Bug in Music-Library on Artist Name ?

Hi,
i am using the latest Version of iTunes (10.2.2.14) and using German as language.
There seems to be a problem with sorting by Artists:
Example:
Artist "Die Fantastischen Vier" is sorted under 'F' since it looks like iTunes removes 'Die' for sorting (same as in englisch with 'The').
That is ok so far, but if I import a new song with this Artist, i find it under 'D' !
So I have two Artists now, all the old Songs under 'F', all the new Songs under 'D'
Has anyone got any idea how to handle this bug ?

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