Artist name showing twice??

The spelling of the artist name is the same and when I download to the ipod, the same artist name comes up twice back to back. How do I fix this? It is annoying because I have to look through both listings of the same artist to find a song.

A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. In the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.

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