GENRE_MISSING Info Flags, language & genre

Primary genre missing

Every release has a primary genre from the store’s list. Genre belongs in the genre field, not in the title or the artist name.

Severity
Info
Field
genre
Checks
One field
Rule ID
GENRE_MISSING
§ 01

How the checker tests it

Flags a blank genre.

Fix. Set a primary genre.

§ 02

Examples

(blank) Fails GENRE_MISSING Set a primary genre.
Folk Passes

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§ 03

Try it

Genre missingFix: Set a primary genre.
§ 05

Cite this rule

Metadata Style Guidelines (2026). GENRE_MISSING: Primary genre missing. https://www.metadatastyleguidelines.com/rules/genre-missing

https://www.metadatastyleguidelines.com/rules/genre-missing