# WinAmp style Artist sort

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-style-artist-sort/2954
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-style-artist-sort/2954 "2006-02-25T01:32:13Z")
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### Author: ![Ian](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@Ian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-style-artist-sort/2954/1 "2006-02-25T01:32:13Z")

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It would be usefull if MP3Tag ignored leading "The " in Artist when sorting. This would bring e.g. "Beach Boys" and "The Beach Boys" together and in the B's.

WinAmp currently supports this.

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-style-artist-sort/2954/2 "2006-02-25T06:54:51Z")

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Just woke up and and didn't have my coffee yet, so I am not sure if this works. 😛

Try using **$if($eql($strstr(%artist%,The ),1),$mid(%artist%,5,$len(%artist%)),%artist%)** for sorting.

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### Author: ![Ian](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@Ian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-style-artist-sort/2954/3 "2006-02-25T12:59:01Z")

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😃😃  
Worked a charm once I found customize columns.

Thanks.