Help sharing playlists

I make a lot of playlist compilations that I like to share with others. This is my music, not music purchased from the iTunes store. I set up the colums to show song title, artist and album (the album is what I name my compilation). When I send my compilations to others (I use wetransfer.com) they run into trouble when importing to their iTunes. Specifically, within the playlist some of the artists appear but some don't. Same thing with the album. Sometimes it apears and sometimes it doesn't. When I set up my playist I go to get info and check that the songs are part of a compilation. They appear just fine on my computer and on my ipod, but not when I send them and people try to import into iTunes. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

You are comparing two quite different concepts, you may want to look at the following articles.
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids
Understanding Home Sharing
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