Search on "Track Artist"

I am a plex pass user and have upgraded to the latest version of Plex Media server.  When uploading albums that include tracks from different bands, I tag the "Album artist" as Various Artist and then tag the "Track Artist" with the correct band.  Problem is, within Plex, I'm not able to search and find bands that are listed as the track artist.

 

Anybody know how to do this?

Anybody have an idea? I would like this too.

this is a must have for me, because i have several albums with various artists.

There is no way to do that currently. There are several requests for this. Here is the one with the most votes: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/56191/artist-vs-album-artist

The best thing to do is vote for that feature by clicking ‘Like’ on the first message in that thread. Unfortunately, votes have been diluted by having them spread across several threads.

@lerxstland said:
I am a plex pass user and have upgraded to the latest version of Plex Media server. When uploading albums that include tracks from different bands, I tag the “Album artist” as Various Artist and then tag the “Track Artist” with the correct band. Problem is, within Plex, I’m not able to search and find bands that are listed as the track artist.

Anybody know how to do this?

@Plex-Administrator said:
this is a must have for me, because i have several albums with various artists.

Should be implemented at some point: http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/157647/searching-by-artist-where-album-artist-is-various#latest

@chrisallen said:
Unfortunately searching for an artist within a compilation (Various Artists) album is not yet supported. It is however, something we are aware of and it’ll be supported in an upcoming release.

Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (search considers track artists as well)