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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arid | MBID of the artist |
artist | name of the artist |
alias | the aliases/misspellings for the artist |
comment | artist comment to differentiate similar artists |
country | the two letter country code for the artist country or 'unknown' |
gender | gender of the artist (“male”, “female”, “other”) |
ipi | IPI code for the artist |
tag | a tag applied to the artist |
sortname | artist sortname |
type | artist type (“person”, “group”, "other" or “unknown”) |
begin | artist birth date/band founding date |
end | artist death date/band dissolution date |
Artist search terms with no fields specified search the artist, sortname and alias fields.