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I have three different "first name, last name" action groups, depending on the artist's name.

First, copy ARTIST into ARTISTSORT:

Action type: Format value
Field: ARTISTSORT
Format string: %artist%

  1. The standard one that I'm sure everyone has seen, used for simple names with a single word in the last name.

    Frank Sinatra -> Sinatra, Frank
    Stevie Ray Vaughan -> Vaughan, Stevie Ray

    Action type: Replace with regular expression
    Field: ARTISTSORT
    Regular expression: ^(.+)\s(.+)$
    Replace matches with: $2, $1

    [ ] case-sensitive comparison
  2. One for artists with two or more words in the last name.

    Townes Van Zandt -> Van Zandt, Townes
    Miguel De La Bastide -> De La Bastide, Miguel

    Action type: Replace with regular expression
    Field: ARTISTSORT
    Regular expression: ^([^\s]+)\s(.+)$
    Replace matches with: $2, $1

    [ ] case-sensitive comparison
  3. And one for names with suffixes such as Jr., Sr., etc.

    Harry Connick Jr. -> Connick, Harry Jr.
    Hank Williams III -> Williams, Hank III

    Action type: Replace with regular expression
    Field: ARTISTSORT
    Regular expression: ^(.+)\s([^\s]+)\s(.+)$
    Replace matches with: $2, $1 $3

    [ ] case-sensitive comparison