Get an Artist

Get Spotify catalog information for a single artist identified by their unique Spotify ID.

Endpoint

GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}

Request Parameters

Path element	Value
id	The Spotify ID for the artist.

Response Format

On success, the HTTP status code in the response header is 200 OK and the response body contains an artist object in JSON format. On error, the header status code is an error code and the response body contains an error object.

Example

curl -X GET "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0OdUWJ0sBjDrqHygGUXeCF"

{
  "external_urls" : {
    "spotify" : "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0OdUWJ0sBjDrqHygGUXeCF"
  },
  "followers" : {
    "href" : null,
    "total" : 306565
  },
  "genres" : [ "indie folk", "indie pop" ],
  "href" : "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0OdUWJ0sBjDrqHygGUXeCF",
  "id" : "0OdUWJ0sBjDrqHygGUXeCF",
  "images" : [ {
    "height" : 816,
    "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/eb266625dab075341e8c4378a177a27370f91903",
    "width" : 1000
  }, {
    "height" : 522,
    "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/2f91c3cace3c5a6a48f3d0e2fd21364d4911b332",
    "width" : 640
  }, {
    "height" : 163,
    "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/2efc93d7ee88435116093274980f04ebceb7b527",
    "width" : 200
  }, {
    "height" : 52,
    "url" : "https://i.scdn.co/image/4f25297750dfa4051195c36809a9049f6b841a23",
    "width" : 64
  } ],
  "name" : "Band of Horses",
  "popularity" : 59,
  "type" : "artist",
  "uri" : "spotify:artist:0OdUWJ0sBjDrqHygGUXeCF"
}

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artist object (full)

Key	Value Type	Value Description
external_urls	an external URL object	Known external URLs for this artist.
followers	A followers object	Information about the followers of the artist.
genres	array of strings	A list of the genres the artist is associated with. For example: `"Prog Rock"`, `"Post-Grunge"`. (If not yet classified, the array is empty.)
href	string	A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.
id	string	The Spotify ID for the artist.
images	array of image objects	Images of the artist in various sizes, widest first.
name	string	The name of the artist
popularity	int	The popularity of the artist. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular. The artist's popularity is calculated from the popularity of all the artist's tracks.
type	string	The object type: `"artist"`
uri	string	The Spotify URI for the artist.

Frequenty Asked Questions

Is it possible to fetch a random artist?
Although there is no specific endpoint for this, you can retrieve an artist at random following this instructions.

Within the query string, our search endpoint accepts the year tag for artist queries, for example: q=year:2000&type=artist or q=year:0000-9999&type=artist. First call the endpoint with a suitable date or date range and read the total number of results returned. Then call the endpoint again setting limit=1 and offset to a random number smaller that the total that was returned. Here is an example:

curl -X GET "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=year%3A2001&type=artist&market=US"

(returns 65934 results)

curl -X GET "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q=year%3A2001&type=artist&market=US&limit=1&offset=12345"

(returns the artist “Carolina Chamber Choir”)

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