# iPod Q- repeat artists

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682 "2007-08-15T13:03:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682/1 "2007-08-15T13:03:54Z")

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I have a 5G iPod, and several of the artist’s names are repeated under the Artist menu. This used to happen on my old iPod if there was a difference in the two listings, like a mispelling, or something. On the new iPod all the doubled listings are exactly the same. I’ve tried deleting songs, then replacing them and it hasn’t worked. Is there a fix for this?

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682/2 "2007-08-15T13:22:40Z")

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Yes, if you highlight all of the songs that you want, right click, there’s an info option or something like that. There you can change the artist name to whatever you want. I get this on bands that go by the person’s last name, like Dokken, but some times they will put in the first name as well. I don’t have iTunes in front of me but it’s there.

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682/3 "2007-08-15T13:24:40Z")

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Maybe a space at the end of the name?

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**Author:** ![ArmenE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ArmenE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArmenE)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682/4 "2007-08-15T13:36:13Z")

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Just chiming in that I’ve had the same problem w/ my 5G iPod. **Omega** and **Edward** , it’s not a matter of different songs by the same artist being listed under different artists - for me, at least, I had a full repeat. So I had ‘The Velvet Underground’ listed twice, each clone having the same song list.

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipod-q-repeat-artists/415682/5 "2007-08-15T13:56:20Z")

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**ArmenE** , I’m glad to hear it’s not just me. I have the issue you described. It’s a full repeat, not one list under Lastname, and one under First and Last. Perhaps there is a blank space after some of the names that’s confusing the iPod. I’ll check that out.