MusicBrainz API/Search/ArtistSearch

Search Fields

The artist index contains the following fields you can search:

Field	Description
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.