Artist column iTunes doesn't show artists

Hi
Ive been trying to fix this problem for months and now ive had enough about it.
All my music is *set as a complication* and therefor I can IGNORE that on my iPod classic so I can use the artist menu to see all artists separately.
The cover flow also works exellent on the iPod because everything is a complication.
In my iTunes it's different. I can't "ignore" the complication setting which means that the Artist column is not showing the artists separately like on the ipod.
Also in iTunes, the cover flow shows all covers separately for all songs.
(the cover flow isn't so important to me in iTunes, but still why doesn't it show 1 same cover for all songs from the same album? everything is set as a complication)
The internet is spread with problems like these.
Can anybody please tell me how to do it. No websites please...
I already thank everybody
Message was edited by: Sanomi

iTunes changed the location of the *Group compilations when browsing* option a few builds ago from the Preferences dialog box to the View menu. Select the column browser view and then open the *View > Column Browser* menu and experiment with the options to *Group Compilations* and *Use Album Artists* until you get the display you want.
If you sort the library as *Album by Album* artist then Cover Flow should resolve into a single image for each album, but if you sort on, say Artist, then you get the artists listed in order and a new cover each time the album changes, so you may well get repeats.
I know you said no websites, but if you want to be able to organise your albums without making everything into compilations, take a look at http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp - I've posted the same information on here before, but I can update that site whereas I can't update my older posts here.
tt2

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