# move part of title to artist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 11, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699 "2011-03-11T22:15:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@haldo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/haldo)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699/1 "2011-03-11T22:15:01Z")
hi i have this problem i can't solve .
ARTIST: Samson Francois
TITLE: Johann Sebastian Bach - toccata adagio.... and so on..
I want:
ARTIST: Johann Sebastian Bach-Samson Francois
TITLE: toccata adagio.... and so on..
that's to say that i have to know where the " - " is and everything before the " - " must be placed before the actual artist.
Thank u.... 🙂
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### Author:  [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699/2 "2011-03-12T14:50:15Z")
> [@haldo](#):
>
> hi i have this problem i can't solve .
>
> ARTIST: Samson Francois
> TITLE: Johann Sebastian Bach - toccata adagio.... and so on..
>
> I want:
>
> ARTIST: Johann Sebastian Bach-Samson Francois
> TITLE: toccata adagio.... and so on..
Action: Guess Values
Source Format: $regexp(%title%,(.+?) - (.+),$1)-%artist% - $regexp(%title%,(.+?) - (.+),$2)
Guessing Pattern: %artist% - %title%
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699/3 "2011-03-12T15:19:55Z")
> [@haldo](#):
>
> ...ARTIST: Samson Francois
> TITLE: Johann Sebastian Bach - toccata adagio.... and so on..
> I want:
> ARTIST: Johann Sebastian Bach-Samson Francois
> TITLE: toccata adagio.... and so on..
_Actiontype 7:_ **Import tag fields (guess values)**
_Source format:_ **$regexp(%ARTIST%'==='%TITLE%,'^(.+?)===(.+?)÷-÷(.+?)$','$2-$1===$3')**
_Guessing pattern:_ **%ARTIST%===%TITLE%**
_Note: Replace each special ÷ character with one space character._
_From:_
ARTIST: Samson Francois
TITLE: Johann Sebastian Bach - toccata adagio
_To:_
ARTIST: Johann Sebastian Bach-Samson Francois
TITLE: toccata adagio
I want to mention that the proposal from user 'pone' in post #2 has the advantage of not using a surrogate delimiter string.
DD.20110312.1724.CET
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### Author:  [@haldo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/haldo)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699/4 "2011-03-12T15:24:38Z")
> [@pone](#):
>
> Action: Guess Values
> Source Format: $regexp(%title%,(.+?) - (.+),$1)-%artist% - $regexp(%title%,(.+?) - (.+),$2)
> Guessing Pattern: %artist% - %title%
Thank U.... works like a charm... 🙂
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### Author:  [@thelordsmurf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thelordsmurf)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699/5 "2011-04-04T13:30:31Z")
Hey guys-
I had a similar question, but one I don't know how to make it work given that it requires making a second artist tag.
Detlev, on a previous post, I had asked how to move stuff in [] from the TITLE to the ARTIST, and you had suggested the following:
Action #1
Actiontype 5: Format value
Field: ALBUMARTIST
Formatstring: %ARTIST%
Action #2
Actiontype 7: Import tag fields (guess values)
Source format: %TITLE%
Guessing pattern: %DUMMY%÷[%TITLE2%]
Action #3
Actiontype 7: Import tag fields (guess values)
Source format: %TITLE%
Guessing pattern: %TITLE%÷[%DUMMY%]
Action #4
Actiontype 5: Format value
Field: ARTIST
Formatstring: %ARTIST%÷'['%TITLE2%']'
Action #5
Actiontype 9: Remove fields
Fields to remove (semicolon separated): TITLE2
Note: Replace each special ÷ character with one space character.
I thought that was a very cool strategy. It looks like this temporarily makes a second tag called TITLE2, puts what's in [] into that, trims the title down to what's not in the [], and then appends the TITLE2 to the ARTIST, then deletes TITLE2. Did I get that right?
After messing with Foobar2000 a little more, it seems like a more useful way is to keep the TITLE pure, the ARTIST pure as well, and add a second ARTIST tag for the "featured" artist. I tried to change what you had suggested before, but changed Action 4 above to do this:
Format value
Field: ARTIST
Formatstring: %artist%\%title2%
Given that the \\ is the delimiter for a second ARTIST field, that's what I'm trying to do, but I think maybe I need to insert that character in a different way or something.
In essence, what I would like to do is:
Start:
ARTIST: DJ Tiësto
TITLE: You Are My Diamond (Feat. Kianna)
End:
ARTIST: DJ Tiësto\\Kianna
TITLE: You Are My Diamond
Any thoughts on how to do this?
Thanks!
EDIT:
I think I got it, I just had to do this:
Format value
Field: ARTIST
Formatstring: %artist%''\%title2%
That let Mp3Tag put in the \ as a special character. That makes both Mp3Tag and Foobar see the multiple ARTIST values.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-part-of-title-to-artist/11699/6 "2026-02-09T12:22:58Z")