Bought an album from itunes and put it on both my iphone and ipod. The album only plays on the ipod?

I recently bought a few albums from the itunes store and transferred them to both my iphone and my ipod nano. The songs play on itunes on my computer without a problem. The songs appear on my iphone but they won't play. They play fine on my nano. I didn't know if it's because I had it on 2 i-devices simultaneously so I took the albums off the nano and resync'd both devices. Still won't play on my iphone. I checked all the other albums I bought recently from the itunes store and it's the same issue. A friend suggested deauthorizing/reauthorizing my computer, but that didn't help either. Help?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try deleting the problematic tune (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option from the Quick Links section in the top right corner of the iTunes homepage in your iTunes application on your computer.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option at the bottom of the screen of the iTunes app on your iOS device.
If the problem re-occurs, select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History using your computer.

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