ITunes 11 [Songs view] - Sort on artist, then year

I just downloaded iTunes 11 and there seem to be some features missing compared to iTunes 10. One of the most important issues is that in the "Songs" view, I cannot seem to sort on (1) Artist and (2) Album year. It seems that iTunes is automatically sorting as (1) Artist, (2) Album name alphabetically. For example, for Norah Jones, first the album Little Broken Hearts (2012) is displayed, and after that the album Not Too Late (2007). Does anyone know if this can still be done in iTunes 11 or is the feature missing completely? Interestingly enough, in the "Albums" view, there is an option to sort by Artist, then Year (view --> view options).
Another issue, which I believe has been adressed in other topics as well, is the complete missing of albumart in the "Songs" view. Consequently, this was also the place in iTunes 10 where you could choose to sort on Arist/Year. I really hope that Apple puts this feature back in iTunes 11 as soon as possible.

Yep, I'm seeing the same thing.  Just downloaded iTunes 11 and now I can't sort albums by year in the "Artists" view.  I used to prefix all my album mp3 tag names with the year number to work around this, but removed it when Apple added the Artist/Year sort.  Now it's gone.  Yay!
A note: you can use the free mp3tag.de software to insert your year tag into your album titles using regular expressions.  If there doesn't seem to be any obvious solution to sorting by Artist/Album/Year in the next couple days, then I'll post here with some tips if anyone is interested.

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    Album by Artist/Year
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  • Sorting albums by artist then year

    I have a bunch of albums imported into my itunes but I have problems sorting them the way I want it.
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    How is that changed?

    Click on the Album column header. It will change to Album by Artist, then Album by Year.
    This will sort all the songs by Artist and then Year.

  • Is there a way to sort in iTunes 1st by artist then year?

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    This seems simple but I can't fine how to do this. Can anyone tell me how to do this if it is possible?
    HP   Windows XP  
    HP   Windows XP  
    HP   Windows XP  

    Sorry, but it's not possible.
    B-rock

  • How do I sort by Artist and Year?

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  • In songs view, sort by 'album' alone stopped working

    I normally prefer to view my songs in iTunes using the 'Songs' view, listing everything with the details shown. I'll usually set it to sort by 'Album'.
    Clicking on the 'Album' header used to give me options that I could cycle through, but suddenly it is stuck on sorting only by 'Album by Artist', and I no longer have the option to simply sort by 'Album' alone.
    I am unable to restore the ability to sort only by 'Album', have gone through all of the menu choices in how I view or sort my albums. Can anyone suggest a reason for this happening, and a way to fix it?
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    I've tried re-installing my iTunes software and searched throughout the forums and elsewhere without so far being able to determine how to resolve this difficulty.
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  • Artist then year of albums

    I reeeeeeeeeealy want to be able to have my Artists sorted alphebetically then the Albums of that artist to be listed by the year they were released. Instead it will only allow me to have the albums listed alphebetically too. Thats just dumb. I searched for 2 hours for a way to change that but theres nothing. Is there anyway for me to have the albums listed by the year they were released for each individual artist??

    .... yes, and then? Here I'll give an example:
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    LIKE THIS:
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  • With IOS 7, the coverflow screen sorts strictly by album title.  How do I get sorting by artist then by title, the way it was in IOS 6 and earlier?

    There seems to be no way in IOS 7 to see a list of the album titles for an artist.  The "coverflow" screen sorts just by album title, without regard for Artist, where in IOS 6 and before it sorted by artist (primary key) and then album title (secondary key).
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    The large text size makes your post almost impossible to read.
    Excessive use of bold or capitals (also) makes posts difficult to read.
    You can drag most of the column headings left or right, or right-click on the header to turn columns on or off.
    Once you've used File > Display Duplicates or Shift > File > Display Exact Duplicates you can use File > Display All or the Display All button at the bottom of the list to restore the display.
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  • ITunes Won't Sort Some Artists By Last Name

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  • Sorting by artist, then name.

    Is there any way to bypass iTunes's sorting of songs by album? I would very much like to sort my tracks alphabetically in order of artist, and then by name of the song.
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