Index: Slim/Schema/Contributor.pm
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--- Slim/Schema/Contributor.pm	(revision 23548)
+++ Slim/Schema/Contributor.pm	(working copy)
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
 	# Split both the regular and the normalized tags
 	my @artistList   = Slim::Music::Info::splitTag($artist);
 	my @sortedList   = Slim::Music::Info::splitTag($artistSort);
+	my @brainzIDList;
+	if ($brainzID) { @brainzIDList = Slim::Music::Info::splitTag($brainzID); }
 
 	for (my $i = 0; $i < scalar @artistList; $i++) {
 
@@ -128,12 +130,13 @@
 		my $name   = $artistList[$i];
 		my $search = Slim::Utils::Text::ignoreCaseArticles($name);
 		my $sort   = Slim::Utils::Text::ignoreCaseArticles(($sortedList[$i] || $name));
+		my $mbid   = $brainzIDList[$i];
 
 		my $contributorObj = Slim::Schema->resultset('Contributor')->find_or_create({ 
 			'namesearch'     => $search,
 			'name'           => $name,
 			'namesort'       => $sort,
-			'musicbrainz_id' => $brainzID,
+			'musicbrainz_id' => $mbid,
 		}, { 'key' => 'namesearch' });
 
 		if ($contributorObj && $search ne $sort) {