My Recently Added is now sorted by Alphabetical not Date added

Hi there,
So i just plugged my iphone in to update my music and i went to click recently added to listen to some but for some reason it was sorted in alphabetical rather than date added, i really need the function of date added to i can get all the newest music i put on.
If anyone can help that would be great

I have just redone my recentl added playlist and ordered it by date. When i sync to my iPhone it displays in the same date order
Try recreating the recently added playlist
Here is my Smart Playlist. Looking at it again if you see i have the limit items selected by most recently added. Maybe that is what is different

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