Artist Sort Name

Description

The "artist sort name" is a variant of the ArtistName that will be used when the artist is listed with other artists.

Additional informations

The idea is to ensure that all the artists that start with "The" will not end up under "T". This also applies to artists who have regular names like Eric Clapton, but not to bands that have fictitious names like Cypress Hill. Sort names should contain all the accented characters that are present in the name of the artist.

Think of the sort name as being the name that would place the artist where you would expect to find it alphabetically (e.g. in a record shop).

The guidelines for SortNameStyle are complex, please take a look at them if you're editing or voting on a SortName.

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