Why can't itunes deal with...

blues   is the same genre as
Blues
dance  is the same genre as
daNce
The Beatles   is the same artist as
the beatles     is the same artist as
The beatles
Then there is the muliple instances of the same album in cover flow.  Wow!
Super Annoying!!

Technically, they're not the same, sometimes two bands have a name that sounds the same except it's written slightly different. But yes, you can solve it pretty easily:
1. In the search field, type 'Beatles'.
2. Once all your Beatles music is there, be it The Beatles, the Beatles or the beatles, select them all.
3. Press 'Cmd + i' to display the track information.
4. In the Artist field, write the name such as you want it to be.
To unify your songs that belong to the same Genre you'll just have to follow the same steps but replace 'Artist' with 'Genre' in the field you'll be editing.
You might have different cover art and thus create a mess in cover flow if your files are imported from a cd and not purchased from the iTunes store, especially if you added the cover yourself. The way to correct this is similar to the one described above.

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