Only 20 songs on 2GB Nano. don't understand

Hello!
I am not a computer savvy person by any stretch. Unfortunately, my ipod has started to hate me, and thus stop working properly.
I got it as a Christmas gift in December of 2005. It is a 2GB Nano..
I noticed while the months were passing, I was able to upload fewer and fewer songs. Currently, I'm only able to upload about 20 before the ipoos memory is full.
Some friends (who don't have ipods) suggested that I download some firmware software. I had no idea what that even meant; so I typed it into a google search, and ended up with the newest available version of itunes.
My problem still has not been fixed and I have no idea what to do!
If someone could please help me out that would be utterly fantastic.

Bear in mind that Apple quotes the number of songs you are able to store on any iPod by using the AAC format at a bitrate setting of 128kbps and for a 4 minute song. Any variation on these settings/timings will vary the amount of songs you are able to store on your iPod.
You need to look in iTunes under edit/preferences/advanced/importing. What does it say in settings and import using? You may have the import settings and bitrate set wrong. You need to compress your music using either mp3 or aac. If you see AIFF, WAV or Apple Lossless then those formats are going to take way more space than mp3 or aac, especially the first 2 which are raw uncompressed formats.

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