Index: Slim/Schema/Contributor.pm
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--- Slim/Schema/Contributor.pm	(revision 29102)
+++ Slim/Schema/Contributor.pm	(working copy)
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
 	# 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); }
 	
 	# Using native DBI here to improve performance during scanning
 	my $dbh = Slim::Schema->storage->dbh;
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@
 		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 $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached( 'SELECT id FROM contributors WHERE namesearch = ?' );
 		$sth->execute($search);
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@
 				VALUES
 				(?, ?, ?, ?)
 			} );
-			$sth->execute( $name, $sort, $search, $brainzID );
+			$sth->execute( $name, $sort, $search, $mbid );
 			$id = $dbh->last_insert_id(undef, undef, undef, undef);
 		}
 		else {