I had imported my library to Plex and all was well. I have a lot of compilations and dutifully followed the instructions by setting the Album Artist to “Various Artists” and organizing the files as instructed. Plex correctly showed them as compilations. Until some point in the last several months,…

Plex changed Album Artist to the lexicographically sorted last artist for all compilations

OttoKerner June 13, 2023, 8:17am 3

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