http://forums.ilounge.com/archive/index.php/t-175952.htmlYou can export a song list, but not just artists.While you can't export just a list of artists, you can copy and paste the list if you have MS Excel or other spreadsheet applications. If you have Excel:
- Open iTunes and view the contents of your library. Note: If you want to exclude certain things from your list (like videos) make a playlist of only what you want to include in your list, then view that playlist and proceed.
- Click on one of the songs, then Edit/Select All, then Edit/Copy.
- Open Excel and paste what you copied.
- Delete all columns except Artist. Note that you'll have repeats of Artist names.
- To eliminate repeats of Artist names, insert a row at the top and create a column header above the list of Artists (e.g. 'Artist').
- Select the list of artists (the entire column, or just the list of artist names)
- Choose Data/Filter/Advanced Filter. Click 'OK' at the warning.
- In the Advanced Filter window, click "Unique records only", then OK.
That will reduce your library to a list of artist names with no repeats. It sounds like a lot of work, but it's really simple to do. Note that you can print the filtered list, copy and paste the filtered list into another worksheet or document, and that the Advanced Filter can be undone (Data/Filter/Show All). Also note that if you leave the Album column next to Artist, you can reduce your library to a list of Albums by each Artist.