Customising automatic folder organisation in iTunes

Hi, I have a small problem with iTunes. I usually keep my songs stored in: Music/Artist/Title where the Title is in the form of Artist - Song Name. I want to add the feature of automatically updating the song file location and filename (automatic folder organisation). Is there a way to keep the format I want? Or is there some sort of AddIn which I could use?
Really appreciate the Help!
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Is there a way to keep the format I want? Or is there some sort of AddIn which I could use?
No.
iTunes uses Artist -> Album - Song.

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