| P1 | instance of | wikibase-item | class this item is an example of |
| P2 | MusicBrainz ID | external-id | MBID of the matching MusicBrainz entity |
| P3 | Wikidata ID | external-id | Q-id of the matching Wikidata item |
| P4 | BookBrainz ID | external-id | BBID of the matching BookBrainz entity |
| P5 | ISRC | external-id | International Standard Recording Code |
| P6 | ISWC | external-id | International Standard Musical Work Code |
| P7 | ISNI | external-id | International Standard Name Identifier, sixteen characters, no spaces |
| P8 | IPI name number | external-id | Interested Parties Information number |
| P9 | barcode | external-id | UPC or EAN of a release |
| P10 | ISBN-13 | external-id | International Standard Book Number of an edition |
| P11 | catalog number | string | label catalog number of a release |
| P12 | begin date | time | birth, founding or start date |
| P13 | end date | time | death, dissolution or end date |
| P14 | release date | time | date of publication or release |
| P15 | area | wikibase-item | country, region or city associated with the item |
| P16 | gender | string | gender of a person, as recorded by the source |
| P17 | type | string | subtype within the entity type, e.g. Person, Group, Album, Single |
| P18 | duration | quantity | length of a recording or track, in seconds |
| P19 | performer | wikibase-item | credited artist of a recording, release or release group |
| P20 | composer | wikibase-item | writer of the music of a work |
| P21 | lyricist | wikibase-item | writer of the lyrics of a work |
| P22 | producer | wikibase-item | producer of a recording or release |
| P23 | record label | wikibase-item | label that issued a release |
| P24 | part of | wikibase-item | larger whole this item belongs to, e.g. a release group or series |
| P25 | track | wikibase-item | recording on a release; qualify with position |
| P26 | position | string | track position or series ordinal, e.g. 1-3 |
| P27 | recording of | wikibase-item | work that a recording is a performance of |
| P28 | member of | wikibase-item | group the artist is or was a member of |
| P29 | instrument | wikibase-item | instrument played |
| P30 | genre | wikibase-item | genre of the artist or work |
| P31 | language | string | ISO 639-3 code of the language of a work or edition |
| P32 | official website | url | official website of the subject |
| P33 | author | wikibase-item | author of a literary work |
| P34 | publisher | wikibase-item | publisher of an edition |
| P35 | edition of | wikibase-item | work that this edition is an edition of |
| P36 | number of pages | quantity | page count of an edition |
| P37 | reference URL | url | URL a reference was taken from |
| P38 | retrieved | time | date a reference was retrieved |
| P39 | stated in | wikibase-item | source a reference is from |
| P40 | release status | string | Official, Promotion, Bootleg or Pseudo-release |
| P41 | coordinate location | globe-coordinate | latitude and longitude of a place |
| P42 | country code | string | ISO 3166-1 code of a release country or area |