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Artists

Score 20.9 / 100 11 providers +24 via APIs 32 APIs Search apis.io →
Workflows using this tag
TIDAL Browse Collection Tracks · TIDAL TIDAL Video Explorer · TIDAL TIDAL Track Playback Manifest · TIDAL TIDAL Search to Track and Album · TIDAL TIDAL Artist Discography Explorer · TIDAL TIDAL Discovery Mix Tracks · TIDAL TIDAL Create Playlist and Add Tracks · TIDAL TIDAL Album Tracklist Explorer · TIDAL
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Media Asset Management 1
Variants seen in the corpus: ArtistArtists

Providers using this tag (11)

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Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
JamBaseConcertsEventFestivals1 API40.1
Thin 5 Limited public surface area
ShazamMusicAudio RecognitionSong IdentificationCharts1 API38.7MusicBrainzMusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen Data16 APIs37.9BandsintownConcertsLive MusicEvent1 API37.8setlist.fmMusicConcertsSetlistsLive Music2 APIs26.5SongstatsAnalyticsMusicStreaming1 API37.3
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
SeatedLive EventsConcertsTicketing1 API20.9GrooverCompanyMarketplaceMusicMusic Promotion12.4
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
CinqmusicMusicDistributionPublishing3.1BeatportMusicElectronic MusicDance MusicDJ9.4
Unrated 1 Not yet scored
FortunesCompanyMusicAnalyticsData

APIs with this tag (32)

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Developing 10 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Last.fm Artist APIArtist metadata, similarity, tagging, top albums/tracks, and search.54.2Getty Images Artists APIThe Artists API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for artists.49.9Dataddo APIDataddo API as documented publicly: 16 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangel...49.7TIDAL Artists APIThe artists API from TIDAL — 14 operation(s) for artists.48.8Spotify Artists APIThe Artists API from Spotify — 7 operation(s) for artists.48.4Artlist Artist APIThe artist API from Artlist — 1 operation(s) for artist.45.1Viberate Artist APIThe Artist API from Viberate — 4 operation(s) for artist.43.9Gracenote Artists APIThe Artists API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for artists.43.8Qobuz Artists APIArtist metadata retrieval and search42.1JamBase Artists APISearch Artists40.1
Thin 18 Limited public surface area
Shazam Artists APIArtist profiles and albums38.7MusicBrainz Artists APILookup, browse, and search for artists (people, bands, orchestras).37.9Songstats Artists APIThe Artists API from Songstats — 12 operation(s) for artists.37.3Howler Artists APIThe Artists API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for artists.36.7Music Story Artist APIThe Artist API from Music Story — 2 operation(s) for artist.36.4Warner Music Group Artists APIArtist information35.4Genius Artists APIArtist profiles, discography, followers, and leaderboards.34.4Audiomack Artist APIArtist profiles, uploads, favorites, followers, and pinned items.33.37digital Artists APIBrowse, search, chart, and resolve 7digital artists and their releases.32.1Musixmatch Artist APIThe Artist API from Musixmatch — 4 operation(s) for artist.31.4Art Institute of Chicago Artists APIConvenience alias for agents flagged as artists.31.0Deezer APIPublic REST API covering /track, /album, /artist, /playlist, /chart, /search, /genre, /radio, /user, and /e...29.2Deezer Artist APIThe Artist API from Deezer — 6 operation(s) for artist.29.2Soundcharts Artist APIThe Artist API from Soundcharts — 7 operation(s) for artist.28.1Chartmetric Artist APIArtists, the core entity in Chartmetric, identified by a Chartmetric artist ID. Endpoints cover metadata an...27.8Artsy Artists APIThe Artists API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for artists.26.8setlist.fm Artists APIArtists keyed by MusicBrainz MBID and their setlists.26.5iStock Artists APIThe Artists API from iStock — 2 operation(s) for artists.26.3
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
Art Blocks GraphQL API (Hasura)Hasura-backed GraphQL API providing structured access to on-chain and off-chain Art Blocks data including p...25.5Radio Cult Artists APIThe Artists API from Radio Cult — 3 operation(s) for artists.22.9ReccoBeats Artist APIArtist metadata and discography.22.1Seated Artist APIThe Seated Artist API enables developers and artist teams to build custom integrations with the Seated plat...20.9

Companies reaching this through an API (24)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Artists” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

7digital Art Blocks Art Institute of Chicago Artlist Artsy Audiomack Dataddo Deezer Genius Getty Images Gracenote Howler iStock Last.fm Music Story Musixmatch Qobuz Radio Cult ReccoBeats Soundcharts Spotify TIDAL Viberate Warner Music Group

Score breakdown

Frequency
52.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
27.7
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
15.1
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Music broader

Related tags

Tracks 10 co-occurrences Playlists 8 co-occurrences Albums 6 co-occurrences Music 27 co-occurrences Charts 5 co-occurrences Audio 8 co-occurrences Streaming 9 co-occurrences

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Provider tag11
Openapi tag25
Openapi op tag115

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