Multiple Users one AppleID in iCloud

I have mutiple users on our PC with seperate itunes libraries and iphones but all using the same AppleID, when one of the users syncs with icloud contacts the contacts form the main user are brought over to that iphone, how do i differentiate between users on the same AppleID in iCloud?

Well, on a Mac you'd create multiple users and they'd have their own stuff. Maybe on a PC you can do the same?

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however, when 1 user makes changes to the info on an existing song in their library that is already being shared, the other user gets an exclamation point that the song is no longer found in his library, and must go find the song again in the itunes music file.
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