Artist on iTunes but not on iPod Classic

Hi all,
Right my problem is this, the artist "Wolfmother" is on iTunes but can only be found using the search on my iPod (as in not visible under artists menu on iPod)
Any ideas as why this is and what the solution is?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Adam

It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a multiple song info window, and from there you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.

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