My iPod does not show all tracks when browsing by artist!

I have recently noticed how by iPod isnt showing all the songs when browsing by artist. I have only discovered this problem with one of my artist, but am not sure that the problem occurs elsewhere. The thing is that i have got around 20 tracks performed by this one artist. About 10 of these tracks are from the same album and the rest of the tracks are without album information. So everytime i enter this artist on my iPod, only the tracks from this album is shown. Hence, the tracks without any album details are not to be found under this artist! However, these songs can stil be found when browsing by genre, songs or the like. So obviously they are all on my iPod, but for some reason only the tracks from the mentioned album are to be found when entering the artist.
What can the problem be and how can it be fixed?
Thanks for your help,
Best regards...

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 has no album name associated with it or 2) the song is marked as part of a compilation.
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 to all the blanks 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
Also if the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they may 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.
Message was edited by: Zevoneer

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