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# ITLibAlbum

This class provides information about an album in the iTunes library.

```
class ITLibAlbum
```

## Overview

A *media item* is a track that iTunes associates with an album. See [`ITLibMediaItem`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibMediaItem).

A *compilation* is an album with tracks from more than one source.

If an album is part of a *multiple-disc set*, [`discNumber`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/discNumber) is the index of the album in the set.

To retrieve an [`ITLibAlbum`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum) instance, use the [`album`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibMediaItem/album) property of [`ITLibMediaItem`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibMediaItem).

## Topics

### Getting Album Info

[`trackCount`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/trackCount)

The number of tracks in the album.

[`title`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/title)

The title of the album.

[`sortTitle`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/sortTitle)

The title to use when sorting by album title.

[`rating`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/rating)

The rating of the album.

[`isRatingComputed`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/isRatingComputed)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the system computes the rating of the album using the ratings of individual tracks in the album.

[`isGapless`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/isGapless)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the album is gapless.

[`discNumber`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/discNumber)

The index (1, 2, 3, and so on) of the disc within an album that’s a multiple-disc set.

[`discCount`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/discCount)

The number of discs in a multiple-disc set.

[`isCompilation`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/isCompilation)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the album is a compilation.

[`albumArtist`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/albumArtist)

The name of the artist iTunes associates with the album.

[`sortAlbumArtist`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/sortAlbumArtist)

The name to use when sorting by album artist.

[`persistentID`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/persistentID)

The unique identifier of the album.

### Deprecated

[`artist`](/documentation/iTunesLibrary/ITLibAlbum/artist)

The artist iTunes associates with the album.


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