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===IMPORTANT Note about singers===

Singers should be considered musicians who use a specific instrument, that instrument being [[Vocals]]. The term for a person who "plays the vocals" so to speak is a singer. Therefore, in category names, use the term "singer" but when sorting by instrument, use "Vocals" as the instrument.

Also, there is aThe pre-existingprevious standardmethod toof sortsorting singers by "'''style'''" notrather than "genre" (Ee.g., [[:Category:Singers by style]] and [[:Category:American singers by style]].) That'shas finebeen andchanged: weall shouldmusicians, continueincluding tosingers, useshould thatbe standardsorted but"by '''only'''genre", forrather singers. Simply replacethan "genre"by with "style". All other instruments should continue to use "genre"

==Placing articles in the structure==