Duplicate Artist Names in Menu

Not to be confused with Duplicate songs but when I look up artists on my ipod, some artist will be repeated twice and the music is split up to the two different listings of the same artist. In otherwords, it's definately not duplicated but all of the songs are split into the two different listings of the same artist, which is listed two different times in the artist listing. Is there a reason for this?? The Genre and spellings are all correct. What would be the other reason for this to happen?
DELL Windows XP Pro

"The Genre and spellings are all correct."
Are you absolutely sure they are correct and identical?
The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.

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Duplicate Artist Names

When I scroll though the artist listing on my ipod a few of the artists are listed twice or three times....is there any way to get it so they are just on their once. They are spelled the same way and the songs are even from the same cd in some cases so I have no clue why this is happening. All the music from each artist that I have is saved in their own folder too.
Does anyone know how to fix this???

We didn't write or think you are a complete idiot.
We recommended you do something and you replied you kind of did some things similar to what we suggested.
your capital letters
What capital lettes? That is the correct way to begin sentences and proper nouns.
your ! are quite rude
Why is an exclamation point rude?
don't worry i figured it out on my own
How about posting what you did so others with the same problem can see it and won't have to put up with us "rude" people?

Itunes duplicates artists

In an effort to clean up my collection, I'm finally going through artist by artist, album by album, and culling the dupes, getting the right artwork, and matching up all album information correctly.
While this is working okay, iTunes has started to act really wonky. It will duplicate artists names in the column browser, sometimes even for the same album. When I select all the tracks by that artist and enter the name (either again, or sometimes making a phoney name and then renaming correctly) about half the time it consolidates things correctly. The other half I still end up with, say two "Cannonball Adderly"s, with different albums but the same exact name.
Worse, sometimes (like in the case of poor Cannonball) the name is placed incorrectly in the browser. For some reason Apple thinks that "Cannonball" is both a name and an article, like "The" (as in "The Beatles" where it will place it among the "B"s instead of the "T"s, which is how it should). Cannonball gets placed both in the "C"s and then, inexplicably, in the "A"s as well.
I've got the latest iTunes, have tried installing and reinstalling, and have even removed the music and reloaded it, all with no improvement. Also, on this note, I find that when I change the MP3 tags outside of iTunes (using Picard, for example) iTunes seems to have a "buffer" where it still doesn't read the meta information properly until I do a "Get Info". So I assume it's *possible* there's still a weird buffer out there I'm not removing, even on reinstallation (perhaps something in the iTunes library file itself).
My next step is to indeed wipe out that library file, but I don't want to do this lightly as it may mean a lot more work for me (will it? Isn't the ratings and most album art matches stored there? While I suppose the matches will be done again automatically, my ratings certainly won't). Any other ideas?

Hmm, have to say that recent builds of iTunes seem to have made that script less effective. Tapping next as each track starts to play might now be the most effective way of getting iTunes to pick up third party tag changes.
Deleting and reimporting, while it works, means the loss of ratings, play counts, playlist membership, date added info. etc. so should be avoided if possible.
Now Mike, back to Cannonball Adderly...
Sort fields will be responsible for his name appearing in the As as well as the Cs.
Part of compilation can make some albums not appear where they are expected.
A weird "feature" of the search box at the top right of the screen when using the Album List view is that it only searches fields that are visible in the List view. Often a smart playlist can be used to gather together items that won't play ball.
Inconsistencies between sort values for the same thing, or additional spaces in the main fields, can make what look like identical values appear listed as two or more.
iTunes is generally case insensitive, but various iPod firmware isn't.
Occasionally iTunes even refuses to merge two values when both have been edited to some new value. Closing and reopening iTunes usually fixes that one.
I have a two-year old outstanding bug report on the failure of iTunes to resort the Artists browser column in "Use Album Artists" mode after changes to the Album Artist/Sort Album Artist field. Again closing and reopening iTunes usually resolves that one.
See my article on Grouping tracks into albums for gory details.
tt2

Same Artist Name Displayed Twice In iPod Menu.

Lately if I put 1 or 2 songs in my itunes by the same artist but it's not bought off itunes the artist name will show up twice on my ipod. I have the latest itunes and everything is spelled correctly. PLEASE HELP!

A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.
If the above is not the issue, try this also. Highlight all the songs for that artist, right click on them and select "apply sort field/same artist".
See if that works.

Artist names do not show up on my idpod

When I sync my itunes to my ipod, some of the artist names do not show up in the Menu for artists. The music is on there, but the listing does not show.

