StevieB2685
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Q: Duplicate Artists (Pitbull)

I have duplicate entries for Pitbull but I wanna combine them. How do I get the other 2 songs (Time of Our Lives and Give Me Everything) so that it's just one listing on the sidebar without having to delete the 2nd listing and re-add the songs to the library?

 

Steve

 

 

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iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 26, 2016 9:51 PM

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Q: Duplicate Artists (Pitbull)

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  • by Allen A,

    Allen A Allen A Feb 28, 2016 7:55 AM in response to StevieB2685
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    Feb 28, 2016 7:55 AM in response to StevieB2685

    Hi Steve,

     

     

    I understand that you're seeing an artist listed twice when viewing by artists in iTunes. While the gist of the article linked below is geared toward albums, the same idea can be applied to an artist appearing twice.

    Why aren‘t songs with the same album art grouped together?
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204538

     

     

     

    Regards!

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Mar 1, 2016 5:34 PM in response to StevieB2685
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    Mar 1, 2016 5:34 PM in response to StevieB2685

    If iTunes shows multiple instances of an artist or an album then what generally works is to select all related tracks and use Get Info to add say a trailing X to each of the fields that the tracks should have in common:

    • For an album; Album, Album Artist, and Artist (if artist is the same for all tracks) *
    • For an artist; Album Artist (and Artist unless there are guest/featured artists listed which should not be changed)

    Apply the change which merges things together, then remove the excess characters. Occasionally it may help to close and reopen iTunes between the two renaming operations.


    * If tracks are to be synced to a non-iOS device there should be a common Artist and/or the album should be set as a Compilation.

     

     

    Use the songs view and display the fields Album, Sort Album, Album Artist, Sort Album Artist, Artist and Sort Artist side by side so you see whether or not it is appropriate to edit Artist and if sort values could be causing any further problems. See Grouping tracks into albums for more help if required.

     

    tt2