Repeating artist name on ipod !!!!

how Do you get red of the repeating of artist name on your ipod ???? Help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you mean multiple entries for what appears to be the same artist?
Make sure they are all spelt in an identical manner, even an extra space that you might not notice can make a difference. I have found instances where the spacebar has created extra stop at the end of the line. The quickest way is to sort your iTunes library by artist to bring your tracks together. Click on the first track by your artist say "Nirvana", hold down the shift key and click on the last track in the list, this will highlight all in between. Right click on the list and choose Get Info, you get a dialogue box asking if you want to update multiple items, click Yes and then the Info tab. Overtype the artist name then click ok and this will ensure the whole selection is identical. Once you've done this connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the changes. If you are updating manually follow the instructions above with the iPod connected and carry out the changes directly on the iPod's song list.

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Plz help, numerous artist names on iPod

hi guys, i jus got a 30gb ipod and when i put my albums on, my iPod shows two artist names and one of them is correct, the other just has one of their songs. i hate unorganized music so can you please help. thanks

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You can highlight all songs by the same artist or in the same album and then perform the steps Damon listed. I find this way to be easier and work better the first time.
This is usually caused by extra spaces at the end of the artist name or some minor change in it. I like highlighting all the songs by the same artist then going to get info better as you can make all of them match at once.
To do this:
1) Highlight all songs by the same artist
2) Right click one, making sure all remain highlighted, and go to get info. Click OK/Yes to the message that pops up.
3) Retype the artist field.
4) Click OK.
All of the songs you selected should now have identical artist information and appear under one person.
Once you are done with this, update your iPod with iTunes.
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I have all the approx 7,000 tunes on my LapTop that sync's into my iPod OK but there are some missing "Artist" names in my iPod when I lookup by Artist but the song is there in song lookup and it has the Artist name it the display.
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It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a song info window, and by selecting "options" you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.
See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
Once you add a second album name for that artist even for a single song, ALL the rest of the songs should now show up under that artist, even those without album names.

Artists name on ipod comes up multiple times.

Some artists names comes up multiple times? Why is that? And how do you stop it from happening? And yes they are all spelled correctly....

The names may be spelt correctly but even an extra space that you might not notice can make a difference. I have found instances where the spacebar has created extra stop at the end of the line. The quickest way to eliminate these discrepancies is to sort your iTunes library by artist to bring your tracks together. Click on the first track by your artist, hold down the shift key and click on the last track in the list, this will highlight all in between. Right click on the list and choose Get Info, you get a dialogue box asking if you want to update multiple items, click Yes and then the Info tab. Overtype the artist name then click ok and this will ensure the whole selection is identical. Once you've done this connect your iPod, if you are updating automatically it will pick up the changes. If you are updating manually follow the instructions above with the iPod connected and carry out the changes directly on the iPod's song list.

Changing song names/artist names on ipod

When I initially put all my songs on the ipod some of the song titles and artist names were wrong - i went back into itunes and fixed them all but when it updated the ipod it didn't change any of them on the ipod. Is there something I am not doing?
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When you have the ipod plugged in have you tried to click on the names in the ipod folder to where a box comes around each name? Try this and it will let you type in a new name.

Artist Sorting Issues or displaying artist name on iPod.

Hello,
I have been struggling with this for a while now and it's really becoming irksome.
I have to have a compliation CD displayed as Various Artists when searching through my iPod on Artist browse mode, yet once the individual songs are played i want to be able to view the actual artist.
For instance i have a CD called Blues Essentials with various songs by different artists, i need these so show up under the same artist search reference as "Various Artists" however when the song is played it would be nice to see the actual recording artist, i have tried a combination of various renaming and nothing seems to work

Whatever is entered in the "Artist" field in iTunes will be displayed as the artist when you're navigating to the artist and when the song's actually playing.
What you're asking to do would require two different fields for two different sets of information.
One possibility is to change all the "Artists" to the actual recording artists and instead of navigating by artist on your iPod, navigate by album.

Itunes repeats artist in song name - odd and aggravating

when i import mp3s into my library, on about half of what i put in, the artist name is repeated in the song name slot and if i put the songs straight to my ipod, then the same thing is on there, so what i am left with is a track list where all i can see really is the artist name as the name of all the songs...
the strange thing, is that when i play the song in itunes, or even just right click, and select get info, the artist name disappears and the track is named correctly, just for that track....
anyone even understand what i am saying here? i imagine there is some easy fix, im just not getting it
any help is greatly appreciated

I figured I was not quite clear enough. I understand that the problem is strange and maybe not believable or something like that. I am hoping someone else has had the same problem, but I couldn't find it by searching these forums.
What i get is this:
Title: The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
Artist: The Beatles
So when that song is put on to my ipod on the song title line, I have the scroll of "The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand" and when I view the tracklist of an album on my ipod, I usually can't even see the song name because each song name starts with "The Beatles - "
understand now why that is not good now?
I understand completely how to use itunes. When I right click on the song in itues and click get info, seemingly magically, the song title corrects it self, the artist name disappears and is left with just "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
So, when I put 100 albums into my ipod, if I want, i can go through each song, and click on get info, which removes the Artist name from the song title field.
But this is a huge pain in the ***.
my ipod is a 2nd gen, I have been using itunes with it since then, this problem only started about 6 months ago with one of the updates i think.
any ideas?

I have three different listings for Bob Seger on my iPod (bob Seger, Bob Seger System and Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band) How can I put all 3 in the same artist folder without changing artist name?

I have three different listings for Bob Seger on my iPod (Bob Seger, Bob Seger System and Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band) How can I put all 3 in the same artist folder without changing artist name?

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When i put a song on itunes, it appears under the artist and the song name but when i look for it on my iPod under the artist name, it doesnt show up. Where is the song?

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If they are all the SAME artist, you shouldn't need the Compilation checkmark. If they aren't the SAME artist, you would need it checked, and in Cover Flow, they will show up as "Various Artists" followed by the Album's Name.
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ecb31 wrote:
this did not work for me,
Possibly because your problem (you say) was the album name. The original post was about the artist name and is therefore a different problem.
ecb31 wrote:
...I had to fill in the Album for each song, then it showed on my ipod, for ones I did ot know, I just put bloody apple.
Huh?
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Well! &
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If you bought the songs from the iTunes Store, or another music retailer, the information is in the digital file that you purchased.
How therefore, does so much of your music appear to be incomplete?
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