Trying to change artist name to consolidate on ipod....

but when I type in (for ex.) "Janet Jackson", it automatically converts it to "janet jackson". This is causing me to have two files for Janet Jackson on my ipod, therefore to find music, I have to look through each one. How do I change this auto-correction off in itunes?

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Hello, (sorry for bad english)
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