ITunes duplicates each song in my library

Hi, I just upgraded my iTunes and I'm not sure if that affected my library or if it was another thing. But now all the songs in my library are duplicated and I don't know if I will have to delete each one of the duplicated songs, one by one.. or if there is a way to do it easier.
Is this a bug of the new version?
Thanks in advance for all your suggestions.

In iTunes go to View~Show duplicates. The click one song, then press Ctrl A and delete from computer.

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