ITunes not properly sorting artists?

I sort my iTunes main music folder by Artists (A-Z) and for some reason, one of my artists' songs that start with an 'L' (Lana Del Rey) is in the middle of all the 'D' artists. The remainder of her songs are properly in the 'L' section, but I CANNOT figure out why this one song is in the 'D' section. I know it seems trivial, but it is actually driving me insane. I tried removing the song and re-adding it, but that did not work. I made sure all the information was consistent in the 'Get Info' area, but to no avail. Does anybody have any idea why this is happening, and/or a possible solution?
Thanks.

There isn't an album artist set, or a sort artist?  If something was entered as Del Rey, Lana this would end up sorted by D.

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