Multiple Albums in ITunes

I'm brand new to iPod Classic and iTunes. I copied CDs to the iPod today and have two questions: several times iTunes created two albums for the same CD, one album when the main artist sang alone and a second album when the artist sang with a second artist; also, albums from the same artist were placed in two different genres. Is there a way to consolidate all songs by one artist into the same album, and can I get all albums by one artist into the same genre? Thanks in advance.

See my recent post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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I am using a MacBook Pro and running 10.8.4. iTunes version 11.0.4. Several of the cd's i have imported recently have been split into multiple albums by iTunes where it has identified bonus tracks. How do I bring all the bonus tracks together with the original album?

Hello there, Fineshot.
The following Knowledge Base article might provide some information that should help you resolve the issue you're having:
Why aren't songs with the same album art grouped together?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1468
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro D.

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The CDDB database behind on-line lookups is more of a grassroots / volunteer based system. If the database does not have the right information, then you can update the tags in your own copy of the file and try Submitting it to CDDB through iTunes.
I haven't done this for a while, but I believe they may have added some hurdles to this process to prevent abuse by those with too much time on their hands.

Album with multiple artists shows as multiple albums in iTunes

I have several albums where there are guest artists on different tracks within the album. iTunes has broken the album up into multiples with the same name and cover art, just different artists (i.e. "2Pac & Nate Dogg" vs. "2Pac & Danny Boy") This wouldn't be that bad except that if I want to play songs by album, i can't because the album has been broken up into multiples. This was not a problem until I updated to the newest version of iTunes and iPod Touch software. Does anyone have a fix for this?

Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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Hi,
Please help, I've been downloading my CD collection using iTunes and when I sync it to my ipod (7th Gen) there are multiple albums with the same name and songs(14 on some occasions) even though when I check in iTunes there is only one. This problem is not just related to one album but 5, the one thing they do have in common is similar album names i.e. Circus and The Circus, Greatest Hits and The Greatest Hits.
Coincidentally, Circus has 14 tracks and duplicated 14 times ??????
I've searched online and tried to find a solution but unfortunately not found anything which helps.
I'm tempted to reset the Ipod and start syncing all the songs but there is over 6000 and hoping there maybe a simpler solution.
Regards
Andy

iTunes and iPod have slightly different rules for ordering and grouping content. In particular the iPod does not observe Album Artist, each may have different settings for how to treat compilations, and inconsistencies in certain fields can have unexpected results, such as generating multiple covers for the same album.
See Grouping tracks into albums for more information.
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How do I stop iTunes from breaking out all the songs in one album into multiple albums when the artist has many collaborators on the different songs, for example Timbaland? I want to just listen to the full album with all the songs, instead of having to play every song separately.

For your solution, see Steve MacGuire's helpful article: http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp

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It's probably better to put Various Artists into the Album Artist box rather than just "various". Make sure it's the Album Artist field though. In addition, you need to mark the album as a compilation. When setting the complete album, the Part of a compilation is on a drop-down menu on the File/Get Info/Options tab:
but if changing just one song, it's a tick-box on the Info tab:
and needless to say, the album name must be exactly the same for each track.

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select 'songs' view on top right hand side of home page then it looks like an old (useful) itunes. Control and select, drag and drop. Easy. Why was it so hard to figure out? Why is itunes so counter intuitive?
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I am new to ITunes on a MacBook pro this weekend. I have 2 CDs that when downloaded into ITunes that shows as multiple albums based on combinations of artists. For example the CD "Shaman" by Santana, along with several guest artists shows in ITunes as 13 albums. How to combine or show as a single album? Only 1 of the 13 has the cover art. Thank you

Check that all songs have the same album name
Sort under album name as opposed to "album/artist". I am new to Apple as well and used to use Media Centre on PC and this has happened to me with compilations - especially with triple j's annual release. You see it was sorting under album/artist and each song is different.
I think that should do the trick (speaking from past experience - not an expert)
Mal

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Do you have multiple albums, in your iTunes library on your computer? If so... Multiples are normally created by:
Puchasing 1 song, then the full album a different day for example.
Or if the artist contains something like Jessie J ft B.O.B, where the rest the album is classed as Jessie J.
To solve multiple albums on your iTunes library:
CTRL > Mouse Click > Get Info
Under the Tab Info > Under Artist > Delete ft B.O.B, and leave the name >Jessie J< No Spaces between the arrows, this will then join the song to the rest of the album Jessie J, and will be under one album cover.
Hope this helps..

