# 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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 21
### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino) #### Post date: [April 21, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888/21 "2023-04-21T05:20:15Z")
> [@fernieflawless](#): > > did anyone end up finding a solution to this? If this is data that iTunes only holds in its database and only for files that have been acquired via iTunes and it is no data that is stored in tag fields or read by iTunes from tag fields - hard luck. See also here: > [@Release Date info not showing in ipad or ipod?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-date-info-not-showing-in-ipad-or-ipod/12548/8): > > hey!! i fixed the problem for anyone would need to know, if u have a song you want to tag it with the release date and the copyright information and want that info to show in iPod here's how: -first tag the song with this tag (ITUNESPURCHASEDATE) using View\>Extended Tags and add any value you want as the purchase date e.g. (2011-09-14 05:58:30) this will make the file behaves as a purchased file. -then write the release date in the YEAR tag with this format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ and if you w… If this data is only available on album level then I doubt that this can be editted by MP3tag as MP3tag does no know anything about albums. The data has to be stored in each file, there is no place to put data that is only visible for the album - this would be something that only the player can supply. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-release-date-and-record-label-to-an-album-on-itunes/57888)._