Quansic created one of the world largest data set around Performers and Songwriters.
The data set is organised around 5 categories: Names, Identifiers, Relationships, Contributions and Characteristics.
An Artist can be represented by many names.
All names have one or more of the following properties:
Name | Type | Code |
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen | real name | English |
Bruce Springsteen | display name | English |
Μπρους Σπρίνγκστιν | name variant | Greek |
ברוס ספרינגסטין | name variant | Hebrew |
ब्रूस स्प्रिंगस्टीन | name variant | Hindi |
Брюс Спрингстин | name variant | Russian |
布鲁斯·斯普林斯廷 | name variant | Chinese |
The Boss | pseudonym | English |
Artist characteristics are key for the disambiguation of names. We maintain the following data points
Key | Value |
Type | person |
Date of birth | 1949-09-23 |
Date of death | - |
Gender | male |
Nationality | USA |
Picture | ![]() credit: Stian Schløsser Møller |
Around ISNI, we bridge more than 10 different Identifiers for each Artist.
ID Type | Value |
ISNI | 0000000121418834 |
IPI | 00076333277 |
IPN | 10607699 |
Musicbrainz | 70248960-cb53-4ea4-943a-edb18f7d336f |
Wikidata | Q1225 |
Discogs | 219986 |
Spotify | 3eqjTLE0HfPfh78zjh6TqT |
Apple iTunes | 178834 |
YouTube | UCcu7ANuD9J7hnTQCREqIc4Q |
Deezer | 4762 |
Genius | Bruce-springsteen |
Artists are by nature highly relational. We keep track of the following relationships between artist entities.
ID | Title | Role |
0000000087092120 | Jersey Artists For Mankind | isMember |
0000000101928722 | The E Street Band | isMember |
0000000107032484 | Artists United Against Apartheid | isMember |
0000000121520943 | U.S.A. for Africa | isMember |
0000000469956780 | The Bruce Springsteen Band | isMember |
0000000470305694 | Dr. Zoom & The Sonic Boom | isMember |
0000000470575184 | Steel Mill | isMember |
0000000471276119 | The Castiles | isMember |
List of Sound Recordings and Musical Works to which the Artist has contributed. The list we maintain is not exhaustive.
ID | Title | Role |
USSM10501308 | Black Cowboys | performer |
USSM18200376 | Born in the U.S.A. | performer |
T-070.016.411-9 | Born in the U.S.A. | author |
T-070.029.509-5 | Cadillac Ranch | author |
USSM11306642 | Dream Baby Dream | performer |
USSM19303834 | Streets of Philadelphia | performer |