# Album Artist

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 11, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405 "2014-12-11T20:33:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405/1 "2014-12-11T20:33:33Z")

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Hi all, I want to ask if there is an action to invert ''Artist'' with ''Album Artist''

By invert I mean to put what I have on Artists into Album Artist and in the same action put what I have in Album Artist into Artist

Example:

**Album Artist ------------ Artist**  
Arthur Rubinstein----------Chopin

**Album Artist ------------ Artist**  
Chopin ---------------------- Arthur Rubinstein

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![vkostas](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/vkostas/32/227_2.png) [@vkostas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vkostas)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405/2 "2014-12-11T21:34:21Z")

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You need an action group with 4 actions.  
dummy = artist  
artist = albumartist  
albumartist = dummy  
delete dummy.

```
[#0]
T=5
F=DUMMY
1=%artist%

[#1]
T=5
F=ARTIST
1=%albumartist%

[#2]
T=5
F=ALBUMARTIST
1=%dummy%

[#3]
T=9
F=dummy

```

Place attachment to folder %appdata%\Mp3tag\data\actions.  
Run action group swap\_artist\_albumartist.

[swap\_artist\_albumartist.mta](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b7b17e599aa90509f68764eaf3bd6399bcb7a663.mta) (138 Bytes)

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**Author:** ![fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405/3 "2014-12-12T04:19:54Z")

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Thanks

QUOTE (Victor Kostas @ Dec 11 2014, 16:34) \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>

You need an action group with 4 actions.

dummy = artist  
artist = albumartist  
albumartist = dummy  
delete dummy.

```
[#0]
T=5
F=DUMMY
1=%artist%

[#1]
T=5
F=ARTIST
1=%albumartist%

[#2]
T=5
F=ALBUMARTIST
1=%dummy%

[#3]
T=9
F=dummy

```

Place attachment to folder %appdata%\Mp3tag\data\actions.  
Run action group swap\_artist\_albumartist.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:24Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC