Myspace has lost over 50 million photos, videos and songs uploaded to its platform from 2003-2015.
The social network, which was popular in the early 2000s, said that ‘any photos, videos and audio files you uploaded more than three years ago may no longer be available.’
The issue appears to have been caused by a server migration.
Myspace hosts some 53 million songs, with more than 14 million artists, most of them unsigned members of the website.
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 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.
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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.”
Many users have taken to Twitter to vent their frustrations.
One user called the news ‘heartbreaking’, while another added that it was a ‘piece of our youth gone forever.’
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