Genius Artists Search Scraper 🎵

🎯 Features

• Search and scrape artist data from Genius.com
• Get comprehensive artist information including:
  • Artist name and profile details
  • Social media links
  • Popularity metrics
  • Associated acts and genres
• Support for multiple search keywords
• Configurable maximum results per search
• Built-in rate limiting and anti-blocking measures
• Clean, structured JSON output

🔧 Use Cases

• Music industry research and analysis
• Artist discovery and talent scouting
• Building music databases
• Market research for record labels
• Social media influence analysis
• Academic research on music trends

💡 Input Configuration

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Field	Type	Description
keywords	Array	List of search terms to look up artists
maxItems	Integer	Maximum number of results to collect per keyword (default: 30)

📊 Output Format

The actor outputs detailed artist information in JSON format, including:

• Artist name and URL
• Social media profiles
• Follower counts
• Associated acts
• Description and biography
• Verified status
• Header/profile images

🚀 Getting Started

1. Basic usage: Enter a single keyword to search for artists
2. Multiple searches: Search for multiple artists at once

📝 Notes

• Results are limited by Genius.com's available data
• Processing time varies based on the number of keywords and maxItems
• Respects Genius.com's robots.txt and usage policies

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "keywords": ["rain"],
3    "maxItems": 30
4}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2	{
3		"_type": "artist",
4		"api_path": "/artists/1632",
5		"header_image_url": "https://images.genius.com/b25b80bed02917634a3387773e2e3e40.700x467x14.gif",
6		"id": 1632,
7		"image_url": "https://images.genius.com/83554e3a9e4e12f26685ec7c5247f1f5.467x467x1.jpg",
8		"index_character": "t",
9		"is_meme_verified": false,
10		"is_verified": true,
11		"name": "Tory Lanez",
12		"slug": "Tory-lanez",
13		"url": "https://genius.com/artists/Tory-lanez",
14		"iq": 10122
15	},
16	{
17		"_type": "artist",
18		"api_path": "/artists/395176",
19		"header_image_url": "https://images.genius.com/33e9d74f0c493b586a5804f055cff9de.1000x370x1.jpg",
20		"id": 395176,
21		"image_url": "https://images.genius.com/23cbdb920ff08275eb62918b777f7398.960x960x1.jpg",
22		"index_character": "r",
23		"is_meme_verified": false,
24		"is_verified": true,
25		"name": "Rainbow Kitten Surprise",
26		"slug": "Rainbow-kitten-surprise",
27		"url": "https://genius.com/artists/Rainbow-kitten-surprise",
28		"iq": 4802
29	},
30    ...
31]