# Gracenote GMD API v2

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gmd-api-v2/  
**Provider:** Gracenote — https://apis.io/providers/gracenote/  
**Base URL:** https://api.gmd.music.gracenote.com/v2  
**Documentation:** https://devportal.gracenote.com/audio/gmd-api-v2/Overview

Gracenote GMD API v2 is one of 21 APIs that [Gracenote](https://apis.io/providers/gracenote/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Album Art, Music, Music Metadata, and Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

The Global Music Data API v2 provides artist, recording, album-edition, track and descriptor lookups and text search, with artist images, cover art, popularity scores, partner and industry IDs sold as add-ons on top of base, search, discovery and advanced-discovery packages. A key's subscription determines which fields appear in responses.

## Operations (8)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/artists/search` | Artist text search |
| GET | `/artists/{idType}` | Lookup Artist(s) by ID |
| GET | `/recordings/search` | Recording text search |
| GET | `/recordings/{idType}` | Lookup Recording(s) by ID |
| GET | `/albumEditions/search` | Album text search |
| GET | `/albumEditions/{idType}` | Lookup Album(s) by ID |
| GET | `/tracks/{idType}` | — |
| GET | `/descriptorCorrelations/{descriptorType}` | Calculate Artist and Recording similarity |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gracenote/refs/heads/main/openapi/gracenote-gmd-api-v2-openapi.json
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gracenote/refs/heads/main/overlays/gracenote-gmd-api-v2-overlay.yaml
- **APIReference** — https://devportal.gracenote.com/catalog/gmd-v2
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://devportal.gracenote.com/audio/gmd-api-v2/error-codes
- **Documentation** — https://devportal.gracenote.com/audio/gmd-api-v2/get-started

## Other Gracenote APIs (12)

- [Gracenote OnConnect API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/onconnect-api/)
- [Gracenote OnConnect Data API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/onconnect-data-api/)
- [Gracenote Celebrities API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-celebrities-api/)
- [Gracenote Lineups API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-lineups-api/)
- [Gracenote Movies API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-movies-api/)
- [Gracenote Programs API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-programs-api/)
- [Gracenote Series API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-series-api/)
- [Gracenote Sports API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-sports-api/)
- [Gracenote Stations API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gracenote-stations-api/)
- [Gracenote On API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/on-api/)
- [Gracenote OnConnect Lookup APIs](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/onconnect-lookup-apis/)
- [Gracenote GVD API](https://apis.io/apis/gracenote/gvd-api/)

## Tags

Album Art, Music, Music Metadata, Search

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