MySpace loses millions of songs, photos and videos uploaded before 2015

The early social network MySpace has apologised after admitting to losing music uploaded to the site since its founding in 2003 until 2015.
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Bonnie Christian18 March 2019

The MySpace social networking site has admitted it has lost millions of pieces of content uploaded before 2015.

The once leading social network, founded in 2003, has apologised after they confirmed millions of songs, photos and videos were lost and are unrecoverable.

In an announcement to users, the Californian company said "any photos, videos and audio files you uploaded more than three years ago may no longer be available" following a server migration.

Myspace hosts 53 million songs, with more than 14 million artists, most of them who are unsigned and use the website.

Lily Allen was a member of the "MySpace Generation" propelled to fame with the help of the social network.
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The exact number of tracks lost is unclear but people still using the site fear breakout tracks from artists in their early years have been lost forever.

Myspace was a favourite among teenagers in the early 2000s, serving as a career-starting platform for artists including Lily Allen, Calvin Harris and the Arctic Monkeys before it eventually fell behind the likes of Facebook.

At its height, Myspace was among the most viewed websites in the world, overtaking Google in June 2006 as the most visited in the US.

Despite waning popularity, Myspace has continued to exist as a music-focused social network for new and established musicians.

MySpace was a career-starting platform for artists including Calvin Harris.
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"As a result of a server migration project, any photos, videos, and audio files you uploaded more than three years ago may no longer be available on or from Myspace," the company wrote on its homepage.

"We apologise for the inconvenience."

Users on discussion website Reddit have complained about being unable to play music on Myspace for some time.

"About a year ago, all music on MySpace from 2015 and older stopped working," one user claimed.

"At first MySpace said they were working on the issue, but they eventually admitted they lost all the data (and apparently didn't have backups?)"

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