Artist Sorting Issues or displaying artist name on iPod.

Hello,
I have been struggling with this for a while now and it's really becoming irksome.
I have to have a compliation CD displayed as Various Artists when searching through my iPod on Artist browse mode, yet once the individual songs are played i want to be able to view the actual artist.
For instance i have a CD called Blues Essentials with various songs by different artists, i need these so show up under the same artist search reference as "Various Artists" however when the song is played it would be nice to see the actual recording artist, i have tried a combination of various renaming and nothing seems to work

Whatever is entered in the "Artist" field in iTunes will be displayed as the artist when you're navigating to the artist and when the song's actually playing.
What you're asking to do would require two different fields for two different sets of information.
One possibility is to change all the "Artists" to the actual recording artists and instead of navigating by artist on your iPod, navigate by album.

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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 song info window, and by selecting "options" 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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Make sure they are all spelt in an identical manner, even an extra space that you might not notice can make a difference. I have found instances where the spacebar has created extra stop at the end of the line. The quickest way is to sort your iTunes library by artist to bring your tracks together. Click on the first track by your artist say "Nirvana", hold down the shift key and click on the last track in the list, this will highlight all in between. Right click on the list and choose Get Info, you get a dialogue box asking if you want to update multiple items, click Yes and then the Info tab. Overtype the artist name then click ok and this will ensure the whole selection is identical. Once you've done this connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the changes. If you are updating manually follow the instructions above with the iPod connected and carry out the changes directly on the iPod's song list.

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The names may be spelt correctly but even an extra space that you might not notice can make a difference. I have found instances where the spacebar has created extra stop at the end of the line. The quickest way to eliminate these discrepancies is to sort your iTunes library by artist to bring your tracks together. Click on the first track by your artist, hold down the shift key and click on the last track in the list, this will highlight all in between. Right click on the list and choose Get Info, you get a dialogue box asking if you want to update multiple items, click Yes and then the Info tab. Overtype the artist name then click ok and this will ensure the whole selection is identical. Once you've done this connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the changes. If you are updating manually follow the instructions above with the iPod connected and carry out the changes directly on the iPod's song list.

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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
You can highlight all songs by the same artist or in the same album and then perform the steps Damon listed. I find this way to be easier and work better the first time.
This is usually caused by extra spaces at the end of the artist name or some minor change in it. I like highlighting all the songs by the same artist then going to get info better as you can make all of them match at once.
To do this:
1) Highlight all songs by the same artist
2) Right click one, making sure all remain highlighted, and go to get info. Click OK/Yes to the message that pops up.
3) Retype the artist field.
4) Click OK.
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Navigate to Settings > iTunes and App Store then tap on your Apple ID and press "Sign Out"
3) Navigate to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. Enter your passcode if necessary and proceed. (*NOTE: Resetting All Settings will remove certain information from your device such as the selected background on home and lock screen, remove your passcode and general settings. You may have to re-enter this kind of information once iPhone reboots)
Once your device turns back on, navigate to Settings > iTunes and App Store. Renter your Apple ID and password.
Launch the iTunes Store app from the home screen on your device.
Retrieve your purchases by tapping on "More", located at the bottom right corner of the app. Under the "Purchased" section, find the songs you've removed and tap on the cloud icon to retrieve your purchases.
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A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
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Artist Sorting Issues or displaying artist name on iPod.

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