[GH-ISSUE #313] Artists missing for a certain song when using get_watch_playlist() #243

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opened 2026-02-27 22:08:47 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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2026-02-27 22:08:47 +03:00

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Originally created by @RaduTek on GitHub (Oct 27, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/313

After running a playlist through some code I've made, I've found that a certain song does not return any artists.
The song in question is: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_GUaqxHWLks.
This issue happens outside of my code.

After running result = ytm.get_watch_playlist("_GUaqxHWLks") and outputting as JSON print(json.dumps(result, indent=2)) I get this: (trimmed unnecessary parts)

  "tracks": [
    {
      "videoId": "_GUaqxHWLks",
      "title": "Human Rights",
      "length": "6:04",
      "thumbnail": [...],
      "feedbackTokens": null,
      "likeStatus": null,
      "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV",
      "artists": [],
      "views": "61",
      "album": {
        "name": "Vocal Trance Club Hits Vol. 4",
        "id": "MPREb_YBKrMP6OhRV"
      },
      "year": "2008"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Notice how "artists": [] is empty. Meanwhile in YT Music, on the watch page the artist is displayed successfully, so it shouldn't be a backend issue or missing metadata on YT's side.

Originally created by @RaduTek on GitHub (Oct 27, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/313 After running a playlist through some code I've made, I've found that a certain song does not return any artists. The song in question is: [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_GUaqxHWLks](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_GUaqxHWLks). This issue happens outside of my code. After running `result = ytm.get_watch_playlist("_GUaqxHWLks")` and outputting as JSON `print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))` I get this: (trimmed unnecessary parts) ```{ "tracks": [ { "videoId": "_GUaqxHWLks", "title": "Human Rights", "length": "6:04", "thumbnail": [...], "feedbackTokens": null, "likeStatus": null, "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV", "artists": [], "views": "61", "album": { "name": "Vocal Trance Club Hits Vol. 4", "id": "MPREb_YBKrMP6OhRV" }, "year": "2008" }, ... ] } ``` Notice how `"artists": []` is empty. Meanwhile in YT Music, on the watch page the artist is displayed successfully, so it shouldn't be a backend issue or missing metadata on YT's side. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/52799099/198390858-ef9aa5a0-aac1-41e4-bcf0-7e964ed8bc88.png)

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@RaduTek commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2022):

To make it clear, all the code I've used to recreate the issue is:

import json
from ytmusicapi import YTMusic
ytm = YTMusic()
result = ytm.get_watch_playlist("_GUaqxHWLks")
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))

@RaduTek commented on GitHub (Oct 27, 2022): To make it clear, all the code I've used to recreate the issue is: ``` import json from ytmusicapi import YTMusic ytm = YTMusic() result = ytm.get_watch_playlist("_GUaqxHWLks") print(json.dumps(result, indent=2)) ```

kerem commented

2026-02-27 22:08:47 +03:00

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2022):

If you look at your screenshot, the data is not there on the YouTube Music frontend. It only shows the album. That's why there is no artist in the data.

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2022): If you look at your screenshot, the data is not there on the YouTube Music frontend. It only shows the album. That's why there is no artist in the data.

kerem commented

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@RaduTek commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2022):

I'm sorry, but there is. The album name is "Vocal Trance Club Hits Vol. 4", while the artist is "61 Rus". The thing is that the artist is not matched with an ID, as it's not clickable, but it is displayed both there and on the album page.

@RaduTek commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2022): I'm sorry, but there is. The album name is "Vocal Trance Club Hits Vol. 4", while the artist is "61 Rus". The thing is that the artist is not matched with an ID, as it's not clickable, but it is displayed both there and on the album page.

kerem commented

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@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2022):

Ah I see. This is a special case where the artist matches the regex used to detect view counts, and therefore a bug.

@sigma67 commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2022): Ah I see. This is a special case where the artist matches the regex used to detect view counts, and therefore a bug.

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[PR #243] [CLOSED] Fix issue #242 #586