Ignore 'the' (and other articles) when sorting library

[achilleas-k]

Ignoring articles (the, a, an) in artist names or album/song titles for sorting purposes is standard behaviour, though sometimes it is merely optional. This is a minor issue, but something I find necessary in all applications of this nature.

Can we have this for the library view, which defaults to sorting by name?

[amuttsch]

If a band is called "The Beatles", do you expect it at the letter "B"? I for one not, I would look at "T". Articles are part of the artists name (and album etc) and placing them somewhere else is not correct for my understanding.

Any other opinions on this topic?

[lahwran]

Oh, please never implement this. Or if you do, give it an off switch. This misfeature drives me nuts in music players that have it, and is currently a major win for clementine over other music players. I could understand token-based sort so that Hello11 > Hello2, but "The Hello" is completely different from "Hello".

[achilleas-k]

The "misfeature" you're referring to is a pretty widely adopted standard (ISO999). Standards aside, I don't recall coming across a music player, video or media player of any kind, or any other piece of software that sorts entries alphabetically, that doesn't use this rule, at least as an option. Not to mention, Clementine itself uses this kind of sorting by default. It should at least be an option in the remote, for consistency with the player it's controlling.

[tmst]

Unfortunately VLC on Android sorts on articles. Highly irritating.