# Filter

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter/16346>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter/16346 "2014-11-20T18:33:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter/16346/1 "2014-11-20T18:33:57Z")

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Hi, I have to correct this issue:

Beatles, The  
Doors, The  
Cranberries, The

I have to move ''The'' at the beginning (The Beatles). I have to do this in order to XBMC can scrape this artists correctly.

I have 140,000 mp3, so is gonna be a long work, to make my life easy I want to ''filter'' only the artists in the situation

I am using the filter: the%artist% but I am getting nothing, 0 result  
If I use ''The'' without the cotes I get like 70,000 results

I will appreciate your comments and help, regards

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**Author:** ![fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter/16346/2 "2014-11-20T20:09:51Z")

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Got it:

%artist% HAS "the"

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**Author:** ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter/16346/3 "2014-11-21T01:07:45Z")

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What about:  
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  
Booker T. & the MG's  
Echo & the Bunnymen  
Huey Lewis & the News  
etc.

Better to use:

%artist% HAS ", The"

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter/16346/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:23Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC