Problem..iTunes duplicates my imported songs

I've tried to import three different albums and iTunes is duplicating them on import. It is showing the dulipcates in iTunes and when I "show in Finder", there are indeed two mp3 files there.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
Thanks

if you are importing an album that has a playlist file in the same folder, it imports the mp3s and then it imports all the mp3s listed in the playlist. Its stupid, I know. You have to make sure you delete any playlists in the folder before importing it.

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