Last.fm

aid: last-fm
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/last-fm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Last.fm
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/last-fm.png
tags:
- Music
- Music Metadata
- Scrobbling
- Music Discovery
- Streaming
description: Last.fm is a music discovery and social listening platform that tracks users' listening habits across devices
  and services via scrobbling. The Last.fm API provides access to a rich music metadata database covering artist information,
  album data, track details, user listening history, personalized charts, and music recommendations. Developers can integrate
  scrobbling, retrieve top charts by geography or tag, explore similar artists and tracks, and access user profile data.
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: last-fm:last-fm-album-api
  name: Last.fm Album API
  description: Methods for retrieving album metadata and managing album tags
  humanURL: https://www.last.fm/api
  baseURL: https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/
  tags:
  - Album
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/last-fm-album-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.last.fm/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/authentication
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/tos
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/last-fm-context.jsonld
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/artist.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/track.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/scrobble.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/last-fm-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/artist-getInfo-response.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/track-scrobble-request.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/user-getRecentTracks-response.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/lastfm/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/last-fm-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/last-fm-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/last-fm-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.last.fm/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.last.fm/api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.last.fm/api/authentication
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.last.fm/api/tos
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/lastfm
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/last-fm
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.last.fm/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.last.fm/pro
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/lastfm
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://x.com/lastfmstatus
- type: Plans
  url: plans/last-fm-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/last-fm-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/last-fm-finops.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Music Metadata
    description: Comprehensive metadata for artists, albums, and tracks including biographies, images, tags, and similar items
  - name: Scrobbling
    description: Track submission API (Scrobbling 2.0) for recording listening history from any client or device
  - name: User Listening History
    description: Access recent tracks, loved tracks, top artists, albums, and tracks for any user
  - name: Music Charts
    description: Global and geographic top artists and tracks, plus tag-based and weekly user charts
  - name: Music Discovery
    description: Similar artist and track recommendations powered by Last.fm's social listening data
  - name: Artist and Track Search
    description: Full-text search across the Last.fm music catalog for artists, albums, and tracks
  - name: Tag Exploration
    description: Browse music by community-applied tags to discover themed playlists and artists
  - name: User Social Data
    description: Access user friends, listening comparisons, and shared music taste data
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Music Player Scrobbling
    description: Record tracks played in music apps to Last.fm user profiles for history and recommendations
  - name: Music Metadata Enrichment
    description: Augment music catalogs with artist bios, album art, tags, and similar artist data
  - name: Personalized Charts
    description: Display weekly, monthly, or all-time listening charts for users in applications
  - name: Music Discovery Features
    description: Power recommendation engines with similar artist and track data from Last.fm
  - name: Social Listening
    description: Show what friends are listening to and compare music tastes between users
  - name: Geographic Music Trends
    description: Display top artists and tracks by country or region for localized music features
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com