VariousArtists

Various Artists

Description

Releases where the TrackArtists are unrelated to each other (usually compilations), are attached to the artist "Various Artists".

Additional Informations

"Various Artists" is a SpecialPurposeArtist. Its MBID is [Artist]89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377, and its RowID is [WWW] 1.

You should consult ReleaseArtistStyle for more informations on when to use "Various Artists".

Example

[Artist]Various Artists is the ReleaseArtist for the release [Release]Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (disc 5)

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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last edited 2008-02-15 00:55:19 by dmppanda

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