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Artists

Score 23.7 / 100 10 providers +21 via APIs 28 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 (10)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
ShazamMusicAudio RecognitionSong IdentificationCharts1 API47.0JamBaseConcertsEventFestivals1 API46.8MusicBrainzMusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen Data16 APIs44.2BandsintownConcertsLive MusicEvent1 API43.8
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
SongstatsAnalyticsMusicStreaming1 API38.7setlist.fmMusicConcertsSetlistsLive Music2 APIs30.7SeatedLive EventsConcertsTicketing1 API28.3
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
GrooverCompanyMarketplaceMusicMusic Promotion12.3
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
BeatportMusicElectronic MusicDance MusicDJ9.3
Unrated 1 Not yet scored
FortunesCompanyMusicAnalyticsData

APIs with this tag (28)

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Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Last.fm Artist APIArtist metadata, similarity, tagging, top albums/tracks, and search.61.1
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
TIDAL Artists APIThe artists API from TIDAL — 14 operation(s) for artists.53.6Getty Images Artists APIThe Artists API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for artists.50.9Qobuz Artists APIArtist metadata retrieval and search50.4Spotify Artists APIThe Artists API from Spotify — 7 operation(s) for artists.48.5Shazam Artists APIArtist profiles and albums47.0JamBase Artists APISearch Artists46.8Artlist Artist APIThe artist API from Artlist — 1 operation(s) for artist.45.5MusicBrainz Artists APILookup, browse, and search for artists (people, bands, orchestras).44.2Gracenote Artists APIThe Artists API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for artists.43.4
Thin 17 Limited public surface area
Songstats Artists APIThe Artists API from Songstats — 12 operation(s) for artists.38.77digital Artists APIBrowse, search, chart, and resolve 7digital artists and their releases.38.5Genius Artists APIArtist profiles, discography, followers, and leaderboards.37.1Warner Music Group Artists APIArtist information36.9Howler Artists APIThe Artists API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for artists.36.7Soundcharts Artist APIThe Artist API from Soundcharts — 7 operation(s) for artist.35.9Chartmetric Artists APIArtist metadata, stats, related artists, and placements.35.4Art Institute of Chicago Artists APIConvenience alias for agents flagged as artists.33.2Musixmatch Artist APIThe Artist API from Musixmatch — 4 operation(s) for artist.32.9Audiomack Artist APIArtist profiles, uploads, favorites, followers, and pinned items.31.3setlist.fm Artists APIArtists keyed by MusicBrainz MBID and their setlists.30.7Art Blocks GraphQL API (Hasura)Hasura-backed GraphQL API providing structured access to on-chain and off-chain Art Blocks data including p...30.6Deezer APIPublic REST API covering /track, /album, /artist, /playlist, /chart, /search, /genre, /radio, /user, and /e...29.3Deezer Artist APIThe Artist API from Deezer — 6 operation(s) for artist.29.3ReccoBeats Artist APIArtist metadata and discography.29.0Seated Artist APIThe Seated Artist API enables developers and artist teams to build custom integrations with the Seated plat...28.3Artsy Artists APIThe Artists API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for artists.26.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Radio Cult Artists APIThe Artists API from Radio Cult — 3 operation(s) for artists.24.4

Companies reaching this through an API (21)

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 Chartmetric Deezer Genius Getty Images Gracenote Howler Last.fm Musixmatch Qobuz Radio Cult ReccoBeats Soundcharts Spotify TIDAL Warner Music Group

Score breakdown

Frequency
52.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
41.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
15.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Music broader

Related tags

Tracks 11 co-occurrences Albums 7 co-occurrences Playlists 9 co-occurrences Music 25 co-occurrences Charts 6 co-occurrences Audio 8 co-occurrences Streaming 10 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag28
Provider tag10
Openapi tag22
Openapi op tag114

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