# Encoding problems with multiple artists
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 25, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921 "2018-02-25T11:54:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ajperez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ajperez)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921/1 "2018-02-25T11:54:07Z")
Hi, I have a problem when tagging tracks with multiple artists.
I'm using ' \\ ' as separator (that's it, two backslashes, in case it renders wrong in the forum). Both Windows 7 and my Android device recognize it properly, for example, if I have 'Céline Dion \\ Barbra Streisand', the track is correctly listed both under 'Céline Dion' and `Barbra Streisand'. Perfect, right?
Well... except that it shows 'Céline Dion' instead. It only happens with multiple artists, otherwise the text is shown properly. It doesn't happen in Windows, either. It must be a problem in the Android 7.1 media library, because it affects any player I tried (the default one, Google Play Music, BlackPlayer...).
I'm using ID3v1 + ID3v2.3 UTF16, and I've checked (with a custom column %\_id3v2\_character\_encoding%), that all the files tags are encoded in the same way, UTF-16. I don't know if switching to ID3v2.4 UTF8 would solve the issue, but it's not an option for me at the moment, because apparently Windows 7 doesn't recognize it.
Since I can't fix Android 🙂 ... is there any change I can do to prevent this problem?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921/2 "2018-02-25T13:14:18Z")
see this "how to" on encoding problems:
> [@Problems with ID3v2 tags in Unicode format?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-with-id3v2-tags-in-unicode-format/2785):
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> Since version 2.33 Mp3tag supports Unicode through the whole program. Mp3tag writes ID3v2 tags in Unicode format (UTF-16) by default now, but there are still some programs, portables or car radios which have problems with ID3v2 tags stored in Unicode format (though this is specified within the ID3v2 standard). To use Mp3tag with these programs or devices, simply enable the option (x) ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1 at [:mt\_options:] Options \> Tags \> Mpeg. After that, just save the tags again by clicking […
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### Author:  [@ajperez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ajperez)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921/3 "2018-02-25T14:44:08Z")
Well, that was easy 😃 . Thanks a lot, problem solved! 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:15Z")