Artist Background

[Anonymous]

alright i know this is gonna be one inane question, but i am sort of tired of figuring out a way to put the artist artwork on my music files. only way i found through google was this third party app MPATool. but i just wanted to know if there was some other way to do it without a third party app. xbox music app won't update the artist background, i tried wmp, itunes, zune player but i can't seem to find any option to add an artist image, and apparently album art doesn't work on background, it would only show the artist background and since i can't find any, it is ugly grey in the whole xbox music app, is so annoying!

 

[amitnahar]

So that means there is no way to bring artist background if anyone lives in India.
Sent from my Lumia.

 

[Pranjal Rai]

So that means there is no way to bring artist background if anyone lives in India.
Sent from my Lumia.

That means there is no way to get artist images no matter you live anywhere in the world. Once again, Microsoft managed to **** it up.

 

[amitnahar]

That means there is no way to get artist images no matter you live anywhere in the world. Once again, Microsoft managed to **** it up.

I seriously want to throw my phone at wall.

 

[Nizam95]

To add album artwork just use tag editor.. On WP store of course

 

[Hugo Fernandes1]

I give up dudes.
I already have tried all... Tag editor, add to collection, and nothing works...
Why Microsoft, why so bad app :'c

 

[Pranjal Rai]

HEY Y'ALL! I'VE FOUND A FIX

Now that I've got your attention, do this.
1. Search the artist in the store using your phone.
2. Put any song on streaming by tapping the album.
3. Tap on the bottom 3 dots (...) in the now playing screen, and at the very bottom, there is an option of add to collection.

Enjoy!

 

[Sam Welsey]

apparently there is no add to collection option. i am on lumia black, xbox music. only options are smart dj, share, more in store, save as playlist.

does this trick only work on 8.1?

 

[Sam Welsey]

i can't find the option to add to my collection, lumia black!

 

[Sam Welsey]

To add album artwork just use tag editor.. On WP store of course

we are definitely talking about the artist artwork for the background image! album artwork is a piece of cake even wmp can do the job

 

[Pranjal Rai]

i can't find the option to add to my collection, lumia black!

Yes, the option is only available on wp8.1 sorry.

 

[Sam Welsey]

Yes, the option is only available on wp8.1 sorry.

ok that is a bummer. how about the mpatool app, does it still work on 8.1?

 

[colinkiama]

apparently there is no add to collection option. i am on lumia black, xbox music. only options are smart dj, share, more in store, save as playlist.

does this trick only work on 8.1?

yes

 

[colinkiama]

Here is the fix. Search for the artist in the store. Add one of their songs to your collection. Check the artist on your phone. You should have a Background now. After that delete the song you added to the collection. Repeat this for every artist in your collection and you will get an artist background for your songs. It should be less frustrating now that xbox music has been updated today.

This trick only works with windows phone 8.1?. 8 users should just use the default music app. Doesn't mpa tool work with 8.0?

 

[Pranjal Rai]

ok that is a bummer. how about the mpatool app, does it still work on 8.1?

Nope, but this is much better.

 

[Ashalinia]

Mpatool works for me even on 8.1 when I change the artist image and then turn the artist lock screen image off and on again.

 

[naveen felix]

Mpatool works for me even on 8.1 when I change the artist image and then turn the artist lock screen image off and on again.

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How so..?? It's not working for me.tried a couple of times....!!

 

[Ashalinia]

How so..?? It's not working for me.tried a couple of times....!!

I just imported my music from my PC, downloaded Mpatool, added images from one of the sources/deleted the dummy file, and went to Settings > Lock Screen > Show artist when playing music and turned that off and then on again.

Worked for me

 

[Nizam95]

I just imported my music from my PC, downloaded Mpatool, added images from one of the sources/deleted the dummy file, and went to Settings > Lock Screen > Show artist when playing music and turned that off and then on again.

Worked for me

Wow it works!! Thanks dude. It also found my long lost artist lock screen that I add when I'm on 8

 

[naveen felix]

I just imported my music from my PC, downloaded Mpatool, added images from one of the sources/deleted the dummy file, and went to Settings > Lock Screen > Show artist when playing music and turned that off and then on again.

Worked for me

Thank you mate.tried it a couple of times & nw it's working ....!

 

[Ashalinia]

No problem guys, glad you got it to work! :smile: