Sorting my music folder

Hi there.
Is there a way to make iTunes (or perhaps another program) sort my music folder in a following structure: Album > Song or Album > Artist > Song
Currently it's made like this: Artist > Album > Song, but I don't like it very much.
Appreciate all your help.

In iTunes, Edit -> Show browser.
Select the artist you want.
It will show all albums by that artist and also all songs by that artist.
if I want to copy for example one album to another PC or something, I can't do so because it is sorted by artist.
Why not? Select the album under the artist name and copy it.
Do you perhaps know of some program that is able to 'pickup' all files in a specific folder, such as 'Music' and then sort it all into categories such as 'Artist', etc. ?
As you have already noted, iTunes sortsit exactly this way.
iTunes music -> Artist -> Album - Songs.
Can iTunes detect and delete duplicate songs?
It can show them to you (Edit -> Show Duplicates) but you have to select them to delete them.
I just want to open my Music folder and then play my music from there with a certain music player.
The whole idea behind iTunes (and most music managers) is that where and how the music is oranized on your HD is pretty much irrelevant. The OS should do that in the most efficient manner with little input from you.
You don't worry too much about how or where the OS files are installed on your C: drive because you don't really need to know.
You view, sort, play & select the music you want in the manager.

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