I tried to do it with EasyTAG but it doesn't seem to be possible. I'm going to create a big compilation of music and every song is from different artist and album.

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How do I set 'album artist' ID3 Tag in EasyTAG (etc)

You may have missed the tagging option in the EasyTAG scanner:

where %z refers to the album artist. If your files are appropriately structured, the album and artist can be combined this way.

Other Options

Picard

It is also possible to do this by using the scripting capabilities of MusicBrainz Picard:

Access the tagger script via Options → Options → Advanced → Scripting. You can find more information and examples in the scripting guide.

eyeD3

eyeD3 is an ID3 tag manipulator written in python.

eyeD3 is a Python tool for working with audio files, specifically mp3 files containing ID3 metadata (i.e. song info).

The CLI tool doesn't include a flag to write the 'album artist' tag (though it can read it).

However, it is exposed via its python library:

class eyed3.core.Tag

An abstract interface for audio tag (meta) data (e.g. artist, title, etc.)

read_only = False

artist

album_artist

album