The Apple Blog

kicked · 06-16-2008

When i download an album onto my ipod everythings great unless an artist is featuing another artist....ie Nelly Futardo and her Loose album gets broken into 6 different Loose albums as she features other artists...so when i upload onto my ipod i have 6 Loose albums, 1 with only Nelly Futardo and 5 other featuring the joinng artists??? I have tried to get it so it is all one complete album as it should be but nothing works. Any ideas to what i should be doing?

**baseballboy828** · 06-16-2008

I tend to change the titles around. I'll add "(feat. xyz)" to the song title. Does anyone know if changing the album artist will make it into one album?

**Yuiichi** · 06-17-2008

The solution for your problem is pretty easy, actually. Just select all of the songs that are in the album, right click, select Get Info, click Yes (you want to edit multiple items), and then find where it says "Compilation". Click the check box beside it and change "No" to "Yes". This should fix your issue!

If you found all of that too confusing, go to this support article from Apple and find the Albums with various artists heading.

Hope this helps!

Ginamos · 06-17-2008

I use the "(feat. xyz)" method that bbb suggests. To use the Nelly Furtado example, regardless of the guest artists, it's still her album/song, so I'd use her name in the artist field.

Using "Artist" and "Album Artist" I believe is intended to solve the problem, but I've never used it because it's an iTunes/iPod specific extension, that isn't generally supported. If you were to move to another player in the future, you'd probably find the albums would "break".

The compilations method should work, but it's really intended for collections with totally different artists on one CD, the album artist in that case is really "Various Artists".

philbowell · 06-18-2008

Yep, I'd go with either BBB appending the featured artist to the song title, or filling in the Album Artist and using that method. I'd avoid using the compilation method as, should you ever need to get to the actual MP3 files, it moves them into unpredictable places.

Galley · 06-18-2008

If only iTunes had a "Featured Artist" tag.

06-16-2008	#2 (permalink)
baseballboy828 Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,253	I tend to change the titles around. I'll add "(feat. xyz)" to the song title. Does anyone know if changing the album artist will make it into one album? __________________ iMac Intel Core Duo 17" 1.83Ghz, 2GB Crucial RAM ::Twitter : Ben Drucker Photography: Professional Photography Services :: Interested in a free trial Smugmug account?

06-17-2008	#3 (permalink)
Yuiichi Assistant Store Manager Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,026	The solution for your problem is pretty easy, actually. Just select all of the songs that are in the album, right click, select Get Info, click Yes (you want to edit multiple items), and then find where it says "Compilation". Click the check box beside it and change "No" to "Yes". This should fix your issue! If you found all of that too confusing, go to this support article from Apple and find the Albums with various artists heading. Hope this helps! __________________ My Mac(s): MacBook, white - 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD therewascake. - my personal blog. The Pike Chronicle - a monthly periodical.

06-18-2008	#5 (permalink)
philbowell Mac Genius Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Over the road from the Queen, UK Posts: 952	Yep, I'd go with either BBB appending the featured artist to the song title, or filling in the Album Artist and using that method. I'd avoid using the compilation method as, should you ever need to get to the actual MP3 files, it moves them into unpredictable places. __________________ My Mac's: 20" iMac Core Duo with 2gb RAM; 14" iBook G4 My Blog

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

06-16-2008	#1 (permalink)
kicked Operator Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1	When i download an album onto my ipod everythings great unless an artist is featuing another artist....ie Nelly Futardo and her Loose album gets broken into 6 different Loose albums as she features other artists...so when i upload onto my ipod i have 6 Loose albums, 1 with only Nelly Futardo and 5 other featuring the joinng artists??? I have tried to get it so it is all one complete album as it should be but nothing works. Any ideas to what i should be doing?

06-17-2008	#4 (permalink)
Ginamos Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 261	I use the "(feat. xyz)" method that bbb suggests. To use the Nelly Furtado example, regardless of the guest artists, it's still her album/song, so I'd use her name in the artist field. Using "Artist" and "Album Artist" I believe is intended to solve the problem, but I've never used it because it's an iTunes/iPod specific extension, that isn't generally supported. If you were to move to another player in the future, you'd probably find the albums would "break". The compilations method should work, but it's really intended for collections with totally different artists on one CD, the album artist in that case is really "Various Artists".

06-18-2008	#6 (permalink)
Galley Personal Shopping Specialist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 223	If only iTunes had a "Featured Artist" tag.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)