Artists sync out of order randomly

So I just got the iPhone 4 (not 4S) and i upgraded it to iOS5 and i have iTunes 10. Everything was fine, but out of nowhere sometimes when I sync new songs it pushes all of my artists down out of alphabetical order, making half of my "B" artists under "C", half of my "C" artists under "D", half of my "D" artists under "E", etc etc etc. WHY?! I've had to completely unsync my music and resync it twice now. Not very happy about that.

For the tracks that seem out of order, check the sort order or album artist in the track info. Both can change how songs get listed.

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