# 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")
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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: [March 10, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-move-artist-to-albumartist/11770/5 "2019-03-10T22:05:57Z")

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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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