# Albums are diplayed in wrong Artist because they share the exact same name **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** handled\ **Created:** [November 8, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583 "2026-11-08T12:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/u/skakner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/1 "2026-11-08T12:07:49Z")
### App version Production ### Issue description Hi everybody! New user of Symfonium, I have a small problem. Artists Enrico Pieranunzi and John Coltrane have two albums with the exact same title: Ballads, Live in Japan. In Enrico Pieranunzi’s albums, only his albums are displayed, as it should be. In John Coltrane’s albums, all his albums are displayed plus the two of Enrico Pieranunzi (Ballads, Live in Paris). That’s the problem! File names follow this format: Artist - Album - Track - Title For example John Coltrane - Ballads - 06 - What’s New The metadata (tags) for the four albums are as shown below. ALBUM Ballads ALBUMARTIST Enrico Pieranunzi ARTIST Enrico Pieranunzi ALBUM Live in Japan ALBUMARTIST Enrico Pieranunzi ARTIST Enrico Pieranunzi ALBUM Ballads ALBUM ARTIST John Coltrane ALBUMARTIST John Coltrane ARTIST John Coltrane ALBUM Live in Japan ALBUMARTIST John Coltrane ARTIST John Coltrane Any idea? ver.15.1.0 (127812) ### Device type Phone ### Media provider Local device ### Steps to reproduce 1. Open app 2. Go to All Artists 3. Select John Coltrane ### Additional information The other apps I use (Poweramp, AIMP, Foobar) display properly the albums of the two artists. ### Screenshots ![Symf -Pieranunzi.jpg](http://support.symfonium.app/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e6afe64b53e2527aa7b295d48b1e634632cfd721.jpeg) ![Symf -Coltrane.jpg](http://support.symfonium.app/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1c082be1ff2dd5c0d6fd1b7129965868f921d998.jpeg) ### I searched existing issues first on ### I understand that logs are mandatory on ### Log upload name / description Coltrane-Pieranunzi same album names ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/2 "2026-11-08T12:18:03Z")
Be sure to check the album split setting in the provider. You probably changed it. ---
**Author:** ![skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/u/skakner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/3 "2026-11-08T17:39:29Z")
Thanks for the answer! Probably you mean _**Settings \> Manage Media providers \> Local Device (my selected provider) \> Edit \> Split album by.**_ I think I never touched this. Anyway, in this menu _ **Folder, MusicBrainz ID, Album version** _ are selected. Given that I only play files from my phone card, I think that I should select _ **Album artist** _ and maybe _ **Folder** _. Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/4 "2026-11-08T17:46:30Z")
> **[Albums are not merged or split as expected](https://docs.symfonium.app/faq/albums-are-not-merged-or-split-as-expected/)** > > Learn how Symfonium groups albums, why albums may merge or split, and which tags and provider settings control album separation. If everything is in the same folder then yes you need to add album artist as a split value. ---
**Author:** ![skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/u/skakner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/5 "2026-11-08T17:50:18Z")
It worked! 😀 Thanks a lot! I suppose _ **MusicBrainz ID** _ shouldn’t be selected. What about _ **Album version** _? ---
**Author:** ![Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/celorien/32/9277_2.png) [@Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Celorien)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/6 "2026-11-08T19:15:32Z")
It depends entirely on your library. If you don’t use those tags, then it doesn’t hurt to leave the settings checked. If you do use them, those two should be helpful to further split albums. MusicBrainzID is added by software like MusicBrainz Picard. It is a unique ID for each album, to ensure that different albums with the same name don’t join. Album version is used to identify… Well, different versions of an album. Could be Re-mastered, re-release, whatever. Again, if these are blank in your library then there’s no harm leaving the setting as-is. ---
**Author:** ![skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@skakner](http://support.symfonium.app/u/skakner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/7 "2026-11-08T20:32:44Z")
Thank you all for your answers! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![system](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/system/32/726_2.png) [@system](http://support.symfonium.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/albums-are-diplayed-in-wrong-artist-because-they-share-the-exact-same-name/15583/8 "2026-11-10T20:33:19Z")
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