Not all artists?

Hello!
I have a really weird problem.
When i go to artists on my ipod it won't show all the songs of that particular artist.
Like George Baker i have 3 songs of him but in the artist section it only shows me 1.
When i go to songs and search on of the other 2 songs it shows up with artist George Baker!
Also i have some artists in it like 4 times
Acda en de Munnik shows up 4 times with the same songs... and same albums
What is going on?
I already formatted the ipod and sync'd it again but it happens again.
In itunes when i turn on ctrl+b it shows George Baker and Acda en de Munnik the right way.
Does any of you have expierence with this problem?
Thanks in Advance!
Martijn
P.S I have an Ipod Video 60GB

When i go to artists on my ipod it won't show all the songs of that particular artist.
See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
Once you add a second album name for that artist even for a single song, ALL the rest of the songs should now show up under that artist, even those without album names.
Also i have some artists in it like 4 times
A spelling or punctuation mistake, or sometimes a trailing space usually causes this after the artists and/or song name, which fools the iPod into thinking that there are two different artists or songs. The trailing space is the hardest to spot.
Best way to cure this is to go into iTunes, highlight that artist and/or songs, right click on them and select "get info".
This brings up the multiple song info window. If you see the "artist" field is left blank, then there is a discrepancy with that name.
So to correct this, in the artist or song box retype the name, as you would like it, and then click ok. You should do this even if no mistakes are immediately visible.
Re sync this new artist/song info to your iPod.
If the above is not the issue, try this also. Highlight all the songs for that artist, right click on them and select "apply sort field/same artist".
See if that works.

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