How do I organize the albums/songs in my iTunes?

I just decided to put a bunch of songs onto my iTunes so I could then sync those songs with my iPad 3 (and my new iPhone that's coming in the mail tomorrow ). Anyways, the way they organize my songs in iTunes is all messed up. If a song has more than one artist, it treats that song like a completely different album rather than including it all together under one album and under the main artist.
Is there a way I can edit the song/album details so I can organize my iTunes library in a way that will move the songs under the appropriate album, rather than treating them like a completely separate album? I already tried letting iTunes keep my media folder organized, and that just made it worse. I want to have control over the way the albums/artists/songs are organized.
So in short, how do I edit the album/artist/song details so I can make sure that the albums sync properly and it doesn't show 1 album as 5 separate albums? I'd also like to know how to make it so I get all the album artwork (other than relying on iTunes to do this) so I can have a nice neat looking music library on my iPad 3.
Thank you for reading, and thank you for helping me out.

A couple of tips for keeping albums intact:
Make sure the ALBUM ARTIST is the same for all tracks? Artist can be different as long as the album artist is set the same
Make sure the album Name is identical for each track
Check the song sequence and that each track is marked track # of total number of tracks
Make sure none of the tracks have "part of compilation" checked, unless it actually IS a compilation, and then all should have it checked (HINT: a greatest hits album is NOT a compilation.
This should all be done iniTunes on your computer prior to synching.
On the iPad, in the music app, tap the "more" button at the bottom of the screen and turn "sort by artist" ON.

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