# How to define Display Artist Field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 27, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511 "2022-02-27T22:05:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@anywaysayhi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anywaysayhi)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/1 "2022-02-27T22:05:52Z")
In musicbee there is Artist (Display) tag to display desired artist for each track. I would like to use this tag in MP3Tag but I couldn't manage to create one valid.
What am I supposed to input in "Value", "Field" and "Sort" to create a valid field in MP3Tag?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/2 "2022-02-27T22:12:07Z")
If you know the field name, then enter that for a column as value and as field.
It is not mandatory to enter special sort criteria.
If you are not sure about the name, then load a file about which you know that it has the field in the metadata and open the extended tags dialogue (Alt-T).
There you will see the field name.
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### Author:  [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/3 "2022-02-28T07:23:19Z")
Musicbee should also show which field it is using, in its Tag Inspector.
> **[Tagging](https://musicbee.fandom.com/wiki/Tagging)**
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> Up-to-date with version 3.0.5962 MusicBee provides a number of ways to edit track details (formally known as metadata, informally known as tags). You can edit any tag you have displayed as a column in the main panel by selecting the track and then...
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/4 "2022-02-28T07:47:23Z")
Thanks to @Crissov's link, the field that @anywaysayhi is looking for could be `DISPLAY ARTIST`
MusicBee seems to use this custom user field when scrobbling last.fm:
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### Author:  [@anywaysayhi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anywaysayhi)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/5 "2022-02-28T08:10:51Z")
Thanks all your help. Now the user-defined field "Display Artist" works with actions. 😃
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/6 "2022-02-28T08:14:28Z")
> [@anywaysayhi](#):
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> Display Artist" works with actions
I am sure that you can create more or less any (user-defined or other) field with an action of the type "Format value" - there is no need to also create a column to display it.
Alternatively, you can create that field in the extended tags dialogue with the "New" button.
(and there are a number or other ways to do it).
You only have to know the name of the field and follow MP3tag's syntax rules.
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### Author:  [@anywaysayhi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anywaysayhi)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/7 "2022-02-28T13:41:35Z")
Do you mean that I could just simply type "Display Artist" in the "Field" of format value dialogue without creating a user-defined field in advance?
I thought I could only choose from the available fields in the list to use a certain action.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/8 "2022-02-28T13:45:55Z")
> [@anywaysayhi](#):
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> Do you mean that I could just simply type "Display Artist" in the "Field" of format value dialogue without creating a user-defined field in advance?
Indeed.
There are a number of threads in this forum that suggest to create a temporary field for special purposes like moving the featured artist.
e.g.
> [@Copy featuring artists and trim](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-featuring-artists-and-trim/16340/5):
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> As you have more or less any permutation with brackets and sequence in your tags, you have to deal with every case individually. What I would suggest: First copy the contents of TITLE to FEAT\_ARTIST (FEAT\_ARTIST is now a user-defined field). You achieve this with an action of the type Format value for FEAT\_ARTIST and the format string %title%. Now apply several actions of the type "Guess value" for FEAT\_ARTIST Each of these actions cuts away the stuff that you don't want, e.g. Title (feat…
Although the advice continues that this field could be removed after the goal has been reached, the user-defined field exists without the need to create it first.
Actually, a field exists in a file only if it has been filled with a value. There is no reserved space for it.
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### Author:  [@anywaysayhi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anywaysayhi)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/9 "2022-02-28T19:30:21Z")
Detailed and helpful. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-display-artist-field/56511/10 "2026-02-09T12:29:41Z")