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The album artist tag is a metadata field used in digital music files to indicate the primary artist or group associated with an entire album, as distinct from individual track artists. On WindowsForum.com, users discuss how to manipulate this tag using tools like Mp3 editors or Windows Explorer to copy values from other fields, such as Contributing artists, to the Album artist field. Others explore how the Album Artist tag affects album art display in Windows Media Center, particularly when organizing singles or compilations. Some users note that Windows 7's column chooser includes Album Artist but omits the simpler Artist column, leading to confusion about how to group music by the main performer.
  1. Jimmy59601

    Windows 10 Copying Mp3 tag field values to another field

    I'm not very familiar with Mp3 editing tools, but I want to copy, en masse, all the values in my Mp3s' Contributing artists field to the Album artist field. I know that I can do this through Explorer in each file's properties, but I have a lot of files to do. Ideally, something like a...
    • Jimmy59601
    • Thread
    • album artist batch processing contributing artist editing tools explorer file management mp3 music metadata spreadsheet tag editing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. J

    Windows 7 any tweak for determining which album art appears in WMC waterfall?

    Hi, I love Windows Media Center, I use it everyday. I have religiously tagged all my ALBUMS to be as I want them. When I play them, I get that lovely background of all my album arts slowly tracking downwards as the waterfall wallpaper. BACKGROUND: The other day, I decided to add all my...
    • junkaholic
    • Thread
    • album art album artist artwork audio background customization digital music file management media center media management media player music collection music library remote single streaming tagging user experience user interface waterfall
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. E

    Windows 7 Why is Artist missing in choosing column details>?

    In Windows 7, why did Microsoft remove the Artist column when selecting column details? They do include Album Artist and Contributing Artist but I have yet to see any app use these. Artist is one of the most important categories for grouping or selecting music. Does anyone know how you can...
    • exmeaguy
    • Thread
    • album artist app artists columns contributing artist details grouping microsoft music windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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