Songs not visible by artist

i have around 50-60 bryan adams songs in my 30gb ipod. when i search it in iTunes it displays all the songs...but when i go thru artists in ipod and see bryan adams, it does not show more than 15-20 songs... however i have manually created a playlist for bryan adams thru itunes in the ipod....that plays all the songs well....
why are there so silly bugs in Apple's iPod? I gurantee...beinga a computer engineer i would have tested and fixed these bugs for sure, if i wud have developed its software!
PLease suggest...

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.

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Songs not listed by artist

Hi
I have synced my entire music collection, most of which consists of mp3s ripped from my CD library, onto my 2 week old ipod 30gb with video. I noticed a few days ago that some of the songs from one album weren't listed under the 'by artist' section. It now seems that there are a fair number of songs that are also missing from under their respective artist on the ipod.
The strange part of it is that I know the songs are on the ipod — I can get them to play by making a playlist in itunes and transferring that over. The ipod also reads the correct artist and title tags for the song once it's in the playlist.
I'd much appreciate it if anyone can help me get the songs to appear under the artist list as this is my prefered way of finding my songs.
Thanks
Greg

This isn't foolproof but 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, in the absence of one you can just add None or Miscellaneous. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

All songs not showing under artists name - even though spelling is the same

I have 8 songs by a particular artist. Only one shows under "artist". I have checked 5 times - spelling-everything is the same for the artist. All of the songs can be found under "songs". I have checked spellings over & over. What could be my problem?

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) the song has no album name associated with it.
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. If you are using iTunes 8 and view the multiple items info box the compilations setting is in the "Options" tab. Setting "Compilations" on your iPod main menu prevents you getting lots of single artist entries when you load an album by various artists.
Also if the 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 (for instance I read somewhere that if you have at least two tracks with different album names the rest will appear), however 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

Song not shown in artists section

I have an IPod Touch 5th Gen with IOS 6, which I bought recently. It was synced to my ITunes using IMatch. So all my songs in ITunes are now in my IPod Touch.
I downloaded a song yesterday (but it was not downloaded from ITunes). I looked up the artist in my IPod Touch, by clicking on "music" on the desktop and then clicking on "artists". I checked for all the artist's songs, The artists songs were listed except for the song I downloaded yesterday. It was not shown. I checked under "artists" for all the artists songs, and also for songs in each album listed for that artist, but the song was not there.
Then I looked for the song under "songs" in my IPod Touch, and the song was there. (Click on music on the desktop, then "songs"). It showed the name of the song and the artist.
I also looked under the appropriate playlist and the song was there too. It showed the name of the song and the artist. It was associated together with the artist's other songs in the playlist, as it should be.
So the song I downloaded yesterday, correctly listing the artist, shows up both in the playlist and under "songs", but the song does not show under "artists". Why? Very few of my songs were downloaded from Apple ITunes, so that is not the problem. This is the only song I had this problem with.

If the only songs by The Doors that you have, are on compilation albums, that's why the artist isn't showing up in the Artists menu. (If you then add an album by The Doors, they would show up.)
However, all is not lost. On your iPod, go into the Settings/Main Menu and un-tick the Compilations. Do the same in Settings/Music Menu. All artists should now appear in the Artist list, subject to...
My habit is to make sure that albums by various artists (proper compilation albums) have "Various Artists" typed into each track in the field Album Artist. (Select the complete album, then use File/Get Info/Info>Album Artist. Make sure it is the Album Artist, not Artist. Also look on File/Get Info/Options>Part of a Compilation and set that to "Yes".
For "greatest hits of <artist x>" albums, I check them to make sure they do not have Part of a Compilation ticked, because they are not proper compilation albums. iTunes doesn't think they are either!

Songs not by original artist.

I tunes lists several songs NOT by the original artist. Especially in the 70s songs. I feel duped because I downloaded a bunch of songs not by the original artist, but some other artist that sang the same song. I think Itunes should specify that the song is by the original aritst or another artist, this is easy enough to do by using an * to indicate original artist or not. Why don't they have a system that does this?

How do I get it back?
Try downloading it on your computer via iTunes, then syncing it to the phone. When you click Buy, you'll be prompted with a free download, since you already purchased it.
Is there a place I can see a display of all the apps I have purchased.
Computer iTunes > Store menu > View My Account > Purchase History.
How do I delete a song on my phone via my pc? I hate one of the songs because it is not by the original artist.
Delete that song from the playlist(s) chosen for syncing to the phone that contain that song.
How do I make the screen work that should allow you to organize the icons on your various screens? I couldn't get anything to happen it appeared frozen.
Make sure you have the latest versions of iTunes and the iPhone OS.

