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Hello Sir/Madam,

I already downloaded a songs from Youtube converted it to mp3, then add it to my music library in Itunes. My problem is there is no artist name on each song that I downloaded. So what the Itunes do, is organized it by the Name of the songs. But I wanted to organize it by the Artist.

Please help me! Is there a way put an artist to my songs?

Thanks for those who concern,

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Brief expert add-on: good progress — ’s manual edits will fix individual files, and ’s TuneUp suggestion is a reasonable paid shortcut. For a cleaner library long‑term, prefer a small, documented workflow that corrects the important tag fields (and embeds artwork) before relying on iTunes/Music to sort.

Artist metadata: iTunes/Music actually stores several fields that affect how tracks are grouped and sorted — Artist, Album Artist, plus the Sorting/Grouping fields and the “Album is a compilation” flag. Filling Album Artist consistently (or marking compilations) prevents single tracks from scattering across albums; use the Sorting fields to avoid “The” problems when ordering. See Apple’s documentation on song/CD info for the exact fields and behavior. (Change song and CD information in Music on Mac)

If many files need fixing, use an automated tagger rather than typing everything. MusicBrainz Picard can fingerprint tracks and fetch release-level metadata and cover art; it’s free and cross‑platform. For GUI batch edits (find/replace, map fields, embed art), Mp3tag (now available for macOS) or Kid3 are solid options. Typical workflow: back up the library, run the tagger to cluster/scan and review matches, save tags to files, then let Music/iTunes read the updated tags. (MusicBrainz Picard, Mp3tag)

Troubleshooting notes: edits may not “stick” if files are on a read‑only volume, if Sync/ iCloud Music Library is active (edits will sync or conflict), or if Music’s “Keep media folder organized” is changing filenames after tagging — check those settings first. Artwork can be embedded from the Music app (drag or Add Artwork) so covers travel with the files. (Add artwork to content in Music on Mac, Use iCloud Music Library)

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If you're just editing the artist for one song, click on the blank artist space, and a box should come up where you can type in the name of the artist.

But if you're changing the artist for multiple songs, select all of the songs that have the same artist, then press 'apple+i'. Say yes to the prompt, and put the artist name under artist in 'Info'. That should do the trick :)

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Thank you for your reply misquared. I also do this one, select all songs that have the same artist. Then I will click on the File menu from the upper left of the Itunes apps, then select Get Info. Then I will put the artist name in that info.

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... even better, why not just download Tuneup from and let Tuneup do the work for you. Costs about $US30 and adds album art as well. It's quite a feature-rich product and well worth it. You can try before you buy.

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