ReleaseArtist - MusicBrainz Wiki

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Release Artist

Description

A release artist is the Artist that appears in the "artist" database field of a Release. There can only be one release artist for each release. The release artist is the PrimaryArtist for the release.

Additional informations

Guidelines for which artist has to be chosen are documented on the page ReleaseArtistStyle. Other artists associated with a release can be added using AdvancedRelationships (see SecondaryArtists for more details).

Example

Masada is the primary artist for the release Alef
Eric Dolphy & Booker Little is the primary artist for the release Memorial Album
Various Artists is the primary artist for the compilation release Black Lion Connoisseur Series/Lions Abroad, Volume 1: Tenor Titans (disc 2)

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:

StyleGuidelines:

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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