My Ipod doesn't show some of the songs I have? Please I need an answer

My Ipod is perfectly organized by Artists and when I select some of them, few song are shown; for example I have 10 songs of The Doors and it only shows 4. If I search them, with the search feature, they appear. How do I fiz this?

There are usually two things that contribute to songs not appearing under Artist on the iPod, both due to information either in or missing from the Get Info>Info tab against the song in iTunes. 1) the song has no album name associated with it or 2) the song is marked as part of a compilation.
If tracks are missing an Album name in the Info tab, this information needs to be filled in. The no album one is a bit quirky as the songs will appear under certain circumstances but the simplest remedy is just add None or Miscellaneous in place of a title. See this link for more detail: I don't see some of my songs when browsing by artist on my iPod
Also if the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation, they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu), if "Part of a Compilation" is marked untick it and afterwards update your iPod, you should find it now appears as normal. Compilations are stored in a separate folder in iTunes so the songs don't appear inside the normal Artist>Album folder.
I've also seen a problem quoted that seems to be related to the “Album Artist” field in the info tab. If you have multiple songs from the same artist and one of these songs for instance has the artist name in the Album Artist field, then the songs that display on the iPod under the Artists list are restricted to that one.
The no album one is a bit quirky. If all songs have no album, you can view them all under Music -> Artist. Also, if you have songs from two albums or more and songs with no album, it works. However if there are songs from one album and songs with no album they don't show.

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