# How to separate multiple artist? **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-multiple-artist/52232 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-multiple-artist/52232 "2021-03-04T12:29:58Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### 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: [March 4, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-multiple-artist/52232/4 "2021-03-04T13:08:33Z")
> [@Flemming](#): > > I want the most correct way, YOu may encounter different approaches to how players interpret fields with several pieces of data in them. Which means that there is no best practice. On the other hand: try to find out for which purpose you need that separation most. If you do not really need separate fields but you can tolerate all pieces of data in 1 string, then go for the semicolon-space option. This shows you all the (e.g.) artists in 1 field and you don't have to fuss around with merging the fields if you want to write a new filename. Also, by avoiding any kind of slash (forward, backward, single, double) you do not run into trouble in respect to file system conventions and special characters. And should it happen that you need a special separator, you can use MP3tag's functions to replace semicolon-space with that what you need. See also here: > [@Should I use ";" or "\\\\" or "-" as a separator?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/should-i-use-or-or-as-a-separator/45708): > > To date I have been using a ";" as a separator for the Artist, Composer and Genre fields. I would then do an action of merge duplicate fields for these fields after ripping a CD (or after a bunch of CD's). This displays well with the music players that I use currently but whether if or I may want to use another player in the future I am wondering if there is a better solution that is more universal?. Been thinking about whether it would of been best to use the "\" as a separator or even a … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-multiple-artist/52232)._