MusicBrainz API/Search/ArtistSearch
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Search Fields
The artist index contains the following fields you can search:
Field | Description |
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alias | an alias attached to the artist |
area | the artist's main associated area |
arid | the artist's MBID |
artist | the artist's name (without accented characters) |
artistaccent | the artist's name (with accented characters) |
begin | the artist's begin date |
beginarea | the artist's begin area |
comment | the artist's disambiguation comment |
country | the 2-letter code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) for the artist's main associated country, or “unknown” |
end | the artist's end date |
endarea | the artist's end area |
ended | a flag indicating whether or not the artist has ended |
gender | the artist's gender (“male”, “female”, or “other”) |
ipi | an IPI code associated with the artist |
sortname | the artist's sort name |
tag | a tag attached to the artist |
type | the artist's type (“person”, “group”, ...) |
Artist search terms with no fields specified search the artist, sortname and alias fields.