# Create a new ARTIST field from ALBUMARTIST?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-artist-field-from-albumartist/41185>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 23, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-artist-field-from-albumartist/41185 "2018-03-23T23:38:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Phixion](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Phixion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Phixion)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-artist-field-from-albumartist/41185/1 "2018-03-23T23:38:36Z")

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Hello,

I'm using multiple ARTIST fields per track and I'm trying to send an artist from ALBUMARTIST to the front of the other ARTIST tags.

I've tried a few methods posted here, including Tag - Tag, but it doesn't retain the rest of the ARTIST tags. Even when sending %albumartist%`\\` to %artist%.

Please help.

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**Author:** ![Phixion](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@Phixion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Phixion)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-artist-field-from-albumartist/41185/2 "2018-03-24T03:59:04Z")

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Not sure if this is the right way, but this appears to work?

Tag - Tag  
`%albumartist%\\$replace($meta(artist),', ',\\)`

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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:** [March 24, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-artist-field-from-albumartist/41185/3 "2018-03-24T09:34:26Z")

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Action "Format value"  
`ARTIST <== %ALBUMARTIST%'\\'$meta_sep(ARTIST,'\\')`

DD.20180324.1034.CET

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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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-new-artist-field-from-albumartist/41185/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:19Z")

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