@amour8440083555 How does you post thematically fit in the current thread?

@Juanma
I don't have a subscription so I can't test. But maybe Spotify changed something causing it to break.

Can anyone else confirm if Spotify still works or not?

@jonhd Thank you!

@Ausron46
Might be some space or different characters in the name.
Try Tools / Console and enter:

SELECT distinct albumartist, artist, album from songs where artist like '%ventures%';

See if all the albums under The Ventures shows up, and check if there is a difference in naming, ie.: if there is a space before | album.

I find that the best way to handle this is to use the "Album Artist" tag.

For albums that don't have the exact same artist name for every song, (but are not "Various Artists" compilation albums) put the name of the primary artist there.

Then, in the "Group By" setting, select one of the options that sorts by "Album Artist". It seems that with this configuration, albums that don't have an "Album Artist" entry will still be sorted by "Artist".

While one could use the "Album Artist" tag for all albums, I only use it for exceptions, like the example given in the original post.

Side Note (regarding compilations, aka "Various Artists":

For compilations, while some prefer to use "Various Artists" as the "Album Artist" entry, I prefer to check the "Compilation" checkbox instead, and leave "Album Artist" blank. Strawberry honors that tag, and will create a "Various Artists" heading in the library.

This is a hold-over from my years of experience with iTunes, which uses that "Compilation" tag. This may not be a universal solution, but in Strawberry, at least, it works for me.

The issue still occurs on Version 1.2.18.