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Begin Date of an Artist

Description

The "begin date" property of an Artist stores the date when it started its existence.

Additional informations

The meaning of the date depends on the ArtistType:

For persons, it means the date of birth of that person (be it on PerformanceNames or LegalNames).
For groups it means the date when the group first formed. So if a group dissolved and then reunited, the date is still that of when they first formed. It is currently not possible to store multiple periods of time for groups (you could describe such facts in the ArtistAnnotation). Note that there is no guideline saying which date should be preferred when the group first performed under a different name and/or line-up.

Like all other dates in MusicBrainz (ReleaseDates, dates in AdvancedRelationships, LabelBeginDate and LabelEndDate) the begin date of an artist can vary in its accuracy from just a year to the exact day. You cannot enter just a day without specifying a month or just a month without a year though. The begin date can also be empty, meaning it is unknown.

The begin date of an artist corresponds with the ArtistEndDate.

Additional Readings

Once familiar enough with the resources accessible from the top navigation toolbar, you may find convenient to have direct access to the following pages:

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Resources discussing some specific difficulty or advanced topic:

If you're interested into either the future or the past, you possibly want to take a look at ArtistFuture (which lists known bugs and our super secret new masterplans), and ArtistHistory (obviously listing closed bugs and past masterplans).

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