Sorting Albums with Songs Released in Multiple Years

Question

I noticed recently that my Apple Music has started sorting albums with songs from different years strangely. In the past, it would sort the album by the most recent year, which I prefer. Now, it appears to be sorting albums by the earliest year.

The specific example I noticed this with is Lady Gaga's "Mayhem" album. Several singles from it were released in 2024, but the album itself came out in 2025. Up until recently, Apple Music had sorted the album as 2025, but today it was sorted as 2024. Changing the release year for all songs to 2025 fixed the problem, but I'd rather each individual track have its own release info.

Has anyone else noticed this? Did a setting get changed somewhere?

Posted Aug 5, 2025, 10:09 PM UTC

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