Syc music to my new 3gs is being doubled

hey all
i just got a brand new iPhone 3GS 32GB. once I got it home I charged it up, installed itunes from the apple site (the latest I assume). after I installed itunes and plug my new iPhone in it said to update to the latest firmware 3.1.2 so i did. the next thing i did was sync some of my songs (these are mp3s ive made from my cd's not bought in itunes).
the problem iam having is some artists are being doubled up (i synced by artist name) 3 artists have doubled up, this is bad because each artist i have 3 to 4 cds so iam getting 9 to 12 cds doubled up. i tried removing then re syncing... not luck. ive tried converting to ACC with no luck.
i was going to try converting to iphone format in the advance menu but it is always greyed out.
any help would be great.
thanks XL

Most likely your ID tags in itunes are wrong. In iTunes, select all the CD's that are being doubled on your phone, and right click, get info. Now you can change the ID3 tag which holds information about the song. ID3 tags are different than filenames. The iPhone/iPod uses ID3 tags, not filenames to show your songs. If you get double artists, it most likely means your ID3 tags are bad.
This article may help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2530
There are also third party programs to batch change ID3 tags in itunes, do a google search.
Last, these forums are NOT OFFICIAL APPPLE SUPPORT FORUMS! This is a user to user forum. All of us here are users just like you. We volunteer our time & expertise with no remuneration. Complaining won't get you the help you want. We do this because we love the products & have a desire to help others. If you want help, ask for it, but DON"T COMPLAIN!

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