# Does M4A "aART" map to "BAND"?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 17, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095 "2009-03-17T14:51:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095/1 "2009-03-17T14:51:23Z")
I’m just checking out some tagging issues.
My question:
In Apple ".m4a" files, is the Album Artist "aART" mapped to "BAND" in Mp3tag (v2.42f)?
(It _appears_ to, but I’d like official confirmation 🙂
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### Author:  [@drbeachboy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drbeachboy)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095/2 "2009-03-17T17:13:21Z")
According to AtomicParsley, the file that I tagged using MP3tag shows "aART" as the atom for BAND. So yes, it does map to BAND.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095/3 "2009-03-17T18:50:30Z")
> [@Moonbase](#):
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> (It _appears_ to, but I’d like official confirmation 🙂
Yes, it's official 🙂
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### Author:  [@drbeachboy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drbeachboy)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095/4 "2009-03-18T01:58:44Z")
@Moonbase
Why would you use "Appears". AP is a MP4 tagging program. It actually shows you the atoms. I wouldn't have posted if I wasn't sure about my findings.
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### Author:  [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095/5 "2009-03-18T12:58:31Z")
> [@Florian](#):
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> Yes, it's official 🙂
Great, thanks! So we can officially make _Logitech SqueezeCenter_ use it 🙂
@drbeachboy: Because I _tried_ but wasn’t sure if it was _officially_ supported by Mp3tag (using 2.42f). Before introducing official support for _aART_ into another application, I wanted to make sure that this would be officially supported henceforth by the latest and greatest of all taggers, Mp3tag. 😉
Many thanks for cross-checking with AtomicParsley!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-m4a-aart-map-to-band/8095/6 "2026-02-09T12:21:26Z")