Sort by "Year" in "Genre View" in iTunes 11

Not having a lot of luck with iTunes 11.
I am deep with a large number of albums by certain Artist (The Beatles, The Rolling Stone, Van Morrison, etc. ...). To manage my collection I have given (for example) "The Beatles" their own Genre. So, when I'm in "Genre View" I want my Beatle albums sorted by "Year" and not Alphabetical.
Both "Genre View" and "Artists View" seem to be static and the number of sorting options are limited.
I'm I missing something?

You mean like that?

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Hello everyone,
I'm not sure if it's a topic already solved but so far I didn't found it anywhere.
Anyway, what I wonder is
In the iTunes My Movies section you have 3 kinds of viewing. "Movies" "Movie List" "Genres"
Each one have different type of sorting
In "Movies" and "Movie List" every sorting works fine
In "Genres", even if I select the "by Year" sorting it will continue to sort it by title...
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You mean like that?

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The situation you are specifically referencing is that of tagging compilations—albums that consist of tracks by various artists where there is no actual album artist—but you have used the Album Artist tag effectively forcing iTunes to see them as single artist albums. I also tag compilations—e.g., Various Artists (Hip Hop), Various Artists (Jazz), Various Artists (R&B), Various Artists (Soundtrack), etc.—, so I understand what you have done. Unfortunately, the fix for forcing the grid view to recognize individual artists in compilations may require you to clear out the Album Artist tag on all of your compilation album tracks forcing iTunes to revert to the Artist tag in place of the Album Artist tag.
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The downside of clearing the Album Artist field is that iTunes will revert to its pre-version 7 habits and break up the albums; that is, a compilation with 12 tracks by 12 different artists will appear in the various views as 12 different albums albeit with the same name and cover art. To keep the tracks properly grouped in other views, you will need to mark all of the tracks from the compilation albums as “Part of a compilation” in the info dialog.

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Thanks! Header was the word I was looking for. Maybe they will bring this feature back in an update or in Itunes 12.
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1977
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1977
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