HT1349 I have multiple albums that I've purchased that iTunes will not allow me to play stating they cannot locate the source. I then tried going into available downloads in iTunes to see if I needed to download it again, and iTunes tells me it is already

I have multiple albums that I've purchased through iTunes, and iTunes will not allow me to play them stating they cannot locate content.I tried going into iTunes Store and look for available downloads, but the store shows it's already downloaded. It's a lot of music i've bought and can't play. How do I fix this?

Forget the pad for a moment and just think about I tunes on your computer. Every now and then( 3 times over 6 years) when doing an I tunes upgrade, I tunes seems to lose track of some of my music files. They show up in the I tunes listing, but when you try to play, it cannot find the source. The cause is always that I have somehow moved some or all of the music to a library that is outside of the set of libraries I have dragged into I tunes.
On your computer, search for one of the songs. All the missing ones are probably together, and when you find one, you will find the rest. When you find it, note the directory and file path to where it lives, then add that path to your I tunes
Ibarra.
Note, the original listing will still be in I tunes, so you will get double listings for theses songs, and no easy way to tell which is the valid ane and which is not, other than the ! Symbol when it cannot find the file. I know of no good way to get rid of the duplicate listing except manually going through and deleting them.
One you get them back into your I tunes library, they will sync and play fine.
Second side effect, if you are streaming to atv, and it comes accross one of those entries that leads nowhere, it simply stops streaming, and you have to restart the play.

When I copy an artist over to itunes and that particular album has multiple albums, it does not separate the albums but lines up all of the songs...such as all the 1's..then 2's and so on. How do I fix that?s

when I copy an artist over to itunes and that particular album has multiple albums, it does not separate the albums but lines up all of the songs...such as all the 1's..then 2's and so on. How do I fix that?

JPSchrader wrote:
when I copy an artist over to itunes and that particular album has multiple albums...
Should that read "when I copy an artist over to itunes and that particular artist has multiple albums," because if not, I don't understand?
If I'm right about that, I'm still not really clear at all about what you're doing. Where are you importing these songs and albums from? Is it existing songs files and if so, what format are they in?

When I download a long album from ITunes containing like 20-30 tracks, why does ITunes sometimes segregate one track and create a separate album out of it. I can merge the track into the other tracks on a playlist, but I can not merge the 2 albums.

When I download an opera album with lets day 40 songs (tracks). Why does iTunes create one album of tracks lets say 1 through 22, skip 23 and then 24 through 40. Then a separate album with track 23 is created. I can merge them together in a playlist but not as a single album. I go into the info under the file menu for each and make sure the information is the same but they still will not merge.

I'm not sure why this happens, but I found a workaround. Below the album title it will list the artist(s). The issue seems to happen when there are multiple artists. For example, an Album titled "Over the Sea to Skye" has The Chieftains and James Galway as artists. Some tracks (for whatever reason) will list only one of these and result in the playlist showing what appears to be multiple albums. You can click on the artists and it will highlight. Paste in what is appearing on the other "albums" and it will then show as one:
Hope that is somewhat clear enough to help. Doesn't fix whatever the issue is but it is a workaround. For me this is only happening with CD's that I have imported.

HT2905 I have multiple album titles of the same name with different artists. How can I get them to go under one album title again?

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In iTunes(on a Mac or PC) just tap on 'Albums' rather than 'Artists' and you'll see them all together.
You may find that there are songs mislabelled. In which case right tap on the Album or Artist and tap 'Get Info', then change to the correct name and the songs will join the rest of the songs for that Artist or Album.
Then resync with your iPhone and all will be well.

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Hi skullkrunch3r,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you "Get Info" on the tracks that are part of your collection, you can use the Compilation option in iTunes.
In iTunes 8 and later, you find the option to mark multiple items as "Part of a compilation" in the Options tab of the Multiple Item Information window.
See this article for more information on marking your albums as part of a compilation:
Why aren't songs with the same album art grouped together?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1468
Best Regards,
Jeremy

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