2 Itunes accounts and one iphone

Somehow i managed to have 2 itunes accounts, one with my user name (example: XXXXX) and then another one that is my username but with my email address (Example: [email protected]) attached to it. I purchased songs on one account from computer but now i can not transfer the purchases to my i phone 4. If it helps my i phone 4 is linked to just the username account not the one with the email address. How can i transfer these purchases and is there anyway to link these accounts?

You can only use one account on your device. Contact the iTunes Store and see if they can do something about it, but the official version is:
I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to consolidate them into a single Apple ID?
At this time, Apple IDs cannot be consolidated.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/

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