Compilation albums not syncing correctly on iPhone after iOS 18.2 update

Hi again.

Well, I compared the file info from compilations that stayed together and those that didn't and I couldn't spot a difference. Since I was only dealing with two bad ones I did the following:

1. Typed in the album name for the "Artist" field for the album, not the songs, and uncheck the Compilations box.
2. Went through each song and made sure the album name was in the "Artist" field, cleared out the "Album Artist" field, and the "Composer" field, and made sure the Compilations box was unchecked.

This turned the Compilations into regular Albums.

It's not a perfect fix but at least it's keeping the songs together.

Good luck with this and have a safe New Year.

I'm having the exact same problem. Compilation box is checked and all other info for individual songs is fine. I'm using a two year old MacBook Pro and a new iPhone 16 Pro with iOS 18.2.

Anyone have a solution?

I also still listen to my local digital file collection on my iPhone, and I've been having this same problem too. It oddly appears to persist with certain compilation albums but not others with me as well. (For the record, I have indeed made the 'album artist' information consistent across each album, so that's not the problem.)

Seems to be a bug in the Apple Music iOS app. I have a Windows computer and use MediaMonkey to organize and transfer the music files to my phone, and I initially thought that had been the problem, but that seems not to be the case from this thread.

Has anyone had any luck solving this since the last messages?

Still an issue as of the time of post. I noticed not just the compilations being bugged like what you’ve shown but LYRICS are selectively not being synced either, my manually inputted lyrics.

I have over 11,000 of ripped and legally purchased lossless downloads in my library. I appreciate the temporary compromise provided below but I simply don’t have the time to resolve it that way when it was never broken before. Apple needs to fix this.

Other info :

• Synced Music onto phone via Selected Playlists
• Noticed this issue from the moment I had to remove my entire music library from iPhone 13 Pro and resync from my Macbook Pro [regrettably]
• Ensured Album Artists and compilation tick box are in order

Thanks for the suggestion but that didn't work on mine.

I'm really not sure what's going on here. My Christmas compilations are okay but several blues compilations are stubborn. For what it's worth, some CDs have composers but most don't. Since it's only two CDs giving me a problem, and it's Christmas Eve, I'm going to let this go and mess with it later.