IOS 6 iTunes Match Artist missing

Details: iPhone 4s iOS6
I noticed that after upgrading the software to iOS6 I lost all my artist on my music player. However I could still see my music if i looked under the albums or songs list. I figured this was a new method for Apple to do things now, but when i tried to look for specific artist I knew I had in my iTunes Match library none of them appeared and I onlt had the option to check the iTunes store. ***... Is iTunes Match messed up on iOS6 or is this truely a new methos by Apple that I cant seem to understand.
In iOS5 I had all my Artist names show up and had the decision to download all their songs on only certain tracks. With iOS6 even if i download whole albums or single songs I cant make any artist names appear in the ARTIST section.
Anybody have any information on this? I've also tried rebooting my phone and turning on and off Music Match on my laptop and phone but without any results.  

I didn't mention it, but I also already tried both of these potential solutions.  I just tried again to be sure.
All the tracks I've checked do not have "Part of compliation" turned on.  I can't check all 19,000 tracks, but I don't see why too many would have this switched on.  The artists also show up fine on my ipad 2, so I don't think this is the issue. 
I have also been toggling the "Group by Album Artist" Off/On on my iphone and it doesn't fix the problem.  I have 30 artists listed with grouping on and 35 listed with grouping off. 
Almost all of my music has artist under the artist tab and shows up fine in itunes and on my ipad 2.   
The current implementation of itunes match is terrible.  I love the idea but regret signing up for it.  I was such a pain to get my library uploaded, but now that I'm in I continue to struggling to make it work.  I really hope there's a big update coming that fixes all these problems.  

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