# AllMusic Scraper (`lexis-solutions/allmusic-scraper`) Actor

AllMusic scraper for structured artist, album and song data from AllMusic.com, perfect for music metadata, catalogues and research; ideal for USA music data, streaming and analytics niches.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/allmusic-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Lexis Solutions](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Agents, Jobs
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.90 / 1,000 items

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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# README

## 🎵 ALLMUSIC Scraper

![ALLMUSIC Scraper](https://i.postimg.cc/NjJnc6f7/Screenshot-2026-03-19-at-4-15-04-PM.png)

### ❓ What is ALLMUSIC Scraper?

The ALLMUSIC Scraper is a web scraper that extracts music-related data from [AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/), including artists, albums, and songs. It automates data collection and returns structured results that can be used for analysis, APIs, or applications.

It is designed for music data extraction, artist and album discovery, metadata analysis, and building structured datasets of music entities from AllMusic.

### 🌍 Why scrape ALLMUSIC?

AllMusic hosts a rich database of music content, including artists, albums, songs, and genres across different eras and styles. Scraping AllMusic allows users to collect structured information about music entities in one dataset, making it easier to explore the music ecosystem at scale.

Scraping AllMusic allows you to:

- Discover artists, albums, and songs across genres and categories

- Collect structured metadata such as release dates, genres, ratings, and descriptions

- Analyze musical styles, trends, and discographies

- Build datasets of music entities for applications, APIs, or research

- Identify relationships between artists, albums, and songs

- Conduct music market research and content analysis

This is especially useful for developers, analysts, music platforms, and researchers.

### 📥 Input

```json
{
  "maxItems": 5,
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/geoff"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
````

### 💼 Why US Residential Proxies?

From a business standpoint, this default is deliberate and essential to ensure consistent data quality and reliability:

**Access to Complete Content:** Many platforms (including AllMusic) customize or limit content based on geographic location. By using US-based IPs, we ensure consistent access to the full, intended dataset—minimizing the risk of missing, restricted, or altered results.

