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#REDIRECT [[Artist/Name]] |
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A Legal Name is the name of a person as used in official dealings, especially with governments. Many musicians are known by an alias, and we refer to that as the [[Performance Name]]. |
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For [[MusicBrainz]] purposes, if an artist works under their [[Performance Name]], the Legal Name is primarily used to hold [[rt:dd9886f2-1dfe-4270-97db-283f6839a666|Performance Name Relationship Type]] to [[Performance Name]]s, and biographical details such as [[:Category:Personal Association Relationship Class|Personal Association Relationship Class]]. |
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The birth certificate is the usual place you will find a legal name. However, legal names can be changed at any time (eg by marriage, deed poll etc). |
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==Style== |
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* [[Same Artist With Different Names]] contains details about how and when to use both [[Performance Name|performance names]] and [[Legal Name|legal names]]. |
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* Note that only persons have legal names, not bands. |
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==Examples== |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Artist:4d3924ac-7dc4-4632-9058-553119d6b951|Declan Patrick MacManus]] is the Legal Name of [[Artist:8a338e06-d182-46f2-bd16-30a09bc840ba|Elvis Costello]]. [[Artist:7ec00194-c4d0-4532-835e-1077ca2869fc|Paul David Hewson]] is the Legal Name of [[Artist:7f347782-eb14-40c3-98e2-17b6e1bfe56c|Bono]]. |
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