# Album Artist, Band and FLAC, again ...

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-band-and-flac-again/8519
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [June 28, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-band-and-flac-again/8519 "2009-06-28T02:03:33Z")
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-band-and-flac-again/8519/15 "2009-09-13T22:39:38Z")

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> Then explain what you meant by:
> 
> > a similar one for FLAC AlbumArtist would be adequate to solve the current problem.

E.g. this proposal

Format-independent album artist  
[/t/8874/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/8874/1)  
... an Album Artist placeholder that works across all formats i.e. translates to  
%BAND% on WMA and MP3 and to %ALBUMARTIST% on FLAC

> Other than Mp3tag mapping its BAND to FLAC's ALBUMARTIST,  
> I have no idea what else it could mean.

See the above.

> You immediately run into two problems, just to start:  
> How would you actually write a BAND field?

I suggest %band% - unchanged.

> What if you need to use 'ALBUM ARTIST' (which is used by foobar2000) in FLAC files?

That is separate from the current problem. I agree that is needs consideration but better in a separate topic.

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