# Fix confusing metadata presentation when sorting by album title **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699 "2020-05-11T11:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mr\_silver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mr\_silver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mr_silver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699/1 "2020-05-11T11:18:32Z")
When sorting albums by title, the Plex UI (on the web and clients) displays the artists name as the most prominent thing. This is confusing because it’s the title which should be the most prominent - to match the sorting method. See images below on how this change would look before and after: ![metadata-sort-display-change](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/1/1/112607e1be87f111f4d80e3a33b3592645537397.jpeg) **Edit:** I incorrectly stated in the image that this is an issue on Plexamp. This isn’t true as, to date, [Plexamp doesn’t support sorting by album title](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-sort-by-album-title/586490). ---
**Author:** ![SenthilSSS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/senthilsss/32/205583_2.png) [@SenthilSSS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SenthilSSS)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699/2 "2020-09-06T05:28:51Z")
I totally agree. This is really confusing! Is there anyway to fix it quickly? ---
**Author:** ![mr\_silver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mr\_silver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mr_silver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699/3 "2020-09-11T22:12:41Z")
The good news is that Plexamp now supports sorting by album title. Unfortunately it too has exactly the same confusing UI: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/4/a/4a742682a157f74fb32599af78b01ace6e44e773.jpeg) Why is “Ed Sheeran” before “deadmau5”? Why is “Air” after that? Oh wait, we’re sorting on the smaller grey text below the artist names! ---
**Author:** ![redskypinksand](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/redskypinksand/32/127615_2.png) [@redskypinksand](https://forums.plex.tv/u/redskypinksand)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699/4 "2020-10-08T03:54:36Z")
Ooh, this is a very good example of why this should be adjusted to show the album or track title on the top line if that is what you’re sorting by. ---
**Author:** ![cwestark\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@cwestark\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cwestark_gmail_com)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699/5 "2020-11-19T10:15:21Z")
Completely agree with this. Especially for classical music where the artist list can be long and convoluted, the album title is the only place where the repertoire is mentioned. So wish there was an option for this ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-confusing-metadata-presentation-when-sorting-by-album-title/588699/7 "2021-09-21T15:45:35Z")
2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Request: Please switch artist name and album name position in album sort](https://forums.plex.tv/t/request-please-switch-artist-name-and-album-name-position-in-album-sort/544348): > > Please just swap the position and formatting of the album name and artist name without changing the sort process. That way I can actually read the album titles but still have them organized.