There are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song is incorrectly marked as part of a compilation (and you have Compilations enabled on the iPod) or 2) the song has no album name associated with it.
if the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation (as described in the link above), they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. If you are using iTunes 8, in the the multiple items info box the compilations setting is in the "Options" tab. Setting "Compilations" on your iPod main menu prevents you getting lots of single artist entries when you load an album by various artists.
Also if the tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in. The no album one is a bit quirky as the songs will appear under certain circumstances (for instance I read somewhere that if you have at least two tracks with different album names the rest will appear), however the simplest remedy is just add None or Miscellaneous to all the blanks in place of a title. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

Artist name fail in iTunes 8

hello
since I downloaded iTunes 8, I have the following problem
in the main library, artist names are dissapeared, there is only one:
Collections.
When I change some albums in no collection instead of yes,
then iTunes separates every song from eachother, also within one album.
This means that it uses an unbelievable big list of songs because every song uses a lot of space because of the albumillustrations.
So there are two options:
with collections, there are no artist to sort fast
without collections, itunes uses very long lists (I have over 95GB music listed in itunes)
I didn't had this problem in uTunes 7, there everything was collection, so every album uses one album illustration, and the lists are short. Besides that I also had a long list of artists in main library.
Is this is bug in iTunes 8??

Hey there,
One thing you should check is to make sure the album is not listed as a compilation. To do this, highlight the all the songs from the album and right->click +Get Info+ from the Menu. When the window pops up, head over to the Info tab and in the bottom right hand corner you will see "Part of a compilation" with a check box next to it. Make sure there is no check mark. If there isn't one, check it, and then uncheck it again and then hit Ok. See if that helps.
B-rock

Each time i try to connect my ipod it keeps coming up with a duplicate file name was specified,

can some one help me, each time i plug my ipod into the computor it keeps saying ,, a duplicate file name was specified, how can i change this file name ,,it seems to be the name of the ipod ,,?

Hi stelincs,
You should be able to change the name of your iPod classic in the iTunes application. Here's how:
Change the name of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201997
Use your computer
Connect your device and open iTunes.
Click the Device button in the upper right corner. (If viewing the iTunes Store, click the Library button in the upper-right corner first.) If you don't see your device, choose Hide Sidebar from the View menu.
Next to the picture of your device, double-click the name of your device.
Type the new name for your device and press Return on the keyboard.
Sync the device (press Sync in the bottom right corner of the screen).
Last Modified: Feb 4, 2015
Cheers,
- Judy

Missing Artist name in CD import

When importing CDs to Library why do some Artist's names not appear in Browser artist pane, even though Album will apppear in album pane ?? This happens across my 3 computers including Vista OS on one computer ?

Is this artists on compilation albums? In iTunes, if an artist is only on a compilation album, that artist name will not appear in the artist browser pane. However, if you then add an album by that artist - so the artist has an album of their own in your iTunes, then the artist will appear in the browser and when you select the artist, the album browser column will have the compilation album with their tracks as well.
Oh, and if your answer was "no, this is the "greatest hits album" by an artist, the chances are it's marked as *part of a compilation,* which it shouldn't be (because iTunes then thinks it's various artists!). Check this by selecting just one track from the album and clicking *File/Get Info.* On the info tab, is *part of a compilation* ticked on? If so, you need to change the whole album. Thing is though, when you select all the tracks on that album the *part of a compilation* is now on the Options tab as a drop-down menu.
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Duplicate artists appearing on my ipod

I'm getting the same artist appearing five times under my ipod Artist menu. Whichever one of these I select I get the same identical full catalogue of tunes for that given artist that I have stored on my ipod. I've reinstalled itunes, I've restored my ipod but nothing sorts this problem. I've also tried deleting the relevant tracks from itunes and then adding them again but this does not resolve the issue. Has anybody else experienced this phenomena? It only happened for the first time yesterday and is a bit mysterious.

You need to make sure the artist name is spelt in an identical manner on every track. Even an extra space at the end of the name that you might not notice can make a difference. Try this even if everything looks the same. Sort your iTunes library by artist to bring your tracks together. Click on the first track by your artist, hold down the shift key and click on the last track in the list, this will highlight all in between. Right click on the list and choose Get Info, you get a dialogue box asking if you want to update multiple items, click Yes and then the Info tab. Overtype the artist name then click ok and this will ensure the whole selection is identical. Once you've done this connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the changes.

Artist Name Multiple Times?

Hi -
When I d'load songs to my Nano, and then select "artist" in the menu, some of the artist's names appear multiple times. What causes this, and how do I correct it?
Thanks in advance!
G

Check the spellings are EXACTLY the same and that there are no extra spaces on the end. Do this in iTunes. You can Get Info on multiple songs at once and then type in the right Artist name just once.
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Wierd duplication of artist names

The weirdest thing is happening with my iPod.
In the Artist list on the ipod some artists are listed twice. All of the songs by that artist are listed under both, so it's not the normal thing with an extra space or something in the artis name. The songs are not duplicated in iTunes, only on my iPod.
Anybody know what's up?

