IPod Artist list has gone strange

Sorry. I didnt really know how to title this thread but i wonder if someone can help me. My artist list on my iphone has gone really strange and i am unsure what has happenend or how to sort it.
Basically when i press the artist list on my ipod everything is in some random order and the A-Z selection that is usually on the right hand side has dissapeared. Its now really hard to find artists especially when i have a couple of hundred on there and they are no longer in alphabetical order like they were before. It was fine yesterday and i dont think i have done anything to it since then. i did plug my phone into my computer to charge it but that was all. its also the same when i tip it on its side and look at the cover view but its in a different order and seems to just repeat the same 20 albums over and over again.
When i click on album or song view these are not in alphabetical order either. just in a random mess.
Has any one experienced this or know how to fix it. i have looked everywhere but cant find anything.
I could also add a pic if any one knows how to include them on here.
thanks
john
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Update:
Doing some unrelated things in iTunes, I noticed that the actual files may have something to do with it. Looking at the folders I noticed this....
A Green Day Video is in this folder G_r_e_e_n D_ay.
I checked the dates for all videos that are like that.
November 19
Wonder if there was an ipod/itunes update around then.
Anyway, I took the video out and renamed it (and updated the info with LOSTIFY) and imported the file back into itunes. It did seem to go back to the correct folder.
Seems to work fine.
I no longer see the second "blank" artist that contains green day.
I did look at my library (in finder) and did NOT notice a similar problem with podcasts. I think some of this is because the Podcasts do not have the artist field filled out. But that doesn't explain the 5-6 duplicates in the Artists (ipod) menu. From a few random clicks between podcast blanks I see that the lists look alike.

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