There are several things you can do.

For one, having multiple ARTISTSORT tags doesn't necessarily always
cause problems.  If the tags are written by your tagging software in
the correct order (and are maintained in this order if you change
something later) then it will work OK.  For example:

ARTIST=Bob Smith
ARTIST=Mary Johnson
ARTISTSORT=Smith, Bob
ARTISTSORT=Johnson, Mary

Of course, you seldom really have control over the order that the tags
are written by tagging software, so it's best avoided.

You can also use a separator character, as is used in Mp3 ID3v2 tags,
making sure to keep the order corresponding to each artist the same in
each.

ARTIST=Bob Smith;Mary Johnson
ARTISTSORT=Smith, Bob;Johnson, Mary

This works in Squeezebox Server, but if you also use the library with
software that doesn't recognize the use of separators for this purpose
you end up with some odd looking artist names.

What I do is just leave ARTISTSORT tags out of tracks with multiple
ARTIST tags.  The thing to keep in mind is that if Squeezebox Server
sees a xxxSORT tag for the contributor name anywhere else in your
library, then it will still be sorted by that sort string. For probably
99% of my artists that's the case, so the ARTISTSORT tags don't have to
be included for every instance of a contributor's name. The others I
just live them as they are. Much of the time they're only track
artists, so they're not included in my browse artists list anyway.
Doesn't matter how they sort.


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