Updating music library to iPod

I have 12 songs from the same artist (same genre as well) on my iPod, however when I search by "Artist", it only shows three of them. If I search by "Song", I can find each of them individually. Does anyone know what I need to do to sync this up? Thanks!

The artist name must be exactly the same in all songs.
Sometimes there are spaces you cannot see.
Select all the songs by the artist.
Right click and Get Info.
Retype the Artist name.

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