Syncing artists alphabetically by last name on Apple TV

Until I updated my Apple TV software all my music artists would be displayed alphabetically by last name according to the sort on iTunes. Since the update most, but not all artists, are synced with iTunes. The exceptions are displayed on Apple TV alphabetically by first name, for example Aimee Mann is displayed under “A” instead of “M” although it is displayed in iTunes under “M”. Despite repeated attempts to sort the artist by last name in iTunes it is still not displayed by the last name on Apple TV. I would estimate that about 5% of my artists are not synced on Apple TV by their last name. Before the Apple TV update all artists were displayed by last name. Is there something I can do beyond restoring my Apple TV to the original factory settings?

With the most recent Apple TV update this problem was resolved.

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