Albums and Songs seems disappear in iTunes Music folder (8.0.1)

Before start a back up of my iTunes 8.0.1 I had curiosity to check the iTunes Library > iTunes Music
There I notice some Artist folder became empty: no album(s) and no song(s) anymore !?
I still can play them from the main iTunes window. But till when ?
Am afraid it could be an alert to some trouble.
Any suggestion ?

Maybe I was not clear enough in my explanation with some trouble in my iTunes (8.0.2 now).
Sometime iTunes loose the link to a song file. A question mark appear next the song, iTunes ask to recreate the missing link.
Time to time, I take a look into Music / iTunes folder
Time to time, I notice, some Artist Folder became empty. Maybe the first step to a missing link or something worst ?...
But iTunes (the App) still showing and play the song (?!)
I (wrongly?) consider it as a trouble which make me loose for good part of my Library.
Dragging the empty Artist Folder from the iTunes Folder to the Desktop, make Album Folders and Song Files reappear in the previous empty Artist Folder !...
I do not consider that very normal or did I miss something ?

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