artist.search

Search for artists in our database.

GET /ws/1.1/artist.search

artist.search

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/artist.search?apikey='

200

200 OK

{
  "message": {
    "body": {
      "artist_list": [
        {
          "artist": {
            "artist_alias_list": [
              {
                "artist_alias": "テイラー・スウィフト"
              },
              {
                "artist_alias": "泰勒·史薇芙特"
              },
              {
                "artist_alias": "Taylor Alison Swift"
              },
              {
                "artist_alias": "fu ci"
              },
              {
                "artist_alias": "da Z"
              },
              {
                "artist_alias": "Taylor Swift"
              },
              {
                "artist_alias": "Lew"
              }
            ],
            "artist_comment": "",
            "artist_country": "US",
            "artist_credits": {
              "artist_list": []
            },
            "artist_id": 259675,
            "artist_name": "Taylor Swift",
            "artist_name_translation_list": [
              {
                "artist_name_translation": {
                  "language": "JA",
                  "translation": "テイラー・スウィフト"
                }
              }
            ],
            "artist_twitter_url": "https://twitter.com/taylorswift13",
            "begin_date": "1989-00-00",
            "begin_date_year": "1989",
            "end_date": "0000-00-00",
            "end_date_year": "",
            "restricted": 0,
            "updated_time": "2024-03-07T04:07:57Z"
          }
        },
        {
          "artist": {
            "artist_alias_list": [],
            "artist_comment": "",
            "artist_country": "",
            "artist_credits": {
              "artist_list": []
            },
            "artist_id": 37263159,
            "artist_name": "Taylor Swift & ZAYN",
            "artist_name_translation_list": [],
            "artist_twitter_url": "",
            "begin_date": "0000-00-00",
            "begin_date_year": "",
            "end_date": "0000-00-00",
            "end_date_year": "",
            "restricted": 0,
            "updated_time": "2018-12-03T17:58:48Z"
          }
        },
        {
          "artist": {
            "artist_alias_list": [],
            "artist_comment": "",
            "artist_country": "",
            "artist_credits": {
              "artist_list": []
            },
            "artist_id": 33333395,
            "artist_name": "Taylor Swift & Hardwell",
            "artist_name_translation_list": [],
            "artist_twitter_url": "",
            "begin_date": "0000-00-00",
            "begin_date_year": "",
            "end_date": "0000-00-00",
            "end_date_year": "",
            "restricted": 0,
            "updated_time": "2017-03-22T23:26:27Z"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "header": {
      "available": 209,
      "execute_time": 0.0055232048034668,
      "status_code": 200
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

apikey · string · query · required

Query Parameters

q_artist · string

The song artist.

Example:

"Taylor Swift"

f_artist_id · string

When set, filters by this artist ID.

Example:

"259675"

format · string

Decide the output type (json or xml).

Example:

"json"

page · string

Define the page number for paginated results.

Example:

"1"

page_size · string

Define the page size for paginated results. The allowed range is 1 to 100.

Example:

"3"

Response

200 - application/json

200 OK / 401 Unauthorized

message · object

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