diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index df5852b90..5df63f196 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 1.0b10
 ------
 * Fix a missing __future__ import in embedart on Python 2.5.
+* Fix ID3 and MPEG-4 tag names for the album-artist field.
 * Fix Unicode encoding of album artist, album type, and label.
 
 1.0b9
diff --git a/beets/mediafile.py b/beets/mediafile.py
index 9612399ca..5f87b9a43 100644
--- a/beets/mediafile.py
+++ b/beets/mediafile.py
@@ -799,9 +799,8 @@ class MediaFile(object):
                 etc = StorageStyle('compilation')
             )
     albumartist = MediaField(
-                mp3 = StorageStyle('TXXX', id3_desc=u'Album Artist'),
-                mp4 = StorageStyle(
-                    '----:com.apple.iTunes:Album Artist'),
+                mp3 = StorageStyle('TPE2'),
+                mp4 = StorageStyle('aART'),
                 etc = [StorageStyle('album artist'),
                        StorageStyle('albumartist')]
             )