More discussion of sort names

[Skeebadoo]

@highstrung

I would go with the “duck test ” - if the artist name looks sufficiently like a real first + last name (or other combination, depending on culture) that most people would assume, with no other knowledge, that it is, then treat it that way.

In Janelle Monae’s case, the New York Times and The Economist both refer to her as “Ms. Monae” which further weighs in the same direction.

So, if I can find sufficient amount of examples where general public/official sources/music critics refer to an artist by his alias as if it were a surname, then I should change the sorting accordingly?

Quick example, a high profile singer/songwriter, King Krule (+many other aliases, legal name: Archy Ivan Marshall)

And here’s multiple articles where he’s being referred to as Mr. Krule:

• https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/king-krule-announces-new-album-the-ooz
• Artist Of The Week: King Krule
• http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/king-krule/57990/
• King Krule: Rock Bottom 12" — TurntableLab.com

Is this enough to pass the duck test?

//personally I would never ever sort this name, knowing where it stems from (The Guardian interview: These days, Archy goes by the name of King Krule. “Imagine a king crawling through the city on his hands and knees,” he explains. “It’s aristocracy at the very bottom.”).