# \[WS\] MusicBrainz expanded

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-musicbrainz-expanded/55909
**Category:** Web Sources Scripts
**Created:** [January 15, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-musicbrainz-expanded/55909 "2022-01-15T14:31:34Z")
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### Author: ![make-nz](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/make-nz/32/18236_2.png) [@make-nz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/make-nz)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-musicbrainz-expanded/55909/42 "2024-11-22T20:27:37Z")

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Since way back I'm missing a standard sub search Albumartist + Album.

When I select all files of any CD and even more so of a multi discset compilation, I really want to search with die Albumartist, not the Artist from the first file in my list:

 ![grafik](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/4/c/4c7c131b3d25c6f6042419ac07b6641176f4e8fe.png)

So I have added a

> MusicBrainz expanded#Search by \_myAlbumArtist + Album.src

With the following change:

```auto
# 2022-01-15 v1.00
# 2024-06-01 v2.00 adjusted for newest .inc WSS script
#
#######################################################################
# Remove some non-working special characters from pre-filled search string
#[SearchBy]=Album||$regexp(%album%,'[(){}\[\]^"~*\\]',)||release:%s||Artist||$if(%artist%,$regexp(%artist%,'[(){}\[\]^"~*\\]',),)||%20AND%20artist:%28%s%29

### MusicBrainz - Search by AlbumArtist + Album
[SearchBy]=Album||$regexp(%album%,'[(){}\[\]^"~*\\]',)||release:%s||Artist||$if(%albumartist%,$regexp(%albumartist%,'[(){}\[\]^"~*\\]',),)||%20AND%20artist:%28%s%29
[Include]=MusicBrainz expanded.inc

```

Now it is spot on:

 ![grafik](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/3/c/3ce2851d67bba6b16ced495edc98e01fa0f5f592.png)

Maybe useful to others, too

Cheers

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