# Artist vs. Contributing Artist vs. Album Artist

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-vs-contributing-artist-vs-album-artist/60294
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 6, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-vs-contributing-artist-vs-album-artist/60294 "2023-03-06T19:53:35Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-vs-contributing-artist-vs-album-artist/60294/2 "2023-03-06T19:59:03Z")

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To copy the contents of the field ARTIST to ALBUMARTIST, see

> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/15):
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> How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field: Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group. Action type: Format value Field: ALBUMARTIST Format string: %artist% Note: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string, e.g., $meta\_sep(artist,\\\\)

MP3tag has no influence how other programs label their output.  
The Windows Explorer uses teh contents of ARTIST to show as "Contributing artist".  
The overall artist of an album is named ALBUMARTIST in MP3tag.  
Please note that the support for FLAC files is somewhat spurious in the windows explorer.

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