# if... then ... ALBUMARTIST = "Various Artists"

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-albumartist-various-artists/15318>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 21, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-albumartist-various-artists/15318 "2013-12-21T09:54:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![daerias](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@daerias](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daerias)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-albumartist-various-artists/15318/1 "2013-12-21T09:54:22Z")

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Hi all =)

could somebody say me how can I automaticly set all %ALBUMARTIST% to "Various Artist" if:

**same album, but various artists?**

so that I could batch process all my mp3s? it would be great 🙂 THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

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**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:** [December 21, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-albumartist-various-artists/15318/2 "2013-12-21T10:33:12Z")

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> [@daerias](#):
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> ...  
> **same album, but various artists?**  
> ...

as MP3tag does not know anything about albums (as it does not look at any grouping) you can only check if the ALBUMARTIST is empty but the ARTIST is set and then select all these files, fill in the input box for ALBUMARTIST in the tag panel and save the changes.

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**Author:** ![daerias](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@daerias](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daerias)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-albumartist-various-artists/15318/3 "2013-12-21T10:45:08Z")

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Thank you! 🙂

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-albumartist-various-artists/15318/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:49Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC