# Sorting Albums by Artists **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sorting-albums-by-artists/194490 "2017-06-04T14:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Threeeyedtoad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Threeeyedtoad](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Threeeyedtoad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sorting-albums-by-artists/194490/1 "2017-06-04T14:16:25Z")
I’d like to be able to view ALL my albums at once, with them sorted (grouped together) by artist. Is three a way to do this, either through the UI or Advanced Settings? Again, the goal would be to view all the albums at once, but have those albums by the same artist appearing next to each other. (Bonus points if I could do it either by first or last name). THANK YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sorting-albums-by-artists/194490/2 "2017-06-04T14:21:25Z")
> @Threeeyedtoad said: > I’d like to be able to view ALL my albums at once, with them sorted (grouped together) by artist. This is even the default, when switching the library to ‘Album view’ mode > (Bonus points if I could do it either by first or last name). Nope. The sorting is strictly alphabetic. Although you can alter that a bit with the ‘Artist Sort’ meta tag. ![](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4b4ad89ba1343b2aaac2c06ca840cc2e811d876a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sorting-albums-by-artists/194490/3 "2020-01-07T23:22:17Z")