# Why is "various artists" showing next to each track artist on a compilation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 31, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/why-is-various-artists-showing-next-to-each-track-artist-on-a-compilation/263618 "2024-01-31T15:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Suedkiez](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/suedkiez/32/107321_2.png) [@Suedkiez](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Suedkiez)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/why-is-various-artists-showing-next-to-each-track-artist-on-a-compilation/263618/9 "2024-01-31T18:39:42Z")
I am back home and it is easier now 🙂 Regarding the more powerful multi-select options, see this post: > [@Deleting ALL playlists at once](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/deleting-all-playlists-at-once/225974/2): > > Welcome to the community! Go to Playlists, select one (on the PC with right-click, on mobile with a tap-and-hold). At left top, Select All. Click Delete: On PC, you can also select ranges easily: Start range selection with a right-click Hold Shift and click the last in the range, all between will be selected. You can also select several ranges at once by repeating this with different range start points. Optionally, add to the multi-selection with additional clicks. On mobile, yo… Regarding the album, I suppose it is this one, right? ![image](https://roon-community-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/original/4X/9/4/4/94478421ccaad948c31d0d8d6c13e2e3aad7cb47.jpeg) I have it only on streaming, but I don’t have these Various Artists performers on the tracks: ![image](https://roon-community-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/original/4X/5/b/e/5be63c06bf55dd44756a77c253cfd8a9925d3189.png) So I guess they might be coming from your file tags after all, somehow. Or Roon applies different metadata to your local copy, but if I go to Album \> Edit \> Identify, there is only one version, so this is probably unlikely. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/why-is-various-artists-showing-next-to-each-track-artist-on-a-compilation/263618)._