Albums/artists synced to my iPod are duplicating themselves.

Several of the artists I've synced to my iPod are appearing twice when I go to them on my iPod. (home>music>artists) I have not copied the artist from my computer to iTunes twice, so I don't understand why this is happening. Any help?

See http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp
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