Certain artist won't sync to my iPod

There's no good reason for that to happen, but here's a thought.

When you look at your artist list on the iPod after you've synced it, scroll to the very bottom. As of recently, that's where iTunes and the iPod now lists artists etc that begin with numbers.

They used to be sorted first in the list, now they are last.

Sure that's not the issue?

Just to be clear, the songs that won't sync to the iPod are all songs that begin with numbers? No others?

Were they ripped from Cds? Did you use iTunes to do this?

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 multiple song info window, and from there 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.