One of the biggest pet peeves of important music into iTunes is that album artwork is often forgotten. Before iTunes, sharing music never included file lists or artwork. It was simply the music files in a format you could use on your computer. Now, however, thanks to iTunes, you can share so much more on your iPod, computer or over a network.

There are two ways to add album artwork in iTunes. You can have iTunes use the Music Store to search for the corresponding album artwork for missing titles, or you can import it yourself. While allowing iTunes to do it for you sounds like the easy way out, it does not always prove to be the most effective method.

Many times, iTunes cannot find the right artwork thanks to mistagged songs and albums. If you do not label your music as meticulously as iTunes demands, the Music Store will not find the artwork, and it will go missing. This is where adding it yourself comes in handy.

All you have to do is find the artwork you want to use, select the songs you want it to represent, and then drag it into the program. iTunes will then import the artwork, associate it with those songs, and even transfer it to your iPod if it is connected. It only takes a few seconds, and the hard part is finding the right artwork you want for your album or songs. You can even create your own if you want.