Artists listed out of alphabetical

Hi,
Just got my MBP about a month ago and realized that my iTunes listing by artist is out of order (alphabetically). For example, I have artists listed in A, then it jumps to some E artists, then it goes back to B. The problem of jumping back and forth between letters persists throughout the entire alphabet from A to Z.
I know that you can just click at the top of the Artist column to sort alphabetically, and I have done so, but the problem still persists. I tried looking at all of the other headings (album artist, track number, etc.) and couldn't find a pattern to the random alphabetical order.
I've tried searching for this issue on previous threads, but didn't find any other similar circumstances. If it has, then I'm sorry but could you please send me the link. If not, then any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

I have the same problem after upgrading to 10.1. It was fine in other iterations of iTunes. Itʻs not just artists, itʻs movies, tv episodes, everything. It doesn't matter what the sort is (whether itʻs fixed so it does not sort with "the", i.e. it sorts The Eagles as Eagles, The. In the end, I jump fro Ayumi Hamaski to The Eagles (sorted as Eagles, The), then it jumps again to Incubus.. all throughout my 4000+ music library!
HELP!

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I've got what it seems to be an annoying bug from the new Music App/iPod in iOS5. It simply sorts my artists out of alphabetical order on the artist dashboard. I tried to use the option "group by album artist" on and off and it seems to have no effect on that issue.
I also found a way to fix it temporally, erasing all music data, and resyncing all the playlists/selected albums. But whenever I sync again to add a new album or playlist, it messes up with the alphabetical order again. Anyone with the same problem? Is there a bug fix, workaround?
I got some Screenshots of the problem taking place, attached below.

I have the same problem, I called apple about it. they recommended that I killed the music on the device and then remove the .itl file. after completing those steps to no avail decided to remove the music from the device and then reinstall itunes as this was the next step according to the apple technician. nada. I was replacing my laptop that I sync with anyway so I moved the music to my new pc and re-added all music to itunes. before syncing I /completly/ wiped my device! synced for the first time everything went well. added additional music and viola *Problem Happen*! I know this isnt really that big of an issue but c'mon I thought that updating to 5.01 last night would help but no joy there either! hopfully some of you have better luck than I did, I will be calling apple today I guess. BTW, does anyone know where the indexing for the artist lists happen? is it in itunes or on the device itself. that may help in determining where the problem is actually created.

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Hello,
I'm more of a obsessive compulsive when it comes to arrangements of track list (or artist list) naming.
I had the previous Itunes version on one computer and on the other computer, a newer version.
When i switched to different versions and ejecting my Ipod i always have problems with the outcome of the arrangement of artist when i go to Music > Artist...
I like the older Itunes version (i forgot what exact version it is) because it arranges artists names in this manner:
e.g.
*3 Doors Down*
*Alice in Chains*
*Backstreet Boys*
and the arrangement for artists with "The", in this manner:
e.g.
*Sonic Youth*
*The Strokes*
*System of A Down*
so basically the previous version disregards the word "The" and alphabetizes the succeeding word automatically, which i think is the formal way of arranging words or sentences or titles.
The newer version of Itunes just disregards the things i mentioned above and focuses on the first letter itself, so the word "The" belongs to the "T" list automatically and the numeric symbols comes at the latter part after "Z"
Call me OC but i really hate that and i want things to be smooth and organized as it possibly can.
So I've been looking for the past versions of Itunes and i just can't find it and i'm stuck with the new version.
Is there any way that i can manage to arrange the list manually?
Thanks a lot!
OS - Windows XP Pro
Ipod - 30G Ipod Video

You could try using the Sorting feature in Get Info to get the tracks to sort the way you want them.
See here for details: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306001
For older versions of iTunes, look here: http://www.oldapps.com/itunes.htm
Diane Wordsmith
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IPod Artist list has gone strange

