# Album Artist not displaying multiple artists

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-not-displaying-multiple-artists/62740>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 12, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-not-displaying-multiple-artists/62740 "2023-11-12T15:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![lotusaurus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@lotusaurus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lotusaurus)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-not-displaying-multiple-artists/62740/1 "2023-11-12T15:40:24Z")

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If I have multiple artists under the Artist field, in the track listing I see, for example, "Sir Charles Mackerras\Scottish Chamber Orchestra" (using the "//" delimiter"). But when I enter the same text under Album Artist, I see only "Sir Charles Mackerras" in the track listing.

However, if I actually view the tags in something like foobar2000 I see the Album Artist tag as expected: "Sir Charles Mackerras; Scottish Chamber Orchestra" (where the delimiter has been replaced by a "proper" text separator).

I would have expected multiple artists to be displayed in the same way under both the Artist and Album Artist fields. Is there a reason for this difference?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-not-displaying-multiple-artists/62740/2 "2023-11-12T15:45:25Z")

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> [@lotusaurus](#):
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> Is there a reason for this difference?

Could be.  
It depends on how you defined "Value" for the column.  
If you want to see that column as a multi-value field, then try  
Value: `$meta_sep(albumartist,\\)`  
Please note that while a number of players can deal with several artsts and genres, they often refuse to recognize more than one field of the type ALBUMARTIST, TITLE and ALBUM.

How to define a column, see the documentation:

> **[File List – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/file-list/)**
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> Customization options for the File List, including adding, removing, hiding, and rearranging of columns. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-not-displaying-multiple-artists/62740/3 "2026-02-09T12:30:11Z")

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