# MP3s: Are XSOP (ID3v2.3) and TSOP (ID3v2.4) handled?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-are-xsop-id3v2-3-and-tsop-id3v2-4-handled/7323
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 13, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-are-xsop-id3v2-3-and-tsop-id3v2-4-handled/7323 "2008-10-13T10:16:45Z")
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### Author: ![Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/moonbase/32/207_2.png) [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-are-xsop-id3v2-3-and-tsop-id3v2-4-handled/7323/1 "2008-10-13T10:16:45Z")

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A technical question:

Apart from »Album Artist Sort Order« (TXXX:ALBUMARTISTSORT), I would need an »Artist Sort Order« which is specified in ID3v2.3 as _XSOP_, in ID3v2.4 as _TSOP_ (Vorbis Comment: _ARTISTSORT_, APEv2: _ARTISTSORT_, iTunes MP4: _soar_, Windows Media: _WM/ArtistSortOrder_).

Does MP3Tag (v2.41) handle these?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-are-xsop-id3v2-3-and-tsop-id3v2-4-handled/7323/2 "2008-10-14T17:23:15Z")

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You can try PERFORMERSORTORDER which is mapped to TSOP (and BANDSORTORDER for Album Artist which is mapped to TSO2).

Kind regards,  
Florian

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-are-xsop-id3v2-3-and-tsop-id3v2-4-handled/7323/3 "2026-02-09T12:21:09Z")

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