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This option is useful when importing classical music.
### Handling Artist Name Variations (ANVs)
An ANV is an alternate way that an artist may be credited on a release. If the
band name changes or is misspelled on different releases. The artist name ac
Other configurations available under ``discogs:`` are:
- **append_style_genre**: Appends the Discogs style (if found) to the genre tag.
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disambiguation in your tags, you can disable it. Default: ``True``
- **featured_string**: Configure the string used for noting featured artists.
Useful if you prefer ``Featuring`` or ``ft.``. Default: ``Feat.``
- **artist_credit_anv**: Whether the Artist Name Variation (ANV) should be
applied to the artist credit tag. Default: ``True``
- **track_artist_anv**: Same as ``artist_credit_anv`` for a track's artist
field. Default: ``False``
- **album_artist_anv**: As previous, but for the album artist. Default:
- **artist_credit_anv**, **track_artist_anv**, **album_artist_anv**: These
configuration option are dedicated to handling Arist Name Variations (ANVs).
Sometimes a release credits artists differently compared to the majority of
their work. For example, "Basement Jaxx" may be credited as "Tha Jaxx" or "The
Basement Jaxx". By default, the Discogs plugin stores ANVs in the
``artist_credit`` field. You can select any combination of these three to
control where beets writes and stores the variation credit.
- **artist_credit_anv**: Write ANV to the ``artist_credit`` field.
Default: ``True``
- **track_artist_anv**: Write ANV to the ``artist`` field. Default:
``False``
- **album_artist_anv**: Write ANV to the ``album_artist`` field. Default:
``False``
.. _discogs guidelines: https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005055373-Database-Guidelines-12-Tracklisting#Index_Tracks_And_Headings