# Artist Type styleguide-proposal

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/artist-type-styleguide-proposal/815420
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Tags:** styleguide, styleguide-proposal, style
**Created:** [August 8, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/artist-type-styleguide-proposal/815420 "2026-08-08T03:06:37Z")
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### Author: ![yindesu](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b77776/32.png) [@yindesu](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/yindesu)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/artist-type-styleguide-proposal/815420/4 "2026-08-08T23:03:30Z")

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> [@aerozol](#):
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> One person band/projects should be set as Person or Group. First, consider artist intent - for instance, if they refer to themselves as “the band” and themselves a “member”, then set the artist as a Group. Otherwise, artists that are one person doing everything should be set to Person.

The problem with this is that dates do not work the same between persons and groups. If artist intent is considered, the vast majority of solo projects have start dates that align with groups, not a person’s date of birth, and would likely all need to be classified as a group.

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