Shazam Songs Discovery

Overview

Shazam Songs Discovery searches for songs and returns rich metadata from Shazam. Use it to discover tracks by keyword and collect lyrics, Shazam counts, credits, related albums, similar songs, and more.

Use Cases

• Music analytics and discovery
• Catalog research and enrichment
• Recommendation and entertainment apps

Key Features

• Search songs by title, artist, or keywords
• Song details including genres, release date, duration, label, language, and BPM
• Shazam counts and on-tour badge when available
• Lyrics when present on the song page
• Artist summary (id, name, link, image from the song page)
• Related albums, similar songs, and credit sections
• Audio preview URL and Apple Music link

Input Parameters

{
    "song_search": "Bad Liar Imagine Dragons",
    "limit": 3,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
}

• song_search – Keywords to search for songs.
• limit – How many songs to return (no hard maximum).
• proxyConfiguration – Recommended for larger runs.

Output

[
    {
        "id": "1437948987",
        "link": "https://www.shazam.com/song/1437948987/bad-liar",
        "name": "Bad Liar",
        "genres": ["Alternative"],
        "shazams": "2,145,302",
        "duration_in_ms": 260770,
        "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../3000x3000bb.jpg",
        "image_variants": {
            "small": "...",
            "medium": "...",
            "large": "...",
            "original": "..."
        },
        "has_lyrics": true,
        "lyrics": "Please don't call me at work again...",
        "album_name": "Origins (Deluxe Edition)",
        "track_number": 5,
        "release_date": "2018-11-09",
        "label": "KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records",
        "language": "English",
        "bpm": 178,
        "on_tour": false,
        "preview": "https://audio-ssl.itunes.apple.com/...",
        "apple_music_url": "https://music.apple.com/eg/album/...?i=1437948987",
        "audio_traits": {
            "melodicness": true,
            "energy": true
        },
        "audio_traits_tags": ["atmos", "lossless", "lossy-stereo", "spatial"],
        "audio_locale": "en-US",
        "artist_info": {
            "id": "358714030",
            "name": "Imagine Dragons",
            "link": "https://www.shazam.com/artist/imagine-dragons/358714030",
            "image": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/.../1400x1400bb.webp"
        },
        "albums": [],
        "similar_songs": [],
        "performing_artists_credits": [],
        "composition_and_lyrics_credits": [],
        "production_and_engineering_credits": []
    }
]

Related Actors

• Shazam Artists Discovery
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