# Canonical/Official names for tags

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/canonical-official-names-for-tags/65938
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 14, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/canonical-official-names-for-tags/65938 "2024-09-14T18:55:40Z")
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### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/canonical-official-names-for-tags/65938/6 "2024-09-18T21:19:59Z")

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> [@dhs](#):
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> With CDRipper, I'm stuck with "Album Artist" instead of ALBUMARTIST because it's hardwired but should I ever move away from dBpoweramp, I can easily change that.

This is due to the tag structure for FLAC. It can be managed in mp3tag using field mappings. See this thread for some additional insight.

> [@How to map ALBUMARTIST TO ALBUM ARTIST for flac files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-map-albumartist-to-album-artist-for-flac-files/57969):
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> Could someone please briefly walk me through how to create a mapping that will cause any edits I make to the ALBUMARTIST field in a FLAC file to also apply to the ALBUM ARTIST field? I'm having an issue with the way Media monkey is interpreting these tags and this seems the fastest way to fix the issue. Thanks.

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