# Copy/move ARTIST to ALBUMARTIST
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 24, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770 "2011-03-24T15:33:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@shearer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shearer)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/1 "2011-03-24T15:33:34Z")
Hi
i am new to mp3tag, and need some help.
how can i create a "action" that wil copy a %Artist% and move that name to %Band% any many files a once ?
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/2 "2011-03-24T17:19:35Z")
Use this action to do your task
_Action type:_ **Format value**
_Field:_ **BAND**
_Formatstring:_ **%artist%**
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### Author:  [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/3 "2011-03-25T06:14:08Z")
As of Mp3tag version 2.47 BAND was renamed to ALBUMARTIST, so the action should be:
Action type: Format value
Field: ALBUMARTIST
Formatstring: %artist%
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### Author:  [@peterblaise](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/peterblaise)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/4 "2019-03-10T22:02:14Z")
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By doing what?
I cannot find any way to accomplish the way-too-brief notes here using MP3Tag v2.94.
HELP!
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/5 "2019-03-10T22:05:57Z")
See the FAQs on how to create an action:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of actions, which can be applied to filenames and tags. The actions are grouped together into named sets (action groups), which can be applied independently via Alt + 6. If you do not want to create a reusable action group for applying one single action, the Actions (Quick) toolbar button or keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + 6 can be used. How to [create a new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2)? How to ... [change upper/lower case of tag fields or filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/3)? [replace the string “xyz” in tag-fields …](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/4)
and the example exactly for your question:
> [@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,\\\\)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/6 "2026-02-09T12:23:00Z")