Why does itunes split artists

Scott Moore Artist Nashville. Brigette Hawaii Artist. Que Es Un Diseno Artistico. Seemingly all fields are the same, but nothing that you do brings the Album under a single listing. The steps below should help to resolve this issue. Album title is used here as an example, but the same steps apply to other fields, including Artist and Album Artist Method 1. Select the tracks, press Command-I, and click the Sorting tab.

New iTunes splitting artists in two with same metadata I have two Mac Miller, two Nicolas Jaar and other artists split. Reason 4: Some of the songs on the album have different release dates. Select the tracks, press Command-I, and click the Sorting tab.

Also, it obviously really only affects albums that have been uploaded by the user. When the Album has been split, it means that your library will become over-populated and convoluted.

I mean, who wants to see three different album selections with different songs included? Views: K. This is really problematic when using iTunes on the iPhone or iPad as iTunes has limited features on these devices. If the album names of two tracks differ by one letter or an additional space, they are displayed separately. If the album metadata for certain tracks hasn't been filled out at all, you won't see them in the Albums view. Ask a question. User profile for user: pucknfruck pucknfruck.

Reply I have this question too 19 I have this question too Me too 19 Me too. All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. User profile for user: Drew Reece Drew Reece. Dec 7, PM in response to pucknfruck In response to pucknfruck Look for typo differences in the names sometimes spaces or case sensitivity can be missed, check all fields that have the artist name. Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. User profile for user: turingtest2 turingtest2.

User profile for user: pucknfruck Question: Q: Why does iTunes split one artist into two or more categories? Ask a question Reset. It uses some common sense to automatically choose a preferred name for each one, showing it in [brackets] like this, and if you're going to use Song Sergeant to actually fix these problems you can double-click a name to make it the preferred one.

You can also go crazy and let it use "sounds like" logic to find artist and album names that are misspelled and you never noticed. Be careful with this option though, as there are many legitimately similar sounding artist names that it will report. When you start it, it will automatically load your iTunes library and find problems.

When it's done scanning, just click the "Inconsistencies" icon at the top of the window. Multiple entries in your library for an artist or an album are frustrating, especially when it's not obvious why. It's even more frustrating when playing an album and it misses your favorite song and you have to play it separately! Posted by Curtis.