Synced song not visible on iTouch

I've got a single song in my library of over 8000 songs that just will not show on my iTouch. Here's what I've done so far:
- Restored iPod with 3.1.3 firmware
- Verified that the song is playable in iTunes 9.0.3
- Deauthed/Re-authed iTunes on my computer
- Verified song is available to iTunes
Initially, I had the song syncing to an existing playlist, but I couldn't see the song if I searched for it on my iPod, however I could see it on my iPod if I looked through iTunes.
So, I created a new playlist with just that one song, and set that playlist to sync to my iPod and ran a sync. The playlist NOR the single song are visible within the iPod, but I can see it again through iTunes sitting on my iPod.
I'm really confused. Can anybody help me with this?

having the same problem...has anyone tried anything?

Songs not appearing under artists

Hi,
I'm going to try and explain this the best way I can,
On my Ipod (30GB), some songs do not appear under the artist.
Example:
I have two songs by Christina Aguilera, A is from the album "Stripped" and the other one (B) I haven't listed any album name (therefore it is Blank). So on my ipod when I go into:
[ Music -> Artist -> Christina Aguilera -> All ]
only song A is shown.
But if I go into [Music -> Songs ] I can find A and B...
So you see my problem,
If you have any idea, please answer,
Regards,
Waq
Windows XP Pro

"the other one (B) I haven't listed any album name (therefore it is Blank)."
There is the problem.
See: Some songs don't don't show under artist on my iPod.
From what I understand, 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.

Songs not listed under artist name.

As an example, I have 3 Journey songs on my Ipod. However, only one shows up under the artist heading "Journey". The other two are available under the songs list, but I want them grouped correctly. I deleted them off my Ipod and added them again. The artist name is spelled correctly, there is no other solution I can see...any suggestions???

I have the same problem with my I Pod nano (1st generation).
It appeared after an software update delivered by apple - now version 1.3.1.
The problem is only there, when you have typed in an album name for one song but not for the other songs. Then he just shows the songs, where the album name is available.
For Example:
Artist - Album - Title
Journey - Escape - Stone in love
Journey - - Anytime
If you click on Music - Artists - Journey. He directly shows you the contend of the album escape. You can't access to the song "Anytime" - because there you don't have an Album information.
That's a bug in the new software version. It was not in the previous software version.
Hope Apple will solve this in the next software update.

Songs not visible on computer

Using iTunes 6.0.1, I imported a couple of CDs to my new 30mb Video iPod on a Mac G4/500 using OS10.3.9. They show up on the iPod under "albums" and sometimes "artists", but the albums do not show up in iTunes on my computer at all! I have it set up so the iPod will mount like a hard drive thinking I can simply move things around with folders and so on as I have been doing on Macs for the last 18 years. When I open the iPod icon, however, there is nothing there that I recognize. Very strange. The playlist concept thing makes no sense to me since I have mostly CDs and tapes that I'm importing. I'd like to rename them as such (I've never purchaced a "playlist" in a store.) So does anyone know: 1.) how to get albums that are on an iPod to appear in iTunes and 2.) how to make the iPod behave like a simple hard drive (which it is) if it is possible? thanks in advance.
Mike12

Using iTunes 6.0.1, I imported a couple of CDs to my new 30mb Video iPod on a Mac G4/500 using OS10.3.9. They show up on the iPod under "albums" and sometimes "artists", but the albums do not show up in iTunes on my computer at all!
You first import into iTunes.
Then you use iTunes to sync them to the iPod.
In teh Source at the left side of iTUnes, make sure you have Library selected.
You do not need to have the iPod connected at all to use iTunes and import songs.
I have it set up so the iPod will mount like a hard drive thinking I can simply move things around with folders and so on as I have been doing on Macs for the last 18 years.[]/b]
You can. And it works just like a hard drive. But in order to play the songs files on the iPod hard drive, you have to let the iPod/iTunes manage the files.
If you want to drag the songs from your computer onto the iPod and play them, it won't work.
The iPod operating system has it's own way of importing/organizing the files.
The playlist concept thing makes no sense to me since I have mostly CDs and tapes that I'm importing.
It's very simple. All the songs are in the library.
A playlist is simply a file containing the names of the songs.
This allows you to use the same song file in many different playlists (Favorites, Most Played, 5 Stars, etc) without having the song duplicated.
how to get albums that are on an iPod to appear in iTunes
They need to be in iTunes in order to get them onto the iPod. Select Library in the Source panel.
how to make the iPod behave like a simple hard drive (which it is) if it is possible?
It is behaving as a simple hard drive. You are dragging files to it and they are going there. Connect it to another computer and drag the files off the iPod onto the computer.

