Using first artist name only

Hello, I was wandering if there is a way for iTunes to use only the first artist name. I am asking because when I browse for music in my iPod I want to see only one artist and not five different entries for the same artist. For example David guetta ft Akon and David guetta only. The iPod shows 2 different artists because it thinks that these 2 are different artists. Is there a way to male it know and read only the first artist??
Thank you in advance.

See my previous post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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