Alphabetical list

the command beet ls provide a list which is not complete ABC
Example
Scott Walker - No Regrets: The Best of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers - Montague Terrace (In Blue)
Scott Walker - No Regrets: The Best of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers - Jackie
Santana - Blessings and Miracles - She’s Fire (feat. Diane Warren, G‐Eazy)
Dionne Warwick - Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls - Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Albert West - 20 Greatest Hits - Ginny Come Lately
Kim Wilde - The Singles Collection 1981–1993 - Cambodia
Jackie Wilson - The Ultimate Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
Stevie Wonder - Live at the Rainbow - Don’t You Worry About a Thing
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection - For Once in My Life
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Tammy Wynette - The Best of Tammy Wynette: Live in Concert - Stand by Your Man
Neil Young - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon
Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - I Can’t Make Up My Mind
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - Tell Her No
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - You Make Me Feel Good
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - Kind of Girl

As you can see Niel Young and Kim Wilde are on position you would not expect them.
What is the right command to get an organised list

That’s because the files are tagged with ARTISTSORT=last,first
I see the same, and this is the tag from one of my files:

ARTISTSORT=Young, Neil

You can tell beets to sort on ALBUMARTIST instead with:

beet list albumartist+

or in reverse order with

beet list albumartist-

You can specify any other field(s) to sort on.

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