# Artist and Album Artist

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354 "2005-10-09T19:36:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![shapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shapper)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354/1 "2005-10-09T19:36:59Z")

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Hello,

I have a compilation CD (K&D) where each music has a different artist.

I supose I should have:  
Album Artist: K&D  
Album: The K&D Sessions  
Artist: Change for each music

However i can only see Artist in my tags list...

How can i do this?

Thanks,  
Miguel

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354/2 "2005-10-09T20:18:14Z")

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Have you looked at the file infos in itunes? itunes uses a checkbox _Part in compilation_ to mark albums with multiple artists. itunes does not use an _album artist_ tag.  
You can change that also in Mp3tag if you use ALT+T and add a tag  
**ITUNESCOMPILATION** with the value **1**  
But you need the 2.32t version to do that. (but only use this version for mp3 files, not aac)

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### Author: ![shapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shapper)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2005, 10:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354/3 "2005-10-10T10:50:52Z")

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Hi,

I am using only .m4a files so I supose I can't solve this with mp3tag, right?

How can I solve this?

In iTunes file info I can see the tags:  
Artist, Composer...  
Then I see a check button named "Part of a Compilation".

How does this work? Is this it?

Thanks,  
Miguel

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354/4 "2005-10-10T13:33:19Z")

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Yes, check that option in itunes for all files that are on an album with different artists.

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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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-album-artist/2354/5 "2026-02-09T12:19:28Z")

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