# Making one filename variable populate two tag fields (Artist)

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683 "2019-10-09T19:07:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![ammalena](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ammalena/32/8542_2.png) [@ammalena](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ammalena)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683/1 "2019-10-09T19:07:03Z")

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I would like Album Artist and Contributing Artists to be populated from %artist% when setting tags from filename.  
How can this be done?

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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:** [October 9, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683/2 "2019-10-09T19:10:00Z")

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Try an action group with 2 actions of the type "Format value"  
First action for field ARTIST  
Format string: %\_filename%  
Second action for field ALBUMARTIST  
Format string: %artist%

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**Author:** ![ammalena](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ammalena/32/8542_2.png) [@ammalena](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ammalena)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683/3 "2019-10-09T23:47:50Z")

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I see no such variable as \_Filename available under Actions, but since I use filenme-to-tag, making the second item you mention completes the taggjng.

Thank you.

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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:** [October 10, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683/4 "2019-10-10T15:30:47Z")

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> [@ammalena](#):
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> I see no such variable as \_Filename available under Actions

You would have to type in the name of the field \_FILENAME.

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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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-one-filename-variable-populate-two-tag-fields-artist/46683/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:17Z")

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