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Artists

Score 19.4 / 100 13 providers +26 via APIs 33 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, Creator & Social 3 Media Asset Management 1
Variants seen in the corpus: ArtistArtists

Providers using this tag (13)

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

Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
JamBaseConcertsEventFestivals1 API40.0
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
BandsintownConcertsLive MusicEvent1 API38.4MusicBrainzMusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen Data16 APIs38.2ShazamMusicAudio RecognitionSong IdentificationCharts1 API36.5SongstatsAnalyticsMusicStreaming1 API35.4
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
setlist.fmMusicConcertsSetlistsLive Music2 APIs25.8SeatedLive EventsConcertsTicketing1 API21.8ReverbNationMusicDistributionPromotion20.7BandSaaSArtificial IntelligenceMusicLicensing15.0GrooverCompanyMarketplaceMusicMusic Promotion11.9
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
CinqmusicMusicDistributionPublishing2.2BeatportMusicElectronic MusicDance MusicDJ8.5
Unrated 1 Not yet scored
FortunesCompanyMusicAnalyticsData

APIs with this tag (33)

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Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Getty Images Artists APIThe Artists API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for artists.54.9Last.fm Artist APIArtist metadata, similarity, tagging, top albums/tracks, and search.54.4
Developing 11 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Viberate Artist APIThe Artist API from Viberate — 4 operation(s) for artist.53.2Spotify Artists APIThe Artists API from Spotify — 7 operation(s) for artists.50.6Dataddo APIDataddo API as documented publicly: 16 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangel...50.2Artlist Artist APIThe artist API from Artlist — 1 operation(s) for artist.49.3TIDAL Artists APIThe artists API from TIDAL — 14 operation(s) for artists.46.9Gracenote Artists APIThe Artists API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for artists.43.3Audiomack Artist APIArtist profiles, uploads, favorites, followers, and pinned items.41.7Qobuz Artists APIArtist metadata retrieval and search41.0Howler Artists APIThe Artists API from Howler — 1 operation(s) for artists.40.3JamBase Artists APISearch Artists40.0AB5D Artists APIThe Artists API from AB5D — 2 operation(s) for artists.39.6
Thin 16 Limited public surface area
7digital Artists APIBrowse, search, chart, and resolve 7digital artists and their releases.38.4MusicBrainz Artists APILookup, browse, and search for artists (people, bands, orchestras).38.2Shazam Artists APIArtist profiles and albums36.5Music Story Artist APIThe Artist API from Music Story — 2 operation(s) for artist.36.4Songstats Artists APIThe Artists API from Songstats — 12 operation(s) for artists.35.4Genius Artists APIArtist profiles, discography, followers, and leaderboards.34.8Warner Music Group Artists APIArtist information34.1Musixmatch Artist APIThe Artist API from Musixmatch — 4 operation(s) for artist.33.2Art Institute of Chicago Artists APIConvenience alias for agents flagged as artists.31.5Deezer APIPublic REST API covering /track, /album, /artist, /playlist, /chart, /search, /genre, /radio, /user, and /e...30.7Deezer Artist APIThe Artist API from Deezer — 6 operation(s) for artist.30.7Artsy Artists APIThe Artists API from Artsy — 2 operation(s) for artists.29.6Soundcharts Artist APIThe Artist API from Soundcharts — 7 operation(s) for artist.28.7Chartmetric Artist APIArtists, the core entity in Chartmetric, identified by a Chartmetric artist ID. Endpoints cover metadata an...28.6iStock Artists APIThe Artists API from iStock — 2 operation(s) for artists.28.4Art Blocks GraphQL API (Hasura)Hasura-backed GraphQL API providing structured access to on-chain and off-chain Art Blocks data including p...26.9
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
setlist.fm Artists APIArtists keyed by MusicBrainz MBID and their setlists.25.8Radio Cult Artists APIThe Artists API from Radio Cult — 3 operation(s) for artists.23.2ReccoBeats Artist APIArtist metadata and discography.22.6Seated Artist APIThe Seated Artist API enables developers and artist teams to build custom integrations with the Seated plat...21.8

Companies reaching this through an API (26)

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 AB5D Art Blocks Art Institute of Chicago Artlist Artsy Audiomack Chartmetric 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
49.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
24.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
13.5
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

Music broader

Related tags

Tracks 10 co-occurrences Album 7 co-occurrences Playlists 8 co-occurrences Albums 6 co-occurrences Music 30 co-occurrences Charts 6 co-occurrences Audio 8 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag32
Provider tag13
Openapi tag26
Openapi op tag117

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