Template:Infobox musical artist

Please be aware that this template is being proposed as a guideline for use in the Musicians WikiProject. It is subject to change and may ultimately be rejected all together. To participate in the discussion and development, please visit WikiPedia:WikiProject Musicians/Article guidelines#Infobox

Please see the Musicians project page for more information about this template.

Creates a template for summarizing basic information about musical groups or individual musical artists. This template has the following fields:

• Background - The color of the colored portions of the box. Please see below for details on color
• Border - The color of the border around the info box. Please see below for details on color
• Name - The name of the artist/group
• Img - An image to display
• Img_capt - A text caption for the image
• URL - The URL to the group's official website. If the URL is too long to fit nicely in the box, please use "link" as the link text, e.g., [<some long url> text]
• Formed - The year in which the group was formed, or the artist began performing. Automatically linked to the appropriate "year in music" article.
• First - The name of the group's first album. Automatically italicized
• FirstYear - The year of the first album. Automatically linked to the appropriate "year in music" article.
• Disbanded - the year that the group disbanded or the artist quit performing. Automatically linked to the appropriate "year in music" article.
• Latest - The name of the group's latest album. Automatically italicized
• LatestYear - The year of the latest album. Automatically linked to the appropriate "year in music" article.
• Genre - The genre used most often to describe the group/artist
• Labels - Various record labels the musician/band has recorded under
• OGenres - Other musical genres used to describe the group/artist
• Projects - Other musical groups or solo careers that members of the group are involved in.
• Albums - Notable albums (i.e., well known or quintessential). Automatically italicized.
• Songs - Notable songs. Please use double quotes around all song titles.

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

Colors

The infobox is color-coded to provide a quick indication of the type of group/perfromer this page is about, e.g, solo artist, orchestra, etc. This is similar to the color scheme used by the Albums project which is based on the type of Album. Please discuss additional types that need to be accounted for on the talk page.

gold (#ffd700)	All vocal solo artists (includes singer-songwriters and singer-instrumentalists)
lightcoral (#f08080)	All non-vocal instrumentalists
lightgreen (#90ee90)	All producers, songwriters, arrangers, engineers, and other non-performing personnel
lightskyblue (#87cefa)	All groups, bands, crews, or other non-classical music ensembles
paleturquoise (#afeeee)	All orchestras and other classical music ensembles
plum (#dda0dd)	Cover and tribute bands (same as Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums' color for covers/tribute albums)
darkgray (#a9a9a9)	Temporary collaborative projects

Sample Template

The following template code produced the info box on this page

{{Infobox musical artist 2
|Name = The Five Heartbeats
|Img = Five heartbeats.jpg
|Img_capt = The Five Heartbeats.
|Typecolor = lightskyblue
|Origin = [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[USA]]
|Genre = [[R&B]]/[[soul music|soul]]
|Years_active = 1965 - 1972
|First = ''Together Forever'' (1966)
|Latest = ''The Five Heartbeats'' (1973)
|Albums = ''Together Forever'' (1966)
|Songs = "Nothing But Love" (1965) <br /> "We Haven't Finished Yet" (1966) <br /> "A Heart is a House for Love" (1967)
|Labels = Big Red Records (1966 - 1968) <br /> A&B Records (1968 - 1972)
|URL = [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101891/ www.imdb.com/title/tt0101891/]
|Past_members = Eddie King, Jr. <br J.T. Matthews <br /> Anthony "Choirboy" Stone <br /> Terrance "Dresser" Williams <br /> Michael "Flash" Turner
}}