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object --+ | Entity --+ | Artist
Represents an artist.
Artists in MusicBrainz can have a type. Currently, this type can be either Person or Group for which the following URIs are assigned:http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-1.0#Person
http://musicbrainz.org/ns/mmd-1.0#Group
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TYPE_PERSON =
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TYPE_GROUP =
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type The artist's type. |
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name The artist's name. |
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sortName The artist's sort name. |
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disambiguation The disambiguation comment. |
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beginDate The begin/foundation date. |
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endDate The death/dissolving date. |
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aliases The list of aliases. |
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releases The list of releases |
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releasesOffset The offset of the release list. |
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releasesCount The total number of releases |
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Method Details |
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Returns the artist's sort name. The sort name is the artist's name in a special format which is better suited for lexicographic sorting. The MusicBrainz style guide specifies this format.See Also: The MusicBrainz Style Guidelines |
See Also: getSortName |
Returns the disambiguation attribute. This attribute may be used if there is more than one artist with the same name. In this case, disambiguation attributes are added to the artists' names to keep them apart. For example, there are at least three bands named 'Vixen'. Each band has a different disambiguation in the MusicBrainz database, like 'Hip-hop' or 'all-female rock/glam band'.
See Also: getUniqueName |
See Also: getDisambiguation, getUniqueName |
Returns a unique artist name (using disambiguation). This method returns the artist name together with the disambiguation attribute in parenthesis if it exists. Example: 'Vixen (Hip-hop)'.
See Also: getDisambiguation |
Returns the birth/foundation date. The definition of the begin date depends on the artist's type. For persons, this is the day of birth, for groups it is the day the group was founded. The returned date has the format 'YYYY', 'YYYY-MM', or 'YYYY-MM-DD', depending on how much detail is known.
See Also: getType |
See Also: getBeginDate |
Returns the death/dissolving date. The definition of the end date depends on the artist's type. For persons, this is the day of death, for groups it is the day the group was dissolved.
See Also: getBeginDate |
See Also: setEndDate, getBeginDate |
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Returns a list of releases from this artist. This may also include releases where this artist isn't the main artist but has just contributed one or more tracks (aka VA-Releases).
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Returns the offset of the release list. This is used if the release list is incomplete (ie. the web service only returned part of the release for this artist). Note that the offset value is zero-based, which means release0 is the first
release.
See Also: getReleases, getReleasesCount |
See Also: getReleasesOffset |
Returns the number of existing releases. This may or may not match with the number of elements that getReleases returns. If the count is higher than the list, it indicates that the list is incomplete.
See Also: setReleasesCount, getReleasesOffset |
See Also: getReleasesCount, setReleasesOffset |
Property Details |
typeThe artist's type.
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nameThe artist's name.
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sortNameThe artist's sort name.
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disambiguationThe disambiguation comment.
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beginDateThe begin/foundation date.
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endDateThe death/dissolving date.
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aliasesThe list of aliases.
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releasesThe list of releases
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releasesOffsetThe offset of the release list.
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releasesCountThe total number of releases
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