# Shazam

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/shazam/  
**Website:** https://www.shazam.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Shazam is Apple's music recognition service that identifies songs from audio fingerprints. The Shazam API provides song recognition, music charts, and artist and track metadata retrieval. Originally launched in 2002 and acquired by Apple in 2018, Shazam processes over 1 billion song identifications per month. Official developer access is available via Apple's ShazamKit framework for iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS, and Android. A third-party REST API is also available through RapidAPI for song detection, chart data, and artist lookups.

## Kin Score — 43.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 43.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 58.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: yes (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **ShazamKit** — ShazamKit is Apple's official framework for integrating Shazam music recognition into iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS, and Android applications. It supports matching audio a...
- **Shazam Albums API** — Album metadata
- **Shazam Artists API** — Artist profiles and albums
- **Shazam Charts API** — Music charts by country, city, and genre
- **Shazam Recognition API** — Audio fingerprint recognition against the Shazam catalog
- **Shazam Search API** — Full-text search across Shazam's track and artist catalog
- **Shazam Tracks API** — Track metadata, related tracks, and listening counters

## Agentic access (1)

- **Shazam Agentic Access** — 12 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **Shazam Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Shazam Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Shazam Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Music, Audio Recognition, Song Identification, Charts, Artists, Tracks, Fingerprinting

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/shazam/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.