I am a iTunes novice 🙁
I have various songs and albums on my itunes and would like to get into some kind of order.
My question is:
Can I sort out all the albums from one artist into ascending years and still keep other albums in order?
For example, I have albums by Coldplay and other albums by various artists. If I click on the year column, all the library is mixed. Can I arrange it so only the Coldplay albums are sorted into years and not the whole library is sorted?
Thank you
How to sort albums in years and artists
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Select all the files you want to combine, make a right click and select "Information", go to tab "Options" and set "part of a compilation" to yes...
As of iTunes 10 (or possibly 9), the main library window has the option to do exactly what you want. You need to have it in Album List mode (View menu -> as Album list; or the 2nd option in the view controller:
Then select the "Album by ..." pulldown and select Album by Artist/Year:
You should be all set and have a nice organized list of albums sorted by artist and year.
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Best Answer
I assume this is ITunes 11 (Earlier iTunes gave better options)
In album view: From the menus choose View->View Options and then choose the sort by as Artist and then as Year. You get all albums. I suspect this is nearest to what you are asking for.