Poweramp already has functionality in which it can parse multiple genres in one field if they are split up with specific characters (Library > Scanner > Symbols to Split Multiple Genres). What I would like is a feature that does the same for artists and album artists. My desktop player, MusicBee, supports multiple artists in a field with use of the semicolon. For example, if the artist field for a song looks like "A$AP Mob; A$AP Rocky; Tyler, The Creator; Playboi Carti; Yung Gleesh" then t
For MP3 files (i.e. ID3 tags), MP3Tag only writes one Artist tag, with both names contained within the same field, as the spec does not allow for two separate instances of the same tag type. For FLAC and some other formats that use Vorbis tagging, MP3Tag converts any Artist tag which contains "\\" into two separate instances of the ARTIST tag, one for each split name, which is permitted in the Vorbis spec (but not in ID3).
So for MP3 files you should see both names in PA, but for FLAC Power