diff --git a/consts/consts.go b/consts/consts.go
index 416b566a1..39b6751de 100644
--- a/consts/consts.go
+++ b/consts/consts.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package consts
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"time"
+)
 
 const (
 	AppName = "navidrome"
@@ -40,3 +42,8 @@ var (
 		},
 	}
 )
+
+const (
+	VariousArtists = "Various Artists"
+	UnknownArtist  = "[Unknown Artist]"
+)
diff --git a/engine/common.go b/engine/common.go
index 91ac4207f..e1089096d 100644
--- a/engine/common.go
+++ b/engine/common.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/consts"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/model"
 )
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func FromMediaFile(mf *model.MediaFile) Entry {
 func realArtistName(mf *model.MediaFile) string {
 	switch {
 	case mf.Compilation:
-		return "Various Artists"
+		return consts.VariousArtists
 	case mf.AlbumArtist != "":
 		return mf.AlbumArtist
 	}
diff --git a/persistence/album_repository.go b/persistence/album_repository.go
index b3165bc1d..5c3fa6ad5 100644
--- a/persistence/album_repository.go
+++ b/persistence/album_repository.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	. "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego/orm"
+	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/consts"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/log"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/model"
 	"github.com/deluan/rest"
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func (r *albumRepository) Refresh(ids ...string) error {
 			al.CoverArtId = ""
 		}
 		if al.Compilation {
-			al.AlbumArtist = "Various Artists"
+			al.AlbumArtist = consts.VariousArtists
 		}
 		if al.AlbumArtist == "" {
 			al.AlbumArtist = al.Artist
diff --git a/persistence/artist_repository.go b/persistence/artist_repository.go
index f5ee37d7d..256ef3304 100644
--- a/persistence/artist_repository.go
+++ b/persistence/artist_repository.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
 	"github.com/astaxie/beego/orm"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/conf"
+	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/consts"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/log"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/model"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/utils"
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ func (r *artistRepository) Refresh(ids ...string) error {
 	toUpdate := 0
 	for _, ar := range artists {
 		if ar.Compilation {
-			ar.AlbumArtist = "Various Artists"
+			ar.AlbumArtist = consts.VariousArtists
 		}
 		if ar.AlbumArtist != "" {
 			ar.Name = ar.AlbumArtist
diff --git a/scanner/tag_scanner.go b/scanner/tag_scanner.go
index 0eb3fd2e3..d01ca46cc 100644
--- a/scanner/tag_scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/tag_scanner.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/consts"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/log"
 	"github.com/deluan/navidrome/model"
 )
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ func (s *TagScanner) toMediaFile(md *Metadata) model.MediaFile {
 	mf.AlbumID = s.albumID(md)
 	mf.Album = s.mapAlbumName(md)
 	if md.Artist() == "" {
-		mf.Artist = "[Unknown Artist]"
+		mf.Artist = consts.UnknownArtist
 	} else {
 		mf.Artist = md.Artist()
 	}
@@ -278,13 +279,13 @@ func (s *TagScanner) mapTrackTitle(md *Metadata) string {
 func (s *TagScanner) mapArtistName(md *Metadata) string {
 	switch {
 	case md.Compilation():
-		return "Various Artists"
+		return consts.VariousArtists
 	case md.AlbumArtist() != "":
 		return md.AlbumArtist()
 	case md.Artist() != "":
 		return md.Artist()
 	default:
-		return "[Unknown Artist]"
+		return consts.UnknownArtist
 	}
 }