MP3s not visible in Artist/Album

I added an album from run-d.m.c. to my phone via the file manager.
Did a refresh and it said added 19 new songs. I can see/play them in my genre list and in my content search and in file manager.
However When I go to the usual Artist/Album view it does not show. These songs have full proper V1 and V2 id tags with covers just like all my other music.
umm... confused?
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Are you sure the details are all correct on tracks' there should be a section in Artists something like 'Unknown' or Various. Just check the original folder properties on your computer and see if the Album tile and artist are correct. May be an idea to run it through Windows Media Player and 'find album info' just to check it's correct !
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Songs not visible after a few days non-use

I've heard about this "problem" (i.e. apparent built-in functionality) of the iPod, but have just experienced it for the first time. I've not used my iPod for about a week and today when I went to turn it on none of my music was visible. I'm sure it is all still there because the space is being used on the disk (I can see that via Windows Explorer), but there is nothing to listen to. Someone told me in the past that the iPod hides all audio files as a form of theft protection or similar if it isn't used for a certain number of days. To me it is just annoying. If anyone could provide a fix (especially if it doesn't involve reformatting the drive), I'd appreciate it.
For bonus points: I'd like to ideally solve this without using iTunes. I very happily use Winamp with an iPod support plugin (http://mlipod.com/) to manage my music library and syncing with iTunes will completely mess up months of organizing. If anyone has a solution for this "no music" problem, I'm all ears.
Thanks!
iPod 4th generation Windows XP Pro Using Winamp for library management

Update: iTunes could also not recognize the iPod even with the latest firmware installed. I had no choice but to do a restore to factory state, which wiped my hard drive clean and required me to spend about an hour restoring about 10GB of files. Thanks, Apple!
Although it seems this may have been a software/firmware problem with the iPod, I'm still interested in whether or not anyone has heard of songs being hidden after X days of iPod non-use. Is it just an urban legend or, in fact, true? Is there a way to deactivate such a stupid feature to avoid future calamties?
Thanks!

Songs not showing up in Artists section

A few artists of mine will not show up in the Artists section of the iPod, but their albums will show up in the Albums section. When I play the album, the artist is displayed correctly on the Now Playing screen. How can I correct this so that the songs are visible in both the Artists and the Albums sections?

This isn't foolproof but 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

Songs Not Showing Up Under Artists

So ive put my entire iTunes music library onto my brand new 5th generation Ipod, yet a bunch of my songs arent listed under their appropriate artist. For example, i have a bunch of ACDC songs on my iTunes that are all labelled "ACDC" under Artists with the exact same spelling....yet only one song shows up under ACDC on my iPod. I know that the rest of the songs are on my Ipod because i can reach them by scrolling through by song name, but I'd like them to show up under their appropriate artist too. Any suggestions?
dunno? Windows XP

This isn't foolproof but 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, in the absence of one you can just add None or Miscellaneous. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod

Songs not showing up in ARTISTS???

When i go to look for a song i go to ARTISTS..when i do this some of the songs i have on it arent shown in ARTISTS,but when i go to SONGS they are there...whats wrong???
p.s. Its only with some artists not all.
Did i organize them wrong when i renamed them?

This isn't foolproof but 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

Remote App won't list songs when sorted by artist

I'm using the Remote App to control my iTunes running on my PC with Windows XP, it mostly runs fantastic and I love it! One small and annoying problem though, when I search my library by artist and select an artist, it won't list any songs. I am also using the remote app on my iPhone for the same iTunes library and have no problems at all! I thought it may have been an issue with my ID3 tags, however seeing as it is working with my iPhone I'm not sure what the issue could be????? I love the Remote App and it has made my home audio system fantastic, if only I could sort this small issue! Any ideas???? Thanks.

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) the song has no album name associated with it.
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. If you are using iTunes 8 and view the multiple items info box the compilations setting is in the "Options" tab. Setting "Compilations" on your iPod main menu prevents you getting lots of single artist entries when you load an album by various artists.
Also if the 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 (for instance I read somewhere that if you have at least two tracks with different album names the rest will appear), however 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

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