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MLA 9th

MLA (Modern Language Association) 9th edition is an author-page number referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a works cited at the end of your document.

Music album or song - works cited

Title of album: The Album title is in italics and title case (capitalise the first letter of each major word).

Title of song: The Song title is in quotation marks and in title case.

For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.

Format

Recording artist.Title of album. Label, Publication date.

Recording artist. Title of album. Label, Publication date, Name of app.

Examples

Six60. Castle St. Massive Entertainment, 2022.

Sol3 Mio. Coming Home. Universal Music New Zealand, 2021. Spotify app.

Format

Recording artist. "Title of song." Title of album. Label, Publication date.

Recording artist. "Title of song." Title of album. Label, Publication date. Name of app.

Examples

Adele. "Strangers By Nature." 30, Columbia, 2021.

Sheeran, Ed. "Lego House." +, Atlantic Records UK, 2011. Spotify app.

Music album or song - in-text citations

Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and page number/s in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... education is a key factor (Wall 25).

Citation in prose: When you use the author’s name as part of a sentence (generally at the beginning of a sentence), include the page number in brackets at the end of the sentence, e.g. Thomas Jones discussed the appropriateness of using wet towelling ... (2).

No pagination: Add the author's name as part of the sentence to show it has been paraphrased.

Time stamp: A time stamp can be used in the place of the page number. Separate the hours, minutes and seconds with colons (e.g. Jones 00:07:03).

Parenthetical citation

... the cover of the album Castle St (Six60).

Citation in prose

Six60's album Castle St was their fourth studio album, with the cover featuring the house on Castle Street, Dunedin, from where they took their name.

Parenthetical citation

... the track "Lego House" (Sheeran).

Citation in prose

... Ed Sheeran's single "Lego House" uses Lego as a metaphor to represent the structure and fragility of a relationship.