# Title and Album columns

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-album-columns/13779
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 20, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-album-columns/13779 "2012-08-20T11:27:18Z")
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### Author: ![JCSullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@JCSullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JCSullivan)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-album-columns/13779/1 "2012-08-20T11:27:18Z")

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Please excuse me if this is a dumb or dumber question.

What's the difference between the Title and Album columns - I mean if I have the Album name, is the Title name necessary?

Thank you

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### Author: ![mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-album-columns/13779/2 "2012-08-20T11:53:22Z")

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Just to give you an example

Album: Thriller  
Title: Beat It  
Artist: Michael Jackson  
Year: 1982  
Track: 5/9  
Composer: Michael Jackson

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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/title-and-album-columns/13779/3 "2026-02-09T12:24:01Z")

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