Artists not showing up again

this happened before, and I resolved it.
when I looked in "my questions" to see how to fix it, I tried what was said before, didn't work.
It happened again. My artists are now not showing up. Instead it just shows the song names.

hey I am having the same problem, check out my post and hopefully if we keep it in one place we can get an answer
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=585699&tstart=0
tell us what you tried and what hasn't worked! cheers

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Hello, I have many albums off of TV shows and movies. When i put these albums onto my ipod, the individual Artists do not show up in the artists section of my Ipod Touch. I have unselected the compilations section and realised that as i was putting these Albums onto my Ipod they would come under Various Artists and or Various in the Artists section.
I found out that the Various Artists and Various "titles" were coming from the Album Artist on each of these albums. So i deleted them both. E.G For my Superbad album which has multiple different artists i deleted the "Various Artists," from the album artists information of the songs and replaced it with Superbad. However when i now put these songs onto my ipod it shows the Artist as being "Superbad," instead of multiple different artists.
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Hm... Sorry to say, but I can't help you here. I dont know. If you bump your post once and a while, and keep it at the top, then someone who is extreamly experianced like Barbra Hall, I think thats her name, might see it, and could give you some help...
Sorry I couldnt help out though.

Artists not showing up in iPod unless it's connected to computer

My video iPod, whether synced or not with my Mac, refuses to show certain artists when it's not plugged into the computer.
For instance, if I put a Bob Dylan CD into iTunes, then update my iPod (either by having it synched or else by manually dragging it over), it will show up in the iPod when I look at the iPod contents on the computer, in iTunes, but when I unhook the iPod and go to Artists, suddenly there won't be a Bob Dylan (or a Dylan, Bob) at all. I can get to the music if I go to Album, but the iPod refuses to show me the artist, even though I know the music is there.
The Get Info has all the right information in the right categories, the iPod says it has all the artists on there when it's in iTunes, but when not actually plugged into the computer and viewed through iTunes, the iPod will refuse to show me certain artists, like they don't exist. Even though the music is there.
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Two things might contribute to this especially since iTunes shows things a bit different than how the iPod will show it when not connected to iTunes...
One is that some songs might be tagged as Part Of A Compilation (see the Get Info on those songs/albums) in which case they will not show up under the artist.
Second, is that an artist needs at least two different Albums identified for their songs to all list under the artist. In other words, if you import a CD with album name then add a handful of misc songs without album names associated, those handful will not show up under the artist name.
But add an album name to at least one of those handful of misc. songs and then ALL of the songs should show up under the artist.
You don't have to do it for all of them, just enough to have two different albums identified with the artist. But in general, it is a good idea to make sure your tunes have Song name, artist name, and album name associated with them as a minimum.
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Hi guys!
Hopefully you can help me with this problem as it's driving me NUTS.
see image: http://imgur.com/UUCQ1lU
Iphone 4 ios 5.1.1
Artist isnt showing up under song names> compare "Hands in the Air" with "She Doesnt Mind"
Ive filled out the artists column for each of the songs via Itunes (drag and drop method rather than Sync Music)
Ive turned my phone off then on, but still nothing.
Help me pleasee!
Thanks in advance,

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You have to check off the box saying "part of compilation at the bottom of the get info tab on the song.

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Hi, I have a iPod classic 80 Go, and when I look into my artists list, some are missing. I have the correct tags in iTune, everything seems okay when I import the songs but the artists won't show up. I can still listen to the album when I go into the Song list and the tags are showing okay when I play these songs. Anyone have an idea?

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.
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