Primary Artist

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The MusicBrainz database can relate one Artist to a Track or Release (via a CoreRelationship). This is the primary artist.

The primary artist is called TrackArtist for Tracks, and ReleaseArtist for Releases.

Usually the main attributed performer will be the primary artist: you can read ReleaseArtistStyle and TrackArtistStyle for further information.

Note that classical music follows a different rule (the primary artist is the composer): see the ClassicalStyleGuide for more details.

Further artists can be related to Tracks or Releases via AdvancedRelationships. These are called SecondaryArtists.

Masada is the primary artist for the release Alef
Albert Ayler is the primary artist for the release The First Recordings
Creedence Clearwater Revival is the primary artist for the release Boxed Set (disc 1: 1961-1967: Pre-Creedence). Note that none of the TrackArtists is the same as the ReleaseArtist.

Official Documentation: Artist Overview \| Release Artist \| Track Artist \| Primary Artist \| Secondary Artist \| Featuring Artist \| Fictitious Artist \| Special Purpose Artist Attributes: ID \| Name \| Sort Name \| Alias \| Begin Date \| End Date \| Comment \| Annotation Style: Release Artist Style \| Track Artist Style \| Featuring Artist Style \| Sortname Style \| Same Artist With Different Names \| Different Artists With Same Name \| Band With Main Performer Name Misc: Merge Misspelled Artists \| Editing Suggestions \| Subscriptions / Lists: International Artists

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