Downloads to sd card results in only songs appear not artists

I have tried to download songs from itunes to my micro sd card by clicking the song and dragging to the sd card. Once downloaded, the contents of the card shows are only seperated by the title of the songs. In other words, in order to pick an artist that you want to hear on the micro sd card you would have to remember the song because there is no way to reference. Is there something I am missing or is there an app that can help display the album cover and artist like itunes?

Two things contribute to this.
One, as Chris already pointed out, 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.
Patrick

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