# How to add a release date and record label to an album on itunes
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888 "2022-07-13T18:41:17Z")
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/1 "2022-07-13T18:41:17Z")
So, I imported a few albums that I couldn't find on the store into my library and I've tried so many things
but I can't get the release date and record label to show up (like in the picture attached). Please help.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/2 "2022-07-13T18:48:29Z")
Which "store" are you referring to for this? If you couldn't find the albums there, then you can't expect mp3tag to find the additional field info.
If you want to manually add this info, you will need to use a file that does display the info you want. Open this in the Enhanced Tag editor, and find out what field your player is using to store this text. You can then add that same field into the files you want to update, manually adding the new text you want to see.
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/3 "2022-07-13T18:58:41Z")
I'm using iTunes, and where is then enhanced tag editor?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/4 "2022-07-13T19:00:46Z")
> [@bob2](#):
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> enhanced tag editor
Press Alt-T
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/5 "2022-07-13T19:08:41Z")
So uh, are the fields for iTunes that I should use "COPYRIGHT" and "YEAR"?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/6 "2022-07-13T19:47:26Z")
The idea is to use an existing file that shows all the details that you also want to see for the added files.
Select one of these files in MP3tag and open the extended tags dialogue.
There you check which fields are filled in this file and you then fill the same fields in the new files.
Then you only have to force iTunes to re-read the metadata.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/7 "2022-07-13T19:54:11Z")
`YEAR` is the same field for all players, and should match for an entire album. Some try to change these on compilation discs like greatest hits or similar, but this is not standard practice. Either use the original year of release for the album, or if you prefer you can use the rerelease year.
`COPYRIGHT` is typically where you would see the data you mentioned in your first post, but it is not always so easy. For iTunes, if I recall correctly, it only works with mp4 format (lossless ALAC or lossy aac). It may not display correctly for mp3 files, but you will need to try, and verify this. (Most other players do not use this field at all, so no guarantees you can use this if you are not in iTunes)
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/8 "2022-07-13T19:58:33Z")
You can also use this button in the tool bar to access the Enhanced Tag editor.
This will let you see all tag fields associated with the file(s) you have selected.
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/9 "2022-07-13T20:07:13Z")
So I typed in the year box and it still won't show up, is YYYY-MM-DD the correct format?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/10 "2022-07-13T20:28:08Z")
> [@bob2](#):
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> So I typed in the year
If that was the field that you found in the extended tags dialogue ...
and no, anything longer than 4 digits in YEAR is an invalid format.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/11 "2022-07-13T20:56:57Z")
The correct format for `YEAR` is just YYYY.
As I mentioned earlier in posted #2 - For the detailed info you posted above, you will need to look at the Enhanced Tag editor for a file that has that info and find which field supports it for your use in iTunes. This is not a "standard" ID3 field so I suspect it will be in a tag that starts with `ITUNES ______ ` where the blank has some other custom tag name.
And again this will only apply to mp4 files, and will not work even in iTunes if added to other file types like mp3.
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/12 "2022-07-13T23:20:02Z")
The field data I found were "ITUNESADVISORY", "ITUNESALBUMID", "ITUNESARTISTID", "ITUNESCATALOGID", "ITUNESCOMPOSERID", "ITUNESGENREID", "ITUNESMEDIATYPE", and "ITUNESPURCHASEDATE", there were a couple that were similar called "ITUNNORM" and "ITUNMPB" which one of these is the correct one to use?
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/13 "2022-07-13T23:40:25Z")
actually nvm i got it working
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/14 "2022-07-14T00:13:53Z")
> [@bob2](#):
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> "ITUNNORM" and "ITUNMPB"
Norm has the gain normalization data. iTunes can only use one value, so you have to choose whether you want it to be based on track or album replaygain data if you want to use it.
MPB holds other data that is used in iTunes database.
All of those other fields have data related to the names.
> [@bob2](#):
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> actually nvm i got it working
What was the end resolution?
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### Author:  [@bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bob2)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/15 "2022-07-14T01:05:15Z")
idk, i just pasted in some lines i saw that were in an official album that i didnt see in the unofficial albums i think it was itunesaccount, itunesadvisory, itunesgapless, itunesmediatype, and itunesowner
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/16 "2022-07-14T01:26:26Z")
Details about these tags are available on the main site for mp3tag near the bottom of the documentation page. The account and owner have your personal info, the rest are detailed here.
> **[Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/#itunesmediatype)**
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> Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/17 "2022-07-14T05:03:25Z")
> [@bob2](#):
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> which one of these is the correct one to use?
Does any of these contain similar data to what you want to enter? (I doubt that).
You would have to find a track / album that already shows
> [@bob2](#):
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> the release date and record label
and then see whether this data is held in the tags.
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### Author:  [@fernieflawless](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernieflawless)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/18 "2023-04-21T01:20:55Z")
did anyone end up finding a solution to this? did anyone find what fields i have to enter to get the release date and record label to show up at the bottom of the album
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### Author:  [@fernieflawless](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernieflawless)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/19 "2023-04-21T02:18:15Z")
The “file that displays the info i want” would have to be one directly from iTunes but the file that is downloaded is protected which means it can’t be edited which means it can’t be placed in Mp3Tag to find the fields that store the info , i even tried a program that would convert that protected file but then i got it and placed it into Mp3tag and it still didn’t show the fields i was looking for
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### Author:  [@fernieflawless](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernieflawless)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/20 "2023-04-21T02:19:30Z")
“YEAR” should be the display of the release year that appears next to the genre , “COPYRIGHT” i tried putting the info using that field but nothing shows up
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