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Search Fields

The release group index contains the following fields you can search:

FieldDescription
alias(part of) any alias attached to the release group (diacritics are ignored)
aridthe MBID of any of the release group artists
artist(part of) the combined credited artist name for the release group, including join phrases (e.g. "Artist X feat.")
artistname(part of) the name of any of the release group artists
comment(part of) the release group's disambiguation comment
creditname(part of) the credited name of any of the release group artists on this particular release group
firstreleasedatethe release date of the earliest release in this release group (e.g. "1980-01-22")
primarytypethe primary type of the release group
reidthe MBID of any of the releases in the release group
release(part of) the title of any of the releases in the release group
releasegroup(part of) the release group's title (diacritics are ignored)
releasegroupaccent(part of) the release group's title (with the specified diacritics)
releasesthe number of releases in the release group
rgidthe release group's MBID
secondarytypeany of the secondary types of the release group
statusthe status of any of the releases in the release group
tag(part of) a tag attached to the release group
typelegacy release group type field that predates the ability to set multiple types (see calculation code)

If you don't specify a field, the terms will be searched for in the releasegroup field.