Anton Sugar
Member
You haven't actually explained the problem well, or at least this part: is it just the live tile or the music hub as well that fails to update with artist background?
Both the live tile and Music background. The actual album art loads on the artist tiles within the app, but the Music background and live tile don't.
EDIT: Yeah, just pinned an artist who normally has an artist portrait, to my Start screen, and the tile is just solid blue :-| Great.
EDIT: Ah, problem solved. For anyone else with the issue: http://forums.wpcentral.com/lumia-900/189620.htm
Here is what you need to do. I've had this issue on my HTC Trophy (1.5 gen) and now my Lumia 900...
You sort of have to 'jumpstart' the artist images. When listening to adele, tap the marketplace arrow on her artist page. This will present all the albums you could download for her. Tap on one of the albums and preview the song. It will force download the album art. After you see her image in the background, go back to listening to a song that is already on your device. You should see artwork in the background on the now playing page. It will also display the art on the live tile. Repeat this step for artists as necessary. Usually it's fixed after the first artist, but you may have to do it for others.