# Mp3Tag doesn't handle artist names with | characters correctly in compilations

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [October 2, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662 "2022-10-02T19:04:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![KBKarma](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@KBKarma](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KBKarma)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662/1 "2022-10-02T19:04:20Z")

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I have music by two artists with the | character in their names, M|O|O|N and x|k. When I get an album with one of those artists, the results from MusicBrainz comes back with the artist split across multiple tracks, as below:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/1/177f7bce4b141083b6e20c514f7de0913736180c.png)

The album on MusicBrainz doesn't display this issue:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c292e431389c744030b60cb29cdfe98e5bd9ad.png)

In case you're wondering about the Artistsort, the artist's MusicBrainz alias page is this:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6e2734dd0411486e5f8b4f49882c68eca4b03c52.png)

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662/2 "2022-10-02T19:40:19Z")

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Could you please show us the URL\* to this release on MusicBrainz?  
\* _(the link to the album/release for your second screenshot on MB)_

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### Author: ![KBKarma](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@KBKarma](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KBKarma)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662/3 "2022-10-03T14:20:44Z")

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Here y'are.

> **[Hotline Miami Soundtrack](https://musicbrainz.org/release/f2c9734d-707c-4d09-92e6-244d741bf94e)**
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> Official release by Various Artists, 2013-01-24
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> 22 total tracks (Digital Media)

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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 7, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662/4 "2022-10-07T12:46:43Z")

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This is now fixed with [Mp3tag v3.18a](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455). Thanks for reporting!

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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: [November 6, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-handle-artist-names-with-characters-correctly-in-compilations/58662/5 "2022-11-06T12:47:28Z")

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