Duplicate songs when imported music files into itunes

i imported a significant song selection (10,000 songs) on to i tunes, but there were heaps of duplicates. Any idea why this may be? And how i can stop it happening? Takes ages to delete duplicates.

*Takes ages to delete duplicates*
Have a look at Doug's AppleScripts there are a couple of scripts there to help manage duplicates. Search the page for "Corral iTunes Dupes" and "Corral All dupes" : Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

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Duplicate songs when imported music files into itunes

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