Template:Infobox musical artist/doc

Infobox musical artist is the standard infobox for non-classical musician articles.

Usage
One of the following two alternatives (one for individuals, one for groups) should be placed in an article at the top of the page, before the introduction.

Parameters

 * Most fields are optional and the row will simply be omitted if no data is supplied.

Name
The name of the group or artist ("the act") in plain text or their logo can be there. This field is mandatory.

Img
An image of the artist/band, etc. Set at 220 pixels for the best fit.

Img_alt
Alternative text for the image. You can leave this out.

Img_capt
Caption for the image to be displayed.

Img_size
Leave this out cause you will be writing in the image field the size anyway:

Landscape
Set to "yes" when using wide, short images. The image height (rather than width) will be limited to 200 pixels.

 

Background
Put the type of artist they are, e.g. a solo singer, group/band, DJ, etc. Use the colour scheme.

Other values (e.g. "jazz trumpeter") be used.

Birth_name
This field is only relevant for individuals. The artist's name at birth.

Alias
For listing official stage names for the act; also for solo artists who change their birth name. This field is not for nicknames such as "The DJ"(DJ Crow) or "K-Dance" (Cadence) which are not the artists' actual stage name.

birth_date
This field is only relevant for individuals. The artist's date of birth; put it as so: "MONTH DATE, YEAR (age 25)"

birth_place
This field is only relevant for individuals. The artist's place of birth. Set it as the City, then the State/Province and finally the Country.

death_date
This field is only relevant for individuals. The artist's date of death (same format as the birth_date field).

death_place
This field is only relevant for individuals. The artist's place of death (same format as birth_place field).

Origin
Where they came from, e.g. Club Penguin ,

Instrument
This field is only relevant for individuals. General class(es) of instrument(s) played by the artist, e.g.  or. Include,  ,   and/or   if relevant. Separate multiple entries with commas.

Genre
The genre or genres of music performed by the act. Aim for generality (e.g.  rather than  ). Genres should be separated with a comma delimiter. Genres should be wikilinked. Use piped links where needed, for example: Pop, rock. Note: most genres are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. However, the first word in a list of multiple genres should be capitalized.

Occupation
This field is only relevant for individuals. Roles the artist has fulfilled (e.g. musician, songwriter, producer, etc). For artists that have participated in other forms of entertainment, outside of music (such as acting), these occupations can be included if notable.

Years_active
How long they have been active, e.g. "1990-2007". If they are still active, put "1990-present".

Label
The record label or labels to which the act has been signed, as a comma-separated list. Omit parenthetical dates; save that information for the main article. Drop the word "Records" from the end of any label's name if you want (e.g. use Universal rather than Universal Records .) Separate multiple entries with commas.

Associated_acts
This field is for professional relationships with other musicians or bands that are significant and notable to this artist's career.

This field can include, for example, any of the following:
 * For individuals: groups of which he or she has been a member
 * Other acts with which this act has collaborated on multiple occasions, or on an album, or toured with as a single collaboration act playing together
 * Groups which have spun off from this group
 * A group from which this group has spun off

Separate multiple entries with commas.

The following uses of this field should be avoided:
 * Association of groups with members' solo careers
 * Groups with only one member in common
 * Association of producers, managers, etc. (who are themselves acts) with other acts (unless the act essentially belongs to the producer, as in the case of a studio orchestra formed by and working exclusively with a producer)
 * One-time collaboration for a single, or on a single song
 * Groups that are merely similar

URL
The single web address for the act's primary official website. Don't put www or http at the beginning, e.g. "penguinband.com".

signature
This field is only relevant for individuals. A musician's signature or autograph. Simply put a filename without the File: preface or the  links, e.g. "Signature.png". It will automatically scale to 128px.

Current_members
This field is only relevant for groups. Current members of the group, listed in order of joining with no other notation than names. Separate multiple entries with.

Past_members
This field is only relevant for groups. Past members of the group, listed in order of joining with no other notation than names. If a group is inactive, all members should be listed here, and none in the "Current_members" field. In some exceptional cases (e.g. The Beatles), and only with a clear consensus, members at the time of dissolution may be listed in the "Current_members" field. Separate multiple entries with.

Notable_instruments
This field is only relevant for individuals. Particularly noteworthy models or custom musical instruments with which the artist is strongly associated. Separate multiple entries with commas.

For individual musicians

 * The following template code produced the infobox above.



For groups or bands

 * The following template code produced the infobox above.



Examples of the template in use can be found at:
 * DJ Crow
 * Cadence
 * Awesomesauce