How do I get ITUNES to list my albums correctly?

ITUNES seems to rearrange my albums in a way that's too complicated.
For example, we have a Gwen Stefani album and it lists it twice because there is a song that she had someone sing with her.
Can I get Itunes to ONLY show/list the album regardless if other people are on the album?
Also, it seems to be rearranging song and listing them from last to first.
Thanks for any advice.

As Robert posted, fill in theAlbum Artist field on all the songs on the album to Gwen Stefani.
it seems to be rearranging song and listing them from last to first.
Look at the right side of the column header you are sorting on. Click the triangle to switch between ascending & descending sort.

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