Unknown Artist

Description

In some cases, the PrimaryArtist for a track (or possibly even for a release) is unknown, be it because the sleeve doesn't provide the details, or because no one knows who was the performer.

Such tracks (or releases) should be credited to [unknown].

Additional Informations

[unknown] is a SpecialPurposeArtist.

For details about when to use (and not use) [unknown], refer to UnknownArtistStyle.

Please note that [unknown] must not be used as a lazy easy solution: you are expected to at least do some minimal researches to find out the proper performers, and only use [unknown] if the information really can't be found.

Note as well that [unknown] should not be confused with other SpecialPurposeArtists, like NoArtist or DataTrackArtist.

There also exists other informally used SpecialPurposeArtists, which may be more appropriate than [unknown] depending on the context.

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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