Music on iPod but not under Artists

I have recently put on some new music to my iPod (now 1year old) and have noticed it appears under the "recently added" playlist, and the album will appear under "albums", however, the artist will not appear under "artists".
It seems to occur only with artists begining with B, Beyonce and Bela Fleck are the songs I happen to have added. This may be pure coincidence, but I have not noticed any other missing artists and I have also added artist such as Travis and this has appeared as normal.
Any help would be appreciated
Yeomo
iPod Video Windows XP

There are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song is marked as part of a compilation or 2) it is missing an album name.
If the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. Compilations are stored in a separate folder in iTunes so the songs don't appear inside the normal Artist>Album folder which may be why this happens.
Also if tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in. The no album one is a bit quirky as the songs will appear under certain circumstances but the simplest remedy is just add None or Miscellaneous in place of a title. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

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