# Edit the artist field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-the-artist-field/13189
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 7, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-the-artist-field/13189 "2012-03-07T19:34:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@uk\_lee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/uk_lee)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-the-artist-field/13189/1 "2012-03-07T19:34:56Z")
Hi , im new to the forum and have picked up some great methods for editing my tags so far , although i have to admit it take me a few goes to get some of the to work ! 😃
i'm struggling to workout how to do this one though !
in my ARTIST field i have Cliff, Jimmy
i want it to read Jimmy Cliff
how can i achieve this ?
many thanks
Lee
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-the-artist-field/13189/2 "2012-03-08T05:07:24Z")
Type it in?
If you have more than a couple then you could create an action of the type
"Replace with regular expression".
Enter as search string:
(._), (._)
Enter as replace string:
$2 $1
this takes the comma as separator and will lead to rather strange results for all entries that have more than one comma (e.g. Earth, WInd & Fire will become Wind & Fire Earth).
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### Author:  [@uk\_lee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/uk_lee)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-the-artist-field/13189/3 "2012-03-11T18:45:46Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Type it in?
> If you have more than a couple then you could create an action of the type
> "Replace with regular expression".
> Enter as search string:
> (._), (._)
> Enter as replace string:
> $2 $1
>
> this takes the comma as separator and will lead to rather strange results for all entries that have more than one comma (e.g. Earth, WInd & Fire will become Wind & Fire Earth).
Thanks ohrenkino , that worked perfectly ! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I had hundreds to do , and it would have taken me ages ! thanks again . Lee
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-the-artist-field/13189/4 "2012-03-11T18:53:19Z")
> [@uk lee](#):
>
> thanks again . Lee
I'm glad if I could be of assistance.
Do come back if you need more advice. There loads of other posters in this forum that will be just as helpful.
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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/edit-the-artist-field/13189/5 "2026-02-09T12:23:42Z")