Black Sabbath
Rights position
| Company | Relationship | Ownership classification | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Wave Music | listed in artist directory | artist association only | current | verified | directory page |
“Artist association only” is the accurate classification for a directory listing. No composition or recording of this artist has a documented Primary Wave publishing or master ownership interest in the supplied dataset, and SPEC §10 forbids inferring one from the relationship.
No biography
The directory publishes no biography for this artist. 166 of 178 artists have a short biography and 20 have a full one.
Digital profiles and identifiers
| Scheme | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher profile | https://primarywave.com/artists/black-sabbath/ | high |
No MusicBrainz, Discogs, IPI, ISWC or ISRC identifier is present for any artist in this dataset. Those schemes exist in the schema and are unpopulated.
News mentions 2 posts
| Date | Title | Matched by | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC ACQUIRES HIPGNOSIS PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC ACQUIRES HIPGNOSIS THE ACQUISITION INCLUDES SOME OF MUSIC’S MOST FAMOUS ARTWORK FROM BAD COMPANY, STYX, BLACK SABBATH, DEF LEPPARD, FOREIGNER, QUEEN, AND MORE New York, NY (May 18, 2026) – Primary Wave Music, the leading independent publisher of iconic and legendary music in the world, has announced […] | tag | high | 830 |
| 2026-02-05 | Record Store Day 2026 Record Store Day 2026 is April 18th – see below our Primary Wave releases! . Scott Weiland – Live Experience Scott Weiland like never before. The first-ever live album captures electrifying, previously unreleased performances from his 2009 Happy In Galoshes tour, showcasing the full force of his singular voice and […] | tag | high | 1,032 |
“Matched by” and the confidence are carried through from the source extraction rather than flattened: a tag or tag+title match is high confidence, a title-only match is medium or low. A mention is not a transaction.
Associated repertoire (SPEC §22 category C)
No playlist embed
No Spotify playlist is embedded on this artist's page. 108 of 178 artists have one.
Identity and aliases
| Alias | Type | Confidence | Status | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sabbath | source spelling | high | accepted | verbatim name as published in the Primary Wave artist directory |
A candidate alias is not used for matching until a reviewer accepts it. SPEC §12 forbids automatically merging low-confidence matches.