I'm having exactly the same issue, but the "apply sort field/same artist" solution did not work for me.
I know that my problem is not due to a misspelling of the artist name, nor an extra space in the artist name. The artist shows up twice on my iPod, but not in iTunes. It did not show up twice until I began using an iPod Classic this week, instead of my old iPod Photo. I updated from iTunes 7.2 to 7.5 at the same time that I switched to the iPod Classic, so I guess this could be due to either the different iPod or the different version of iTunes.
Not only do all the artist's albums appear under both artist listings, but when I play a song under one of the artist listings and then go to the duplicate one, it shows that same song playing.
I'm totally baffled!

Song and Albums Synch, but Unable to Find Song Under Artist Name

I have a 20GB vidoe iPod. All my songs from my online library, which I purchased on Itunes, synch to my iPod. However, I cannot locate a song under the Artist category, because the Artist name is not listed. I can find, however, the song if I search for the Album or the Song name itself. So, in a nut shell, the songs are on my iPod, but the Artist name is not listed for that song. Help.

It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a multiple song info window, and from there you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.

Ipod cannot be synched. A duplicate file name was specified (Ipod Classic)???

Whenever I plug my ipod classic in to itunes I receive the following message:
The ipod "ipod name" cannot be synched. A duplicate file name was specified
I have tried the following:
Renaming the ipod
Running Itunes as an Administrator with the UAC in windows 7 turned to the lowest level
Refreshing device manager to scan for hardware changes
Restoring the ipod from Itunes
Resetting the ipod itslef (holding down the menu an dcenter buttons)
All of the above of course did not work. I did notice that when I would click ok on the "cannot be synched" message, Itunes would synch the ipod and I would see songs and podcasts on my ipod but they would not play at all.
Someone please help. Again, my OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. I have also tried this on my Windows 7 Professional 32 bit system with the same results. My itunes program on both computers is the latest

Try deleting the iPod Photo Cache from the nominated folder that you have set up to sync photos to the devices.
See iTunes: Understanding the iPod Photo Cache folder for more info.
tt2

Can't change artist name in iTunes 11

I can't edit the artist names in iTunes 11. I'll select a group of songs and then click "get info" and change the information, and the changes show in iTunes when I'm under "song" but when I sync my ipod or when I'm under the "artist" tab, they are still listed as diffrent artists.
Example:
I have Hillsong, Hillsong Live, and Hillsong United songs. I don't want them all the be under diffrent artists, I want them all to be Hillsong. So I select the songs, get info, change the name...and yet still, when I sync, I have Hillsong, Hillsong Live, and Hillsong United.
I hope this was clear, thank you!

Ah... another brilliant "feature" of iTunes 11! There are too many stupidities in this new version to even attempt to itemize here, but this one is truly amazing. I ran into this problem after buying some classical music from the iTunes Store. The tracks had the composer's name in the "artist" field and nothing in the "composer" field. Changing the contents of "artist" seems to work, as icsbicr noted, but then if you play the track, or do Cmd-I, or various other things, the artist changes back to the original (and, in this case, incorrect) content. If someone at Apple thinks we ought not to be allowed to change "artist" for purchased content, then at least they ought to prevent us from doing it right away instead of seeming to change it and then later changing it back.
So here's how to fix it. You don't want to mess with Mickey Mouse circumventions like "various artists" and "part of a compilation" (as suggested in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4607365?start=0&tstart=0), because those tags are INCORRECT. If you want the information to be correct, you've got to change the tags in the music file itself. I realize this is a huge pain, but Apple doesn't seem to care too much about causing their customers big pains. I used a product called Fission from Rogue Amoeba, though there are probably plenty of other products which will do the same thing.
You need to be careful so you don't get the iTunes data base out of sync with the file system structure. What I did was copy (not move) the files from the iTunes folders (use "Show in Finder" from the context menu if you're not sure where they are) to another folder somewhere and then deleted them from iTunes. Then I used Fission to edit the tags in the file to show the correct information and saved the files to another folder (keeping the original files as they were, just in case of trouble). Then I added the files with the edited tags to iTunes. The only small problem I can see is that the tracks no longer show up in the "Purchased" list, but I can live with that.
Good luck.

Missing Artist names in iPod under lookup but the song is there

I have all the approx 7,000 tunes on my LapTop that sync's into my iPod OK but there are some missing "Artist" names in my iPod when I lookup by Artist but the song is there in song lookup and it has the Artist name it the display.
Some answers to some questions, my helper's maybe asking themselves are............
I've loaded the songs into iTunes from the web as well as via CD's online with "Grace Notes" inputting song info also with me off line loading in songs from my internal and external hard drive. I have converted all songs that weren't under the option (create an ACC Version). My understanding this is this to create a .mp3 file within the iTunes Music Library Folder. I would then delete the originally song
Any help or questions for me so far?
Befuddled......

It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a song info window, and by selecting "options" you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.
See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
Once you add a second album name for that artist even for a single song, ALL the rest of the songs should now show up under that artist, even those without album names.

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