MusicBrainz API/Search/ArtistSearch
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Search Fields
The artist index contains the following fields you can search:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| arid | MBID of the artist |
| artist | name of the artist |
| artistaccent | name of the artist with any accent characters retained |
| alias | the aliases/misspellings for the artist |
| begin | artist birth date/band founding date |
| comment | artist comment to differentiate similar artists |
| country | the two letter country code for the artist country or 'unknown' |
| end | artist death date/band dissolution date |
| ended | true if know ended even if do not know end date |
| gender | gender of the artist (“male”, “female”, “other”) |
| ipi | IPI code for the artist |
| sortname | artist sortname |
| tag | a tag applied to the artist |
| type | artist type (“person”, “group”, "other" or “unknown”) |
Artist search terms with no fields specified search the artist, sortname and alias fields.
