# 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")
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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: [May 29, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-multiple-artist/52232/8 "2023-05-29T12:10:45Z")

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Wherever you found that ...  
Did you also have a look at th discussion in this thread?

> [@Should I use ";" or "\\\\" or "-" as a separator?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/should-i-use-or-or-as-a-separator/45708):
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> 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 …

And the best standard is worthless if the player of your choice does not support it.

You can always check in the extended tags dialogue whether you have real multi-value fields or a single field with separating characters in it.

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