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Rodolfo

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So in my artist menu on my ipod I have certain artists that have multiples of 2 or 3. Anyone know why this happens? Do I have to have everything other than the song exactly the same to get them grouped the same?
 
I would wager that is the case.
 
Yeah, that's right. It's easy enough to fix, you just have to change the artists' names on itunes. Kind of a pain but easier to find songs once it's done.
 
Yep. My iPod shows, for example:

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Johann Sebastian Bach
JS Bach
 
I'll have the exact same name for an artist and it still gets separated.
 
I'll have the exact same name for an artist and it still gets separated.

I've had that happen. I don't know why it does that sometimes, but the solution is, in iTunes, to re-name the Artist field on all the songs by that artist something else (like, say, "Temporary") and then mass-rename them all (select them all, Get Info) back to the correct artist in one shot. That puts them all together as one artist.
 
I've had that happen. I don't know why it does that sometimes, but the solution is, in iTunes, to re-name the Artist field on all the songs by that artist something else (like, say, "Temporary") and then mass-rename them all (select them all, Get Info) back to the correct artist in one shot. That puts them all together as one artist.

Thanks! I will give that a try.

update: It worked when I did it with the Beatles! Thanks again!
 
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alright, it only worked for the beatles for some reason. weird.
 
alright, it only worked for the beatles for some reason. weird.

Strange...I've done it with a lot of artists and it's never failed. I wish I had more suggestions.
 

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