MusicBrainz Entity

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Contents 1 Entity Types 1.1 Artist 1.2 Artist Credit 1.3 Label 1.4 Medium 1.5 Recording 1.6 Release 1.7 Release Group 1.8 Track 1.9 Tracklist 1.10 URL 1.11 Work

[edit] Entity Types

[edit] Artist

An artist is generally a musician, group of musicians, a collaboration of multiple musicians or other music professional contributing to the works described in the MusicBrainz Database.

[edit] Artist Credit

List of artists, variations of artist names and pieces of text to join the artist names.

[edit] Label

Labels in MusicBrainz refer mainly to imprints on releases, and to a lesser extent, the record companies behind those imprints.

[edit] Medium

Piece of media, included in a release. Contains information about the format, position in the release and an optional title.

[edit] Recording

Represents unique audio data. Has title, artist credit, duration, list of PUIDs and ISRCs.

[edit] Release

Real-world release object you can buy in your music store.

[edit] Release Group

Represents an abstract "album" entity. Technically it's a group of releases, with a specified type.

[edit] Track

Contains a link to a recording, title, artist credit and the position on the tracklist.

[edit] Tracklist

Simple ordered list of tracks. Tracklists are used by mediums.

[edit] URL

Represents a regular internet Uniform Resource Locator and an associated description of that URL.

[edit] Work

One layer above recordings ("song", "composition", etc.). While recording represents audio data, work represents the composition behind the recording.

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