Nothing has changed in that regard, you're just seeing what was already there.
I just use a virtual tag when I want the artist name without an article. You'll also have to figure out a way to work around legit artist names that contain a comma, but it's very doable.
Edit: here's a virtual tag I use for both sorting and file organizing that takes the (manual) sort album artist if there is one, and if there's not, uses the Sort Album Artist sans "Ignore Words". (Just skip over the first bit about compilations.)
$If($Or(<Album Artist>="[compilation]",<Genre>="TV Clip"),$Split(<Sort Artist>,",",1),$If(<Album Artist>=<Sort Album Artist>,<Album Artist>,$If($Sort(<Album Artist>)=<Sort Album Artist>,$Split(<Sort Album Artist>,",",1),<Sort Album Artist>)))