# artist -\> composer
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer/9550
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 17, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer/9550 "2009-12-17T19:46:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@corpus\_chain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/corpus_chain)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer/9550/1 "2009-12-17T19:46:49Z")
Hi, I need some help with something, if it please you:
When playing a compilation album in WMP, when in now playing mode, WMP displays only "Various artists", and not the song artist for that track. However, I have noticed that it does display composers when there is one. Is there a way I can modify all of my "various artists" songs so that the song artist is copied to the composer field?
If I have to use a regular expression, that's fine, as long as someone can enlighten me as to what to put and where!
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer/9550/2 "2009-12-17T19:48:47Z")
Just use an action Format value for COMPOSER using %artist% as format string. See FAQ: Actions for more on actions in Mp3tag.
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@corpus\_chain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/corpus_chain)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer/9550/3 "2009-12-17T19:53:42Z")
Wow, that was really simple! Thank you! I like this program _a lot._
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer/9550/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:01Z")