You can use Multiple Artist Splits to separate collaborative tracks from solo artists, allowing the scheduler to treat each artist individually when applying playout policies.

To set this up, go to Manage > Multiple Artist Splits in PlayIt Manager or PlayIt Live. Click Add New Multiple Artist Split and enter the split text that commonly appears in your collaborative tracks, such as " feat. ", " ft. ", " featuring ", " with ", " & ", or " and ". Remember to include spaces around the text if you're splitting by words - for example, use " with " rather than "with" to avoid unintended matches in artist names like "Bill Withers".

Once configured, tracks like "Take That feat. Lulu" will be treated as separate artists (Take That and Lulu) by the scheduler. This means if you have an artist separation playout policy set to 2 hours, playing "Take That feat. Lulu" will prevent both Take That solo tracks and Lulu solo tracks from playing within that timeframe. You can verify your split text is working correctly by checking the Matched Artists table when editing your multiple artist split - this shows all the artists that will be separated using your chosen text.