# how to copy album artist to composer
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 31, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623 "2014-03-31T11:16:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Florio60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florio60)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623/1 "2014-03-31T11:16:32Z")
I want to transfer or at least copy the details I have in the Album Artist column to the Composer column. I believe I know how to do this, but it isn't working.
I go to Actions (Quick) --\>Format value --\> Field: Album Artist, String: %Composer%, but nothing happens.
Can someone help me please?
Florio
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### Author:  [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623/2 "2014-03-31T11:46:40Z")
In the FAQs [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
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### Author:  [@Florio60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florio60)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623/3 "2014-03-31T12:55:44Z")
Thanks stanman; this is what I was doing (except I had the two fields inverted). But it doesn't copy the album artist into the composer column. I can't work out what is wrong. Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623/4 "2014-03-31T13:42:21Z")
> [@Florio60](#):
>
> Thanks stanman; this is what I was doing (except I had the two fields inverted). But it doesn't copy the album artist into the composer column. I can't work out what is wrong. Any suggestions?
It should work but there has to be an albumartist-tag with data.
Action:
Type: Format value
Field: COMPOSER
String: %albumartist%
What I notice in your first post is that you write "Album Artist" and not ALBUMARTIST.
Is there really a tag calles Albumartist in your files?
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping)
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### Author:  [@Florio60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florio60)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623/5 "2014-03-31T14:06:02Z")
> [@poster](#):
>
> It should work but there has to be an albumartist-tag with data.
>
> Action:
> Type: Format value
> Field: COMPOSER
> String: %albumartist%
>
> What I notice in your first post is that you write "Album Artist" and not ALBUMARTIST.
> Is there really a tag calles Albumartist in your files?
> [https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping)
Thank you poster. Since writing earlier, I managed to copy data in some directories, but not in others. I do have a column marked ALBUM ARTIST (and not ALBUMARTIST) containing information.
In those directories where I cannot make changes, I have tried using %albumartist% as the string, and this works!! I did think it was strange having two separate names for the same string.
Thanks for putting me on track.
Florio 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623/6 "2026-02-09T12:24:59Z")