Artist name not appearing in list

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Artist name not appearing in list

I received a new Ipod Classic 160GB for Christmas. I have transferred some CD's to it and some of the names of the artists are not appearing in the list of names. The albums are there - is there any way to get these to display? Thanks!

Dell Dimension E510, Windows XP

Posted on Jan 2, 2010 1:52 PM

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planb77

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Jan 2, 2010 4:20 PM in response to jroath

Hello jroath,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!

I would check to make sure that the music by that artist is not marked as "part of a compilation in iTunes. You can do this by right->click on a track, choosing "Get Info" from the shortcut menu. Then under the Info tab you will find this option in the lower right hand corner. Then sync the updated changes to your iPod and see if that helps.

B-rock

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Jeff Bryan

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Jan 3, 2010 1:51 AM in response to jroath

As well as the helpful answer by planb77, it's worth noting that if the artist has at least one track that is not in a compilation, then all the albums they appear on, including compilations, are listed under "artist". If they only appear on compilations then they are excluded from the artists menu.

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the fiend

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Jan 4, 2010 5:51 AM in response to jroath

... and as well as the helpful answers provided by planb77 and Jeff there is another little trick you could try.

Remove the Compilations heading from the *Main Menu* of your iPod. This will then cause all the artists who only appear on compilation albums to appear on the iPod/music/Artists* list.

To remove the Compilations heading, go to *Settings/Main Menu* and make sure Compilations does not have a tick next to it.

Phil

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Jan 5, 2010 2:35 PM in response to planb77

Thanks you helped me out

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Jan 6, 2010 11:18 AM in response to the fiend

Thanks! This was driving me crazy. Nice to know the solution was so simple.

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