# Change text from Artist to Album

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 16, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657 "2014-04-16T17:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![barbudo2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@barbudo2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barbudo2005)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657/1 "2014-04-16T17:33:56Z")

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Please help with this problem.

I want to change text from Artist to Album:

FROM:

Artist: Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown  
Album: The hat´s back

TO THIS:

Artist: Eva Cassidy  
Album: The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown

Thank you in advance.

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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 17, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657/2 "2014-04-17T07:36:42Z")

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Create an action group witht the following actions:

1. Action type "Import field" for ARTIST:  
Import String: %artist% & %tmp\_artist%

2. Action type "Format value" for ALBUM  
Format string: %album% feat. %tmp\_artist%

3. Action type "Delete field"  
%tmp\_artist%

Try the actions one by one as once you have deleted the user-defined field %tmp\_artist% the information in that field is lost.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657/3 "2014-04-17T10:24:04Z")

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**From: Artist & Featartist | Album To : Artist | Album feat. Featartist From: ARTIST = 'Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown' ALBUM = 'The hat´s back' To: ARTIST = 'Eva Cassidy' ALBUM = 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Example 1: 1. Action "Guess values (import tagfields)" Source: %ARTIST% Format: %ARTIST% & %FEAT% ==\> 'Eva Cassidy' ==\> 'Chuck Brown' 2. Action "Format value" Field : ALBUM Format: %ALBUM%' feat. '%FEAT% ==\> 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' 3. Action "Remove fields" Fields: FEAT Example 2: 1. Action "Format value" Field : ARTIST Format: $regexp(%ARTIST%'==='%ALBUM%,'^(.+?)\s+&\s+(.+?)===(.+?)$','$1') ==\> 'Eva Cassidy' 2. Action "Format value" Field : ALBUM Format: $regexp(%ARTIST%'==='%ALBUM%,'^(.+?)\s+&\s+(.+?)===(.+?)$','$3 feat. $2') ==\> 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Example 3: 1. Action "Format value" Field : ARTIST Format: $regexp(%ARTIST%,'\s+&\s+.+$',) ==\> 'Eva Cassidy' 2. Action "Format value" Field : ALBUM Format: $regexp(%ARTIST%'==='%ALBUM%,'^.+?\s+&\s+(.+?)===(.+?)$','$2 feat. $1') ==\> 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Example 4: 1. Action "Guess values (import tagfields)" Source: $regexp(%ARTIST%'==='%ALBUM%,'^(.+?)\s+&\s+(.+?)===(.+?)$','$1===$3 feat. $2') ==\> 'Eva Cassidy===The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Format: %ARTIST%===%ALBUM% ==\> 'Eva Cassidy' ==\> 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Example 5: 1. Action "Guess values (import tagfields)" Source: $replace(%ARTIST%,' &','==='%ALBUM%' feat.') ==\> 'Eva Cassidy===The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Format: %ARTIST%===%ALBUM% ==\> 'Eva Cassidy' ==\> 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' Example 6: 1. Action "Split field by separator" Field ...: ARTIST Separator: & ==\> 'Eva Cassidy\\\\Chuck Brown' ==\> ARTIST[0] = 'Eva Cassidy' ==\> ARTIST[1] = 'Chuck Brown' ... or ... 1. Action "Format value" Field : ARTIST Format: $replace(%ARTIST%,' & ','\\\\') ==\> 'Eva Cassidy\\\\Chuck Brown' 2. Action "Format value" Field : ALBUM Format: %ALBUM%' feat. '$meta(ARTIST,1) ==\> 'The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown' 3. Action "Format value" Field : ARTIST Format: $meta(ARTIST,0)'\\\\' ==\> 'Eva Cassidy'**

DD.20140417.1424.CEST

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**Author:** ![barbudo2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@barbudo2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barbudo2005)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657/4 "2014-04-17T11:25:49Z")

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Thank you very much DetlevD.

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657/5 "2026-02-09T12:25:00Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC