Artist order in itunes

I just installed the new Itunes 7.3. After it successfully installed and Itunes automatically started, i noticed that order of artists is now completely messed up. the list now starts with a-z, then to numbers, where before it went numbers-english characters. I've also noticed that My chinese artists are also in a different order from before. Clicking on the title of the column marked "artist" doesn't change anything. Help would be appreciated.

I just recently noticed the change in Artist Order after installing the latest version, 7.3.1.3. I don't like the change and hope that they will fix it in an upcoming update. I certainly wouldn't call it a feature.
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ErikahRae wrote:
... It Seems Like It Starts In Artist Order & Then Switches To Album Order!
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