Sorry. I didnt really know how to title this thread but i wonder if someone can help me. My artist list on my iphone has gone really strange and i am unsure what has happenend or how to sort it.
Basically when i press the artist list on my ipod everything is in some random order and the A-Z selection that is usually on the right hand side has dissapeared. Its now really hard to find artists especially when i have a couple of hundred on there and they are no longer in alphabetical order like they were before. It was fine yesterday and i dont think i have done anything to it since then. i did plug my phone into my computer to charge it but that was all. its also the same when i tip it on its side and look at the cover view but its in a different order and seems to just repeat the same 20 albums over and over again.
When i click on album or song view these are not in alphabetical order either. just in a random mess.
Has any one experienced this or know how to fix it. i have looked everywhere but cant find anything.
I could also add a pic if any one knows how to include them on here.
thanks
john
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Update:
Doing some unrelated things in iTunes, I noticed that the actual files may have something to do with it. Looking at the folders I noticed this....
A Green Day Video is in this folder G_r_e_e_n D_ay.
I checked the dates for all videos that are like that.
November 19
Wonder if there was an ipod/itunes update around then.
Anyway, I took the video out and renamed it (and updated the info with LOSTIFY) and imported the file back into itunes. It did seem to go back to the correct folder.
Seems to work fine.
I no longer see the second "blank" artist that contains green day.
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Certain Artists Do Not Show Up On Artist List

I recently purchased a new iPod Classic and everything is lovely, but a few artists just aren't showing up on my artists list. The files are there - I can access the music in question through the album search feature - but the name does not show up. Out of my 50 gigs of music, there are only a handful of artists that I am having this problem with. I've tried reentering the names for each of the albums, but to know avail. Do you know why some artists/discs just aren't showing up on my main organizational menu? Thanks so much for the help.

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Alternatively, just turn off the Compilation feature on the iPod -- go to +Settings / Main Menu+ and uncheck Compilation, and +Settings / Music Menu+ and uncheck Compilation.
I'm not sure that will do the trick. Artists not showing up on the Artist menu is usually because the album is marked a "Part of a Compilation" - as you say.
This is why, look what happens in this case; I have only two songs by the artist Oasis, one on the album *Acoustic 3* and the other on *Top of the Pops 2* . Both of these albums are true compilation albums, that is - they have songs by various artists on the one album and therefore the *album artist* is _various artists_ and it's marked as a compilation. As a result, the artist Oasis does not appear in my artist list. However, if I were to add an album where the only artist is Oasis, the *album artist* would be Oasis and therefore Oasis would appear in the artist list _and in that list_ would be all three albums! (The comp albums would only show the Oasis track of course.)
But there could be another reason! iTunes uses Gracenote to provide information about an album. If whoever created the Gracenote entry has listed an album as a compilation album (the compilation box is marked yes) because it is a _compilation of tracks by one artist but from different albums_ , guess what? It's a compilation! The album *The Whole Story* by Kate Bush is such an album. If that was the only album of hers that I had, she would not be on the artist list, but if I had her *Hounds of Love* album, she would be on the artist list and The Whole Story would show up!
I know - it drives you crazy!
The solutions: if a complete "one artist" album - The Whole Story for instance - is missing, go to *Get Info* for the whole album and mark the "Part of a Compilation" box as No . If you are about to import a new album, make sure the "Part of a Compilation" is off before importing it into iTunes. For a true compilation album (various artists) - that's a bit more difficult. Either accept it or, do you have one track (even the same one) from another album, or a CD single or single song that you can import to iTunes and mark as *not part of a compilation* ? If so, import it in order to create an entry for that artist.
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iPhone 3Gs, iOS 4.2.1, in the iPod application, the list of songs and artists does not line up correctly with the index letters.. i.e. all my songs that start with a number (2112 - Rush) are first under the "A" bar rather than last under the "#" bar. This is throwing my whole list off.
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OOPS sorry now I see that alpha list was the way it read into the readers.
Clicking on numerica does get them in 'play' order and it is ok.
Why isn't is read in in play order?.. oh well that is not a biggy at least it will sound right.
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