# Random Sort - No Repeats

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 23, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988 "2015-06-23T19:11:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Deanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Deanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Deanna)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988/1 "2015-06-23T19:11:29Z")

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I know I can random sort a list of songs by clicking the column header of the first column. However, I am trying to avoid repeating the same artist in this randomized list. In other words; I don't want to have the same artist twice in a row. Is there a way to accomplish that?

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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:** [June 24, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988/2 "2015-06-24T03:13:56Z")

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Not within mp3tag.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988/3 "2015-06-24T12:08:24Z")

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> [@Deanna](#):
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> I know I can random sort a list of songs by clicking the column header of the first column. However, I am trying to avoid repeating the same artist in this randomized list. In other words; I don't want to have the same artist twice in a row. Is there a way to accomplish that?

Move one of the adjacent rows up or down in the listview manually.

DD.20150624.1608.CEST

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**Author:** ![Deanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Deanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Deanna)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988/4 "2015-06-24T15:11:11Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation. I did it in Excel. Too bad it can't be done within MP3TAG.

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**Author:** ![hootg52](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hootg52](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hootg52)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988/5 "2016-03-29T20:29:06Z")

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I realize this is being posted nearly a year since the last entry but I was searching for an answer to this type of problem and I just want to let folks know they CAN manually move a row. On my Windows 7 system, I can hold the "Alt" key down, click and hold a row, then move it.

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-sort-no-repeats/16988/6 "2026-02-09T12:25:43Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC