Album added to iTunes library but not listed in Albums and Songs section
Solution 1:
- Try pressing command+ L while the song is playing, this will take you to the song/album in your library.
- Then right click and choose "Get Info" to verify the
metadata
for the song & album.
It may not be displaying as expected if the metadata
for the song doesn't match the filenames.
Solution 2:
You can try to search in the playlist "Recently Added" for the items you have added. If they appear in there, right click the items and click on the "Options" tab and set "Media Type" to "Music".
Solution 3:
-
Find the song in iTunes:
- In the search tool in iTunes 11, type the song name to find the song. Once it is displayed, you should be able to click once on the result to go to the song.
- Alternatively, you can press cmd+L while the song is playing as described by @DavidLumpkin.
One the song has been found, right-click on it and choose
Get Info
.-
In the
Info
tab make sure that theName
,Artist
, andAlbum
fields contain the correct information.- If there is any text - even a space - in the
Album Artist
field (highlighted in red), the song will be sorted under theAlbum Artist
, instead of theArtist
. To fix this, either leave theAlbum Artist
field blank, or populate it with the same information that is in theArtist
field. - See screenshot:
- If there is any text - even a space - in the
-
In the
Sorting
tab, make sure that theSort Name
,Sort Artist
, andSort Album
match theName
,Artist
, andAlbum
.- iTunes will sort the song under the sorting information given in this tab.
- Again, note that if you have any text in the
Album Artist
andSort Album Artist
fields, the song will be sorted under theAlbum Artist
, instead of theArtist
. - See screenshot:
Note that I am not currently on a Mac computer with iTunes installed and have thus taken the two screenshots above from the internet. I do not own the screenshots.
Solution 4:
In your phone go to Settings then Music then in Library choose Sort Albums By Title.
Check your Music and all your albums would be listed.