Shazam Artists Discovery

Overview

Shazam Artists Discovery is an Apify actor that searches for and scrapes artist information from Shazam. It retrieves data such as artist details, albums, top songs, upcoming concerts, and similar artists.

Use Cases

• Music analytics and discovery
• Automated data collection for artist research
• Music recommendation systems
• Integration with entertainment applications

Key Features

• Search for artists by name
• Fetch artist details including bio, genres, hometown, born/members/years active
• Collect official and social profile links
• Retrieve albums and latest album details (release date, track count, label, and more)
• List top songs with duration, release date, album name, and Shazam counts
• Get upcoming concert information including venue geo and ticket links
• Discover similar artists
• Multiple image sizes for artist, album, and song artwork

Input Parameters

The actor accepts the following input parameters in JSON format:

{
    "artist_search": "Imagine Dragons",
    "limit": 3,
    "fetch_top_songs": false,
    "fetch_albums": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}

• artist_search – The artist name you want to search for.
• limit – How many artist results to return.
• fetch_top_songs – Fetch and enrich top songs per artist. Defaults to false (returns an empty top_songs array).
• fetch_albums – Fetch and enrich albums per artist. Defaults to false (returns an empty albums array and latest_album: null).
• proxyConfiguration – Recommended for larger runs to keep results reliable.

Output

The output is detailed information about the searched artists:

[
    {
        "id": "358714030",
        "link": "https://www.shazam.com/artist/imagine-dragons/358714030",
        "name": "Imagine Dragons",
        "genres": ["Alternative"],
        "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../1486x1486bb.jpg",
        "image_variants": {
            "small": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../300x300bb.jpg",
            "medium": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../640x640bb.jpg",
            "large": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../1400x1400bb.jpg",
            "original": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../1486x1486bb.jpg"
        },
        "apple_music_url": "https://music.apple.com/eg/artist/imagine-dragons/358714030",
        "bio": "In 2011, Las Vegas band Imagine Dragons were pulling six-hour shows at local casinos...",
        "hometown": "Las Vegas, NV, United States",
        "born": null,
        "members": "Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman",
        "years_active": "2008–present",
        "also_known_as": null,
        "artist_links": {
            "official": "https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/",
            "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/...",
            "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/...",
            "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/...",
            "tiktok": "https://www.tiktok.com/@...",
            "twitter": "https://x.com/...",
            "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/...",
            "snapchat": null,
            "other": []
        },
        "latest_album": {
            "id": "1791818110",
            "name": "Reflections (From The Vault Of Smoke + Mirrors)",
            "artist": "Imagine Dragons",
            "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../1380x1380bb.webp",
            "image_variants": {
                "small": "...",
                "medium": "...",
                "large": "...",
                "original": "..."
            },
            "link": "https://www.shazam.com/album/1791818110",
            "apple_music_url": "https://music.apple.com/eg/album/...",
            "release_date": "2025-02-21",
            "track_count": 12,
            "genres": ["Alternative"],
            "description": null,
            "record_label": "KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records",
            "is_family_friendly": true,
            "is_single": false,
            "upc": "00602475933003"
        },
        "albums": [],
        "top_songs": [
            {
                "id": "1411628233",
                "name": "Believer",
                "artist": "Imagine Dragons",
                "image": "https://www.shazam.com/mkimage/image/thumb/.../375x375bb.webp",
                "image_variants": {
                    "small": "...",
                    "medium": "...",
                    "large": "...",
                    "original": "..."
                },
                "link": "https://www.shazam.com/song/1411628233/believer",
                "apple_music_url": "https://music.apple.com/eg/album/...?i=1411628233",
                "album_name": "Evolve",
                "release_date": "2017-06-23",
                "duration_in_ms": 204346,
                "genres": ["Alternative"],
                "is_family_friendly": true,
                "shazams": "22.9M",
                "shazams_this_week": "45.2K",
                "shazams_all_time": "22.9M"
            }
        ],
        "upcoming_concerts": [
            {
                "id": "59502316-5d59-4ce4-913e-930bda1ee6ed",
                "address": "Milan",
                "place": "Ippodromo",
                "date": "May 27, 2025",
                "end_date": null,
                "link": "https://www.shazam.com/event/59502316-5d59-4ce4-913e-930bda1ee6ed",
                "ticket_url": "https://...",
                "latitude": 45.4642,
                "longitude": 9.19,
                "country": "IT",
                "postal_code": null,
                "street_address": null
            }
        ],
        "similar_artists": [
            {
                "id": "260414340",
                "name": "OneRepublic",
                "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../400x400bb.jpg",
                "image_variants": {
                    "small": "...",
                    "medium": "...",
                    "large": "...",
                    "original": "..."
                },
                "link": "https://www.shazam.com/artist/onerepublic/260414340"
            }
        ]
    }
]

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