Music appears twice

I sync my music to my new phone but everything appears twice and half of them wont play. How do I fix this?

Hello aldesi,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
Have a nice day,
Mario

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*Tried that, there are STILL too many covers!*
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