### 📤 Output

```json
[
  {
    "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bessie-smith-mn0000054707",
    "type": "artist",
    "name": "Bessie Smith (followed by 145 users)",
    "bio": "The first Queen of the Blues, a tremendously powerful vocalist who was the genre's first recording star.",
    "active_dates": "Active 1910s - 1930s",
    "birth_date": "April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, TN",
    "genre": "Blues, Jazz",
    "styles": "Classic Female Blues, Early Jazz, Vaudeville Blues",
    "memberOf": "",
    "image": "https://fastly-s3.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000054707/400/Ccn1A3kfiZPix-AZPYh8Bd_M69_UI9rrJSVvWL2-yAg=.jpg",
    "highlighted_songs": [
      {
        "name": "Spencer Williams",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/spencer-williams-mn0000005340"
      },
    ],
    "moods": [
      "Confident",
      "Earthy",
      "Exuberant",
      "Raucous",
      "Rollicking",
      "Boisterous",
      "Carefree",
    ],
    "themes": [
      "Empowerment",
      "Feeling Blue",
      "Freedom",
    ],
    "related_artists": [
      {
        "name": "Big Mama Thornton",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-mama-thornton-mn0000762288"
      },
      {
        "name": "Bonnie Raitt",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bonnie-raitt-mn0000096613"
      },
      {
        "name": "Diana Ross",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/diana-ross-mn0000594665"
      }
    ],
    "compositions": [
      {
        "year": "",
        "title": "Back Water Blues, song",
        "duration": "03:21",
        "genre": "Vocal Music",
        "workType": ""
      },
      {
        "year": "",
        "title": "Lost Your Head Blues",
        "duration": "02:56",
        "genre": "Vocal Music",
        "workType": ""
      },
      {
        "year": "1929",
        "title": "Wasted Life Blues",
        "duration": "06:53",
        "genre": "Vocal Music",
        "workType": ""
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/album/screamin-and-hollerin-the-blues-the-worlds-of-charley-patton-mw0000014284",
    "type": "album",
    "name": "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton",
    "cover": "https://fastly-s3.allmusic.com/release/mr0000290914/front/400/_aqNqJedDQT9lT_RN4wWiwSijaXJlYnq0St31qpAJWo=.jpg",
    "artist": {
      "name": "Charley Patton",
      "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charley-patton-mn0000166058"
    },
    "release_date": "October 23, 2001",
    "duration": "06:47:45",
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Blues",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/genre/blues-ma0000002467"
      }
    ],
    "styles": [
      {
        "name": "Acoustic Blues",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/style/acoustic-blues-ma0000012058"
      },
      {
        "name": "Delta Blues",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/style/delta-blues-ma0000002549"
      },
    ],
    "review": "Perhaps the most sumptuous, nay incredible, box set package ever devised for a blues artist, this lavish production contains seven CDs that not only contain everything Patton recorded as a soloist, but a ton of peripheral tracks to which he contributed or was associated.",
    "track_listing": [
      {
        "title": "Bye Bye Blues",
        "composer": "Tommy Johnson",
        "performer": "Charley Patton",
        "feat": "Tommy Johnson",
        "duration": "03:04",
        "streams": [
          {
            "name": "Search on Amazon",
            "link": "https://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=song: \"Bye%20Bye%20Blues\" by \"Tommy%20Johnson, Charley%20Patton\"&tag=allmusicdotcom-20"
          },
          {
            "name": "Search on Spotify",
            "link": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Bye+Bye+Blues%20artists%3ATommy+Johnson+%2F+Charley+Patton"
          },
          {
            "name": "Search for this song on Apple Music",
            "link": "https://srv.tunefindforfans.com/showads/track/srvclk.php?aid=100006320&artist=Tommy+Johnson+%2F+Charley+Patton&song=Bye+Bye+Blues"
          }
        ]
      },
    ],
    "similar_albums": [
      {
        "album_name": "The Last Giants of Mississippi Blues",
        "artist": "Jack Owens",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-giants-of-mississippi-blues-mw0000092847"
      },
      {
        "album_name": "Georgia Sea Island Songs",
        "artist": "Georgia SeaBessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/album/georgia-sea-island-songs-mw0000072365"
      },
    ],
    "moods": [
      "Bravado",
      "Dramatic",
      "Earnest",
    ],
    "themes": [
      "Hanging Out",
      "Heartache",
    ]
  },
  {
    "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-thrill-is-gone-mt0007577184",
    "type": "song",
    "name": "The Thrill Is Gone",
    "artist": "B.B. King",
    "composer": "Rick DarnellRoy Hawkins",
    "release_year": "1969",
    "genre": [
      "Blues",
      "R&B"
    ],
    "styles": [
      "Modern Electric Blues",
      "Soul-Blues",
      "Smooth Soul",
      "Soul"
    ],
    "moods": [
      {
        "name": "Lush (9)",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/mood/lush-xa0000001037"
      },
      {
        "name": "Nocturnal (9)",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/mood/nocturnal-xa0000001054"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sensual (9)",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/mood/sensual-xa0000000764"
      },
    ],
    "themes": [
      {
        "name": "Breakup (9)",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/theme/breakup-ma0000004248"
      },
      {
        "name": "Divorce (9)",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/theme/divorce-ma0000006302"
      },
      {
        "name": "Feeling Blue (9)",
        "link": "https://www.allmusic.com/theme/feeling-blue-ma0000004251"
      },
    ]
  },
]
```

### Need to scrape other sites?

Check out our other scrapers on Apify:

- [Deezer Artist Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/deezer-artist-scraper)
- [Dice.fm Scraper](https://apify.com/lexis-solutions/dice-fm)

***

👀 p.s.

Got feedback or need an extension?

Lexis Solutions is a [certified Apify Partner](https://apify.com/partners/find). We can help you with custom solutions or data extraction projects.

Contact us over [Email](mailto:scraping@lexis.solutions) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lexis-solutions)

### Support Our Work 💝

If you're happy with our work and scrapers, you're welcome to leave us a company review [here](https://apify.com/partners/find/lexis-solutions/review) and leave a review for the scrapers you're subscribed to. It will take you less than a minute but it will mean a lot to us!

### Image Credit

Image Credits: [AllMusic.com](https://www.allmusic.com/)

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

URLs to scrape

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

The maximum number of items to fetch

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Your proxy configuration from Apify

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/geoff"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/geoff"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lexis-solutions/allmusic-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/geoff" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lexis-solutions/allmusic-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/search/all/geoff"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call lexis-solutions/allmusic-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lexis-solutions/allmusic-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "AllMusic Scraper",
        "description": "AllMusic scraper for structured artist, album and song data from AllMusic.com, perfect for music metadata, catalogues and research; ideal for USA music data, streaming and analytics niches.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "otWuQIdywd4if2eAN"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/lexis-solutions~allmusic-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lexis-solutions-allmusic-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/lexis-solutions~allmusic-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-lexis-solutions-allmusic-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/lexis-solutions~allmusic-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-lexis-solutions-allmusic-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "startUrls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "startUrls": {
                        "title": "Start URLs",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "URLs to scrape",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "url"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "url": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "title": "URL of a web page",
                                    "format": "uri"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItems": {
                        "title": "Max items",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "The maximum number of items to fetch",
                        "default": 5
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Your proxy configuration from Apify",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ],
                            "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```