Artist name fail in iTunes 8

hello
since I downloaded iTunes 8, I have the following problem
in the main library, artist names are dissapeared, there is only one:
Collections.
When I change some albums in no collection instead of yes,
then iTunes separates every song from eachother, also within one album.
This means that it uses an unbelievable big list of songs because every song uses a lot of space because of the albumillustrations.
So there are two options:
with collections, there are no artist to sort fast
without collections, itunes uses very long lists (I have over 95GB music listed in itunes)
I didn't had this problem in uTunes 7, there everything was collection, so every album uses one album illustration, and the lists are short. Besides that I also had a long list of artists in main library.
Is this is bug in iTunes 8??

Hey there,
One thing you should check is to make sure the album is not listed as a compilation. To do this, highlight the all the songs from the album and right->click +Get Info+ from the Menu. When the window pops up, head over to the Info tab and in the bottom right hand corner you will see "Part of a compilation" with a check box next to it. Make sure there is no check mark. If there isn't one, check it, and then uncheck it again and then hit Ok. See if that helps.
B-rock

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