tried logging in and out - on several Macbooks - in Music app. No luck.

I was just posting the example from not-logged-in state, because in the past even there the markers appeared.

 

[BrianBaughn]

I see the stars in the Apple Music app but not when I go to beta.music.apple.com.

USA

 

[codeeater]

In case anyone is interested: the stars have re-appeared recently - but I cannot pinpoint to a specific release or point in time. They are just back. I was in touch with Apple Support about this - they had no clue what I was talking about or why this was happening - after that, they never got back to me about solutions.

 

[darngooddesign]

Show Star Ratings is in Preferences. You wont see them on your phone unless you long press on a song and select "Show Ratings" from the menu.

 

[codeeater]

User star ratings != popular tracks marked with stars in Apple Music.

 

[peneaux]

Show Star Ratings is in Preferences. You wont see them on your phone unless you long press on a song and select "Show Ratings" from the menu.


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Mine does not show Star Ratings. I have plenty of songs rated though.

Any tip on how to enable it?

 

[darngooddesign]

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[peneaux]

I was checking and the only way to show stars now is when you see your library in SONG LIST. Not when you click on an album, which is annoying.

 

[darngooddesign]

I was checking and the only way to show stars now is when you see your library in SONG LIST. Not when you click on an album, which is annoying.

I'm not sure what's going on, but do I see them in both Album and Artist view.

 

[peneaux]

No option to enable STAR RATINGS.

Songs are rated in list view.

Does not show in ALBUM VIEW.