# ALBUMARTISTSORT
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 13, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325 "2014-11-13T18:13:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/1 "2014-11-13T18:13:50Z")
Hi, I cannot find ALBUMARTISTSORT in Mp3Tag v2.65a
How can I add a column with ALBUMARTISTSORT, do I have to create a new one? do I need a value and field?
Also I will need ALBUMSORT
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/2 "2014-11-13T18:53:41Z")
> [@fernandofg](#):
>
> Hi, I cannot find ALBUMARTISTSORT in Mp3Tag v2.65a
> ...
Where did you look? The field name is usually in the list of extended fields.
To add a column ...:
Right-click on a column header and select Columns ...
Click the "New" button.
Enter a decent title for the column header
Enter in value: %albumartistsort% -\> this is the value that should be displayed.
Enter in field: %albumartistsort% -\> this is the target field.
(do something corresponding for %albumsort%)
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### Author:  [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/3 "2014-11-13T21:47:50Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Where did you look? The field name is usually in the list of extended fields.
>
> To add a column ...:
> Right-click on a column header and select Columns ...
> Click the "New" button.
> Enter a decent title for the column header
> Enter in value: %albumartistsort% -\> this is the value that should be displayed.
> Enter in field: %albumartistsort% -\> this is the target field.
>
> (do something corresponding for %albumsort%)
Thanks a LOT
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### Author:  [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/4 "2014-11-20T18:30:30Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Where did you look? The field name is usually in the list of extended fields.
> To add a column ...:
> Right-click on a column header and select Columns ...
> Click the "New" button.
> Enter a decent title for the column header
> Enter in value: %albumartistsort% -\> this is the value that should be displayed.
> Enter in field: %albumartistsort% -\> this is the target field.
Hi, can I ask you something else? I have to correct this issue, I have done this:
Beatles, The
Doors, The
Cranberries, The
So I have to move ''The'' at the beginning (The Beatles)
I have 140,000 mp3, so is gonna be a long work, to make my life easy I want to ''filter'' only the artist in the situation
I am using the filter: the%artist% but I am getting nothing, 0 result
If I use ''The'' without the cotes I get like 70,000 results
I will appreciate your comments and help, regards
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### Author:  [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/5 "2014-11-20T20:10:26Z")
Got it:
%artist% HAS "the"
Thanks
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/6 "2014-11-20T22:01:57Z")
You may also wish to add ALBUMARTISTSORT and ALBUMSORT to the Tag Panel on the left, rather than just in the columns. I find tags like this, which are usually applied to entire albums, better suited for editing in the Tag Panel rather than in the columns. When you want to edit them for a whole album, you highlight all of the tracks in the album, edit the values in the Tag Panel and hit 'Save'. This is easier than entering the values in the columns for each file individually and more readily available and easier to see at a glance than using the Extended Tags dialog.
To add the fields to the Tag Panel, go to File \> Options \> Tag Panel. Click the 'Add field...' icon. Enter the field as ALBUMARTISTSORT and a name (whatever you like) such as 'Album Artist Sort:'. Do the same for ALBUMSORT. You can then use the arrow buttons to move the fields up and down in the Tag Panel as you like.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/7 "2021-07-18T16:38:04Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [Add custom fields to the Tag Panel on the left](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-custom-fields-to-the-tag-panel-on-the-left/53787)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort/16325/8 "2021-07-21T10:07:46Z")