What do the letters "ft." often seen on songs authors names - stand for?

asked Dec 8, 2020 at 0:53

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It stands for featuring, where the definition of feature is "to give special prominence to." In your example, Maiya Sykes is the singer who sings the words of the song and is thus the featured artist in that particular performance.

It is also used for a significant (but not necessarily the most prominent) solo. For example, this song is titled Fun.: We Are Young ft. Janelle Monáe. The primary musicians are the band Fun. and the lead singer sings most of the words, but it also features a prominent solo by the singer Janelle Monáe.

This is a common abbreviation for "featuring". In the above case, the song name is "Don't Look Back In Anger", and it is performed (in this case, covered) by Postmodern Jukebox. The song also features Maiya Sykes, who presumably served an auxillary role in the music - this could mean she sang part of the song, played a solo on an instrument, or did anything that would put her in a highlighted role in the song while also not being the primary artist on the song.

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