ArtistSearch

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The artist index contains the following fields you can search:

Field	Description
area	artist area
beginarea	artist begin area
endarea	artist end area
arid	MBID of the artist
artist	name of the artist
artistaccent	name of the artist with any accent characters retained
alias	the aliases/misspellings for the artist
begin	artist birth date/band founding date
comment	artist comment to differentiate similar artists
country	the two letter country code for the artist country or 'unknown'
end	artist death date/band dissolution date
ended	true if know ended even if do not know end date
gender	gender of the artist (“male”, “female”, “other”)
ipi	IPI code for the artist
sortname	artist sortname
tag	a tag applied to the artist
type	artist type (“person”, “group”, "other" or “unknown”)

Artist search terms with no fields specified search the artist, sortname and alias fields.