# Can't add MusicBrainz ARTISTS tag to Mp3tag

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-musicbrainz-artists-tag-to-mp3tag/52781>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-musicbrainz-artists-tag-to-mp3tag/52781 "2021-04-10T19:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![quincy](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/ea666f/32.png) [@quincy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/quincy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-musicbrainz-artists-tag-to-mp3tag/52781/1 "2021-04-10T19:49:46Z")

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I've spent a few hours searching here and other forums but I can't seem to find anything on this, which means someone will probably respond pretty quickly with a link to exactly what I was looking for.

I'm in the process of cleaning up my mp3 collection using MusicBrainz Picard as the first step. I have both Picard and Mp3tag set to use ID3v2.3 (in addition to v1). Picard seems to have an "Artists" tag where it stores multiple artists for a track, using either the ; or / separators.

I've tried adding the "Artists" field to Mp3tag, after opening some tracks tagged by Picard, but Mp3tag doesn't list the "Artists" field anywhere so I can't add it. I'm probably missing something pretty simple here but I'm stuck and would appreciate any help offered.

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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:** [April 10, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-musicbrainz-artists-tag-to-mp3tag/52781/2 "2021-04-10T19:53:54Z")

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You could check if you already have the field ARTISTS in the files by looking at the extended tags dialogue (Alt-T).  
ARTISTS is the name of a (user-defined) field that you simply have to type in in the field selector.

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**Author:** ![quincy](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/ea666f/32.png) [@quincy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/quincy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-musicbrainz-artists-tag-to-mp3tag/52781/3 "2021-04-10T20:15:46Z")

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Thank you so much for the quick reply. I was fundamentally misunderstanding how the fields work, thinking that "Artists" needed to appear in the mp3tag list for me to add it. Your clarification that they are user-defined helped me follow the steps to customize the columns and tag panel and know I can see the Artists tag. Thanks!

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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:** [May 10, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-musicbrainz-artists-tag-to-mp3tag/52781/4 "2021-05-10T20:16:02Z")

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