"Compilations" categ in "Artists" column in Itunes libry: How I get rid of?

I'm currently loading my cd library into itunes. In the "artists" column, it has, without asking me if I wanted it, created a category called "Compilations". Any artist whose CD it decides is a compilation is put in there, and not listed as an artist in the column itself.
So any artist where I've only got their Greatest Hits disk, I won't see their name when I look at "Artists". I have to dig into this pointless "compilations" category in order to see the rest of the list of the artists whose music I might want to access.
Worse, it's decided that any film soundtrack, and most classical cds (especially any opera recording) are "compilations", even though they are not.
The "compilations" category in the "Artists" column is a pain, and I want rid of it so that all "artists" simply appear in the "artists" column.
Anybody able to advise?

Go to iTunes>Preferences>Advanced and uncheck the box "Group Compilations when browsing"

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