Adjusting in "Get Info" tab isn't enough

I have been trying to consolidate my songs under their proper albums and artist names; because I have been getting music from places other than iTunes. iTunes wont put them together now, for some reason. I went through and looked at all the "Get Info" tab information and it is all identical and it still will not do what I am asking it to. My OCD is going nuts.
For example:
I have 7 albums by Ke$ha. They all fall under Ke$ha when I go to the Artist tab, and it shows her name and then all the albums and which songs go in each one.
I downloaded another song from another album of hers (Not from the iTunes store) that I dont have any music from yet. It is by Ke$ha.
I put in the info exactly the same as it was for my other songs under her name, and the year it came out, then filled out the appropriate album name for the new album, etc. But it still shows up in a different section. Still under the name Ke$ha because I set it at that, but not with all her other music:
<< where all the other music Ive got from her (From the iTunes store)
<< where the one song from the one album I got, not from the iTunes store, in a fully separate artist category. (I also assigned that album artwork for it because iTunes wouldnt find the artwork for it either. It will find it in the store, but it wont assign the artwork. Glitch?)
Help? If Im just going to have to live with it, thats fine, I can eventually get over it but.... :/ it would be great if I could change that.

Under the 'Get Info' option on a song, if I go to
the
artwork tab, the artwork, which appears in the
main
window and has been successfully transferred to my
iPod, does not appear, thus preventing me from
removing or changing any art work. Why is this?
That's wierd. You're selecting one file? Does the art
area appear empty, or is there a white box?
No, it's just blank like there's nothing there. My computer is kinda old, but I don't see why that would stop this element of the program from working.
I thought it just flat out didn't work until I saw it working on my sister's computer. Then I realised I was screwed.
Also, with the addition of lyrics, will that only
work with the newest video iPods and Nanos? I've
seen
that it works on "5th Generation", but I don't
know
things by their generation number. I have an iPod
Photo. Why can't they change the program on the
older
iPods to accept the lyrics???
Currentyl, the lyrics work only on the nano and 5G. I
don't know when/if they'll add that to the iPod photo.
Okay, 5th Gen = video iPod. Thanks!
Thanks
Simone

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