# multiple genres in wmp11
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 12, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028 "2008-07-12T19:31:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@riku0116](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/riku0116)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028/1 "2008-07-12T19:31:08Z")
i've been using wmp11 for quite a while now, and just recently made the switch to foobar2000. just about everything is working perfectly so far, but there seems to be a problem about the way wmp handles multiple genres.
in wmp, under the genre column, it displays the multiple genres i have entered as "genre1; genre2", but in both foobar2000 and mp3tag, i only see the "genre1" under the genre section and the other genres are nowhere to be found.
how do i change the multiple genres in wmp into something that can be recognized by foobar2000 and mp3tags (and maybe retain the compatibility with wmp if possible)? hopefully i won't have to manually re-tag all the genres in my collection...
thanks in advance for your help.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028/2 "2008-07-13T09:18:01Z")
I had a look at it and it seems that WMP doen't store the additional genre in the tag but in its internal database.
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### Author:  [@missm2u](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/missm2u)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028/3 "2026-01-15T23:25:09Z")
sounds like i need to choose a player and then see if it will retrieve a “contains” search in the genre and artist fields?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028/4 "2026-01-16T06:59:49Z")
Who are you asking with which use-case in mind?
IMHO this is about genres so I am not sure why
> [@missm2u](#):
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> search in the ... artist fields?
should be beneficial.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-genres-in-wmp11/7028/5 "2026-02-15T06:59:53Z")
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