# Copy artist in front of title with space-space

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 1, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699 "2022-01-01T13:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![DJGJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/djgj/32/9375_2.png) [@DJGJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJGJ)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699/1 "2022-01-01T13:26:27Z")

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What would be the secret formula to do the following:

please see screenshot below; I would like copy artist in front of title and then in title field have name of artist and title separated with space-space. Just like the 1st line; so the 2nd line would look like this:

title  
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Respect

artist (would remain the same)  
ARETHA FRANKLIN

I tried to figure this out myself but I give up.. Many Many thanks in advance ! Oh and a Happy New Year 2022 !

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699/2 "2022-01-01T14:13:35Z")

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Use Convert Tag-Tag:  
Field: TITLE  
Format string:  
`%ARTIST% - %TITLE%`

![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a03a0a846a22bd6ca60a73ed5daead5ee8ceaaed.png)

Note:  
Please be aware that it is not really possible to make it undone.  
If one of your artists has a - character in its name like "Olivia Newton - John" you can't split your title again by space-space, because there are several space-space then.  
The same is valid, if your existing title already contains space-space.

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**Author:** ![DJGJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/djgj/32/9375_2.png) [@DJGJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJGJ)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699/3 "2022-01-01T18:47:16Z")

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Thank you very much. Yes I was thinking about undo option.. so just in case (before I apply this change) I will copy title field in any empty field. Then I can easily just copy it back.

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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:** [January 1, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699/4 "2022-01-01T18:49:53Z")

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... or use a better/most likely unique separator like an underscore (as I hardly ever find that in titles).

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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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699/5 "2026-02-09T12:29:36Z")

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