FEAT_IN_TITLE Warning Credits & featured artists

Prefer FeaturedArtist role over featuring text in title

Featured artists are delivered as contributors with the FeaturedArtist role. Stores build the (feat. Name) display from the role; text in the title duplicates it and is not linked to a profile.

Severity: Warning
Field: track_title
Checks: Titles
Rule ID: FEAT_IN_TITLE

§ 01

How the checker tests it

Flags any featuring credit in the title, whether or not it is correctly formatted.

Fix. Remove the credit from the title and list the artist in featured_artists.

§ 02

Examples

Midnight Drive (feat. Kai Lane) Fails FEAT_IN_TITLE Midnight Drive

Midnight Drive (with Kai Lane) Fails FEAT_IN_TITLE Midnight Drive

Midnight Drive Passes

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§ 03

Try it

Try it on a titleRuns the published title rules as you type

Midnight Drive (feat. Kai Lane)

Fails 1 title rule 0 search terms

FEAT_IN_TITLE Prefer FeaturedArtist role over featuring text in title Midnight Drive

§ 04

Sources

[1]Spotify for Artists: Music metadata guidelines

Read the guide: How to Format Featured Artists (feat.) for Spotify and Apple Music

§ 05

Cite this rule

Metadata Style Guidelines (2026). FEAT_IN_TITLE: Prefer FeaturedArtist role over featuring text in title. https://www.metadatastyleguidelines.com/rules/feat-in-title

https://www.metadatastyleguidelines.com/rules/feat-in-title