CDs copying to the same album

I'm copying my own CDs to iTunes. iTunes placed "Greatest Hits" CDs from 2 different artists under the same iTunes album, even though it clearly sees they are from different artists. How can I prevent this, or how can I split this album into separate ones for each artist? (And just to make this more interesting, why didn't iTunes combine other Greatest Hits albums?)

Double check to see that the artist fields are indeed correct.
Select all songs from 1 of the albums > right-click > get info > Artist
Remove information in 'Album Artist' field if any.
Then do the same with the other album.
You can also check what the 'Grouping' field says in 'Get Info'. It Should be blank.

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