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Artist
An artist is the conceptual entity which creates and releases works of art, generally including one or more persons. When an artist is a single person, they are often referred to as a solo? artist or solo project, while an artist of multiple persons is considered a collaboration, a group, a collective, or especially in music, a band.
Examples of groups:
- The Apples in stereo
- The Beatles?
- The Cure?
- Guided by Voices?
- King Crimson?
- Nirvana?
- Queen?
- Radiohead?
- R.E.M.?
- Sloan
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Smiths
- Teenage Fanclub?
- They Might Be Giants?
- Weezer?
- XTC?
- Yes?
Examples of solo artists or projects:
Examples of projects between a solo artist and a group:
Releases may also be credited to the composer rather than the performer, or to the publishing company or label?, particularly in the case of library music?.