My iPod Nano won't update new songs onto it!

Alright, so i went to go download new music one day in the Music Store and it said that I needed to download iTunes 6.0.2 or whatever its called. So i finally got the download to work and all my old music showed up and everything was fine. Then i decided to go and buy some more music (in the iTunes Music Store). All the downloads worked and everything and they play on my iTunes but when i plug my iPod into the USB port, it says its updating my iPod, and then it says it is complete but then when i look on my iPod itself, none of the new songs are there! I have no idea how to fix any of this so if someone has any suggestions that would be great!
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