Why do I have so many duplicate songs in iTunes

Does anyone know what would cause me to have a large number of duplicate tracks in Itunes. At first I thought it's possible I have more than one copy of a particular song on my computer or definitely on the several drives I have attached. However, I've noticed that even with a brand new CD that I import into iTunes sometimes all or some of the tracks get imported twice.
Thanks in advance for your help
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If you have duplicates of your purchases displayed with a cloud symbol alongside your downloaded tracks then sign out of the store, then sign back in again.
Otherwise there is probably something wrong with your workflow when you add content to the library. Repeatedly importing the same set of folders that are outside the iTunes Media folder with the option to Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library enabled is one common way of creating duplicates.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See thisthread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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