When importing CDs to Library why do some Artist's names not appear in Browser artist pane, even though Album will apppear in album pane ?? This happens across my 3 computers including Vista OS on one computer ?
Is this artists on compilation albums? In iTunes, if an artist is
only on a compilation album, that artist name will not appear in the artist browser pane. However, if you then add an album by that artist - so the artist has an album of their own in your iTunes, then the artist will appear in the browser and when you select the artist, the
album browser column will have the compilation album with their tracks as well.
Oh, and if your answer was "no, this is the "greatest hits album" by an artist, the chances are it's marked as *part of a compilation,* which it shouldn't be (because iTunes then thinks it's various artists!). Check this by selecting just one track from the album and clicking *File/Get Info.* On the
info tab, is *part of a compilation* ticked on? If so, you need to change the whole album. Thing is though, when you select all the tracks on that album the *part of a compilation* is now on the
Options tab as a drop-down menu.
This worked for me. I had albums of only one artist and they were not findable in the Artist search. I cleared the Compilation setting to NO and problem fixed.
