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Apple Music Artist API. Send an artist link or ID.

Bio, origin, genres, top songs and albums. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

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Apple Music Artist API at a glance

Returns an Apple Music artist from its link or ID in any country's store, with its bio, genres, origin, top songs and albums. It also has the picture and banner, whether it is a person or a group, when it was born or formed, and its page's latest release, singles and EPs, music videos, playlists and similar artists, each with its ID, link, artwork and date.

GET /v1/applemusic/artist

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  • 19 typed fields null when unknown
  • handle is all it needs, e.g. 159260351
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$ npm install socialtap
handle = 159260351
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const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "159260351",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/artist?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/applemusic/artistLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 27 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

  • Null means unknown

    A field Apple Music doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.

  • What it accepts

    The artist: its link (music.apple.com/us/artist/taylor-swift/159260351, with or without the slug and the store, any of its section pages such as /top-songs or /see-all, on music.apple.com, geo.music.apple.com or itunes.apple.com) or the number in that link (159260351).

  • Write one parser

    Apple Music, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring
Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring
Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring
Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring
Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring
Canonical profile URL.
typestring
Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring
Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring
Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

Live data from 33 platforms.

TikTokInstagramFacebookYouTubeRedditThreadsSpotifyAmazonApple MusicPinterestRumbleXBlueskyTwitchLinkedInTelegramTikTok ShopKwaiSnapchatSoundCloudTruth SocialKickKomiLnk.BioLinkmeLinktreePillarTikTok Ad LibraryFacebook Ad LibraryFacebook EventsFacebook MarketplaceGoogle Ads Transparency CenterLinkedIn Ad Library

What teams build with the Apple Music Artist API.

  • Turn an artist link into bio and genres

  • Build an artist page with top songs

  • Find similar artists for a campaign

  • Compare an artist across country stores

Good to know before you build.

  • Apple Music shows no follower, play or like counts for an artist, so metrics are null. It has no usernames, verified badges or links to other sites: username and is_verified are null and external_links is [].
  • Each section holds what the artist's page shows first, up to ten items: top_songs is the top ten, not the catalog. A section the artist doesn't have is [].
  • Stores differ: an artist can be missing from one or have its name and bio in another language. The answer comes from the store in country, else the link's store, else us, and platform_specific.applemusic.storefront says which.
  • type is person or organization from Apple's group flag, and unknown when Apple doesn't state it. born_or_formed is Apple's text, in the answer's language.
  • A curator's ID, such as a radio show's (platform_specific.applemusic.curator_id on the Apple Music Track API), isn't an artist and returns not_found. So does an account on another Apple store only: an App Store developer, a podcaster, an author with no Apple Music page.
  • When Apple's catalog API fails, the answer comes from its public lookup API with the name, main genre, link and AllMusic ID only: type is unknown, the bio, pictures and origin are null, the sections are [] and listed in unknown_fields, and a request with lang fails rather than answer in another language.

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Questions about the Apple Music Artist API.

More in the API reference.

Does it return follower counts?
No. Apple Music shows no follower, play or like counts for an artist, so metrics are null.
How much does the Apple Music Artist API cost?
A request costs 1 credit. SocialTap credits cost $0.75–$1.97 per 1,000, depending on the plan or pack.

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