# Switching first and last name of Artist

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-first-and-last-name-of-artist/11020
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 28, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-first-and-last-name-of-artist/11020 "2010-10-28T16:57:38Z")
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### Author: ![chrismp3junkie](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/3d9bf3/32.png) [@chrismp3junkie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrismp3junkie)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-first-and-last-name-of-artist/11020/1 "2010-10-28T16:57:38Z")

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Hello, let me start by praising this excellent application.

As someone with a large collection of MP3s, I am looking for a way to switch the artist name to a different order.

Right now, most of my MP3s are in the following order:

Bruce Springsteen  
Spice Girls

I would like reverse the order for artist names so it reads alphabetically, as follows:

Spice Girls  
Springsteen, Bruce

Although I know I can make the change easily using the Artist field - select all the artist and make a global change - when dealing with compilations or soundtracks, this becomes tedious and onerous.

If there is a method to make these changes with a batch of files, please recommend. If not, please take this a suggestion for future versions. Thanks!

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