The CD has the same album title but the artist are different is itunes is recognizing all the songs as different albums? Is there a way to still group them together.
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How do you make songs all apart of one album in iTunes?
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The CD has the same album title but the artist are different is itunes is recognizing all the songs as different albums? Is there a way to still group them together.
Man, I should know how to do this
That did not work. I download the CD off a non iTunes site so that may be the problem. I there away to get around it
Try copying and pasting the album name from one of the songs on the CD to the rest. Sometimes a stray space or other character makes its way and disrupts the album.
If you select all the tracks from the album, and select "get info", you can check all the boxes that need to be the same. This will verify that all of the fields match up. Click ok. Then highlight all the tracks and select "get info" again. now check the box for compilation and click ok. This has worked for me so far.
I've had the same problem.
Normally fixed by the "get info" and tick everything approach, but there have still been instances where everything appeared to be the same, but still I had multiple albums coming up.
For each of these I just changed the name or the album slightly, say deleting the last letter, then immediately changed it back. I think iTunes doesn't always pick up changes but everytime I did that, they became one album as they should be.
Normally fixed by the "get info" and tick everything approach, but there have still been instances where everything appeared to be the same, but still I had multiple albums coming up.
For each of these I just changed the name or the album slightly, say deleting the last letter, then immediately changed it back. I think iTunes doesn't always pick up changes but everytime I did that, they became one album as they should be.
I have found the best way to fix this problem is not to select the compilation option, as it messes things up if that album ever is part of a compilation. Instead highlight all the songs of the album and press command+I, than enter the name of the artist under the field "Album Artist." I'm not sure why some albums need this field and other don't. But this option is so that all songs on that album will be displayed under the same artist. If the album has various artists (like a soundtrack), then enter in Various Artists. Now all the songs should display together under that album.
Album view problem fixed
I had this problem.
"Group compilations when browsing" in the advanced preferences was checked.
"Part of a compilation" was checked on all of the songs that were part of the same album.
The thing that seemed odd was that the text entered for the artist tag was also entered for the album artist tag -- by clearing the album artist tag, the songs are now grouped together in all album views.
I even have different artists and composers specified for each song -- so using "various artists" for the artist tag is not necessary when you really know the details for each song.
I had this problem.
"Group compilations when browsing" in the advanced preferences was checked.
"Part of a compilation" was checked on all of the songs that were part of the same album.
The thing that seemed odd was that the text entered for the artist tag was also entered for the album artist tag -- by clearing the album artist tag, the songs are now grouped together in all album views.
I even have different artists and composers specified for each song -- so using "various artists" for the artist tag is not necessary when you really know the details for each song.
I had the same problem and it was 1 song on it's own album. I looked at all the songs and the 1 song on it's own album had the "album artist" missing when all the other songs from the same CD had info in that spot so I put the same info as the other songs in for this song. I also numbered all the songs from the 1 album (1 of 10, 2 of 10 and so on). I did them both so not sure which 1 fixed it, but something to look into.
Something I would suggest that may or may not work for you, but it has worked for me is remove all the songs from that album from itunes, and re add them, this has fixed this problem for me on multiple occassions
Great instructions/reminder
Been awhile since I had this problem and could not remember and thank you...this worked perfectly this way. Thanks.
Been awhile since I had this problem and could not remember and thank you...this worked perfectly this way. Thanks.
You are a life saver. That's exactly it; I was worried it'd actually change the artists, but it doesn't, they're still the real artists it just categorises it as one album instead of little ones. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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Steps in making all part of one album
A lot of good ideas above but still some are missing
For all the steps select ALL the songs and right click "get info"
1. Make sure the Album name is there, if not then some of the files may be name differently, write the name in and click ok
Failed?
2a. If the album artist is not filled in and the album is by one artist will in the album artist,
2b. If the CD is a compilation then write "Various Artists" in the Album Artist.
This should already solve 85% of al problems
3. If it is still not as one album, then go to the Options tap and Check " part of compilation" "YES"
4. The final and this should solve 95% of all problems, go into the Sorting tap, and check sort artist if the album is by one artist, or sort album artist or even album and write the appropriate name.
5. The last 5% can be done by erasing some field like album name, clicking ok, then click get info again and re-write it again.... or try other small things like adding a cover art to the whole album
Hope this could help
Steps in making all part of one album
A lot of good ideas above but still some are missing
For all the steps select ALL the songs and right click "get info"
1. Make sure the Album name is there, if not then some of the files may be name differently, write the name in and click ok
Failed?
2a. If the album artist is not filled in and the album is by one artist will in the album artist,
2b. If the CD is a compilation then write "Various Artists" in the Album Artist.
This should already solve 85% of al problems
3. If it is still not as one album, then go to the Options tap and Check " part of compilation" "YES"
4. The final and this should solve 95% of all problems, go into the Sorting tap, and check sort artist if the album is by one artist, or sort album artist or even album and write the appropriate name.
5. The last 5% can be done by erasing some field like album name, clicking ok, then click get info again and re-write it again.... or try other small things like adding a cover art to the whole album
Hope this could help
The Solution
I have visited many websites desperate for a fix. I have come across MacRumors and I scanned through this thread hoping some simple fix can do the trip. I believe someone on the MacRumors forum or some other forum suggested deleting all spaces.
1. Indivisually click on "Get Info" on each song
2. Click in the "Album Name" field
3. Make sure there is no space after the name of the album
4. Repeat for all songs that you wish to be apart of the album
*My interaction & Example*
I checked the "Get Info" tab for each and everyone one of the songs that belonged in the same album, and I could swear that each one was identical. And to the eye they were certainly identical, but iTunes recognizes exactly where the cursor was left off.
Example of two separate albums:
(Each _ (underscore) I type represents a space)
Album Name 1: "Thriller_"
Album Name 2: "Thriller"
Album Name 1: "Tha_Carter_3"
Album Name 2: "Tha_Carter_3_"
I have visited many websites desperate for a fix. I have come across MacRumors and I scanned through this thread hoping some simple fix can do the trip. I believe someone on the MacRumors forum or some other forum suggested deleting all spaces.
1. Indivisually click on "Get Info" on each song
2. Click in the "Album Name" field
3. Make sure there is no space after the name of the album
4. Repeat for all songs that you wish to be apart of the album
*My interaction & Example*
I checked the "Get Info" tab for each and everyone one of the songs that belonged in the same album, and I could swear that each one was identical. And to the eye they were certainly identical, but iTunes recognizes exactly where the cursor was left off.
Example of two separate albums:
(Each _ (underscore) I type represents a space)
Album Name 1: "Thriller_"
Album Name 2: "Thriller"
Album Name 1: "Tha_Carter_3"
Album Name 2: "Tha_Carter_3_"
iTunes scattered album fix
Go to origanal file select properties uncheck read only click apply open the file to see all the tracks select all then select remove properties from the organise tab from this window check the second option to delete properties then check remove contributing artist info click ok/apply go back to iTunes delete all your seperate folders for the album then add your edited file plug in your device go to music and check the box for your album click apply. You should be good to go
Go to origanal file select properties uncheck read only click apply open the file to see all the tracks select all then select remove properties from the organise tab from this window check the second option to delete properties then check remove contributing artist info click ok/apply go back to iTunes delete all your seperate folders for the album then add your edited file plug in your device go to music and check the box for your album click apply. You should be good to go
Nice thread resurrection, but none of that is necessary and won't fix the problem. It makes no difference where the music files are stored, or if they are in the same folder or not.
iTunes uses 4 fields to determine which albums sort together:
- Album
- Album Artist
- Sort Album
- Sort Album Artist
