Get Artist's Albums

GET/artists/{id}/albums

Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

id: string

The Spotify ID of the artist.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

include_groups: optional string

A comma-separated list of keywords that will be used to filter the response. If not supplied, all album types will be returned.
Valid values are:
- album
- single
- appears_on
- compilation
For example: include_groups=album,single.

limit: optional number

The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.

minimum1

maximum50

market: optional string

An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. If a country code is specified, only content that is available in that market will be returned.
If a valid user access token is specified in the request header, the country associated with the user account will take priority over this parameter.
Note: If neither market or user country are provided, the content is considered unavailable for the client.
Users can view the country that is associated with their account in the account settings.

offset: optional number

The index of the first item to return. Default: 0 (the first item). Use with limit to get the next set of items.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

href: string

A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request

limit: number

The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).

next: string

URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)

offset: number

The offset of the items returned (as set in the query or by default)

previous: string

URL to the previous page of items. ( null if none)

total: number

The total number of items available to return.

items: optional array of object { id, album_group, album_type, 13 more }

id: string

The Spotify ID for the album.

album_group: "album" or "single" or "compilation" or "appears_on"

This field describes the relationship between the artist and the album.

Accepts one of the following:

"album"

"single"

"compilation"

"appears_on"

album_type: "album" or "single" or "compilation"

The type of the album.

Accepts one of the following:

"album"

"single"

"compilation"

artists: array of SimplifiedArtistObject { id, external_urls, href, 4 more }

The artists of the album. Each artist object includes a link in href to more detailed information about the artist.

id: optional string

The Spotify ID for the artist.

external_urls: optional ExternalURLObject { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this artist.

published: optional boolean

The playlist's public/private status (if it should be added to the user's profile or not): true the playlist will be public, false the playlist will be private, null the playlist status is not relevant. For more about public/private status, see Working with Playlists

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: optional string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.

name: optional string

The name of the artist.

published: optional boolean

type: optional "artist"

The object type.

uri: optional string

The Spotify URI for the artist.

available_markets: array of string

The markets in which the album is available: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. NOTE: an album is considered available in a market when at least 1 of its tracks is available in that market.

external_urls: ExternalURLObject { published, spotify }

Known external URLs for this album.

published: optional boolean

spotify: optional string

The Spotify URL for the object.

href: string

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the album.

images: array of ImageObject { height, url, width, published }

The cover art for the album in various sizes, widest first.

height: number

The image height in pixels.

url: string

The source URL of the image.

width: number

The image width in pixels.

published: optional boolean

name: string

The name of the album. In case of an album takedown, the value may be an empty string.

release_date: string

The date the album was first released.

release_date_precision: "year" or "month" or "day"

The precision with which release_date value is known.

Accepts one of the following:

"year"

"month"

"day"

total_tracks: number

The number of tracks in the album.

type: "album"

The object type.

uri: string

The Spotify URI for the album.

published: optional boolean

restrictions: optional AlbumRestrictionObject { published, reason }

Included in the response when a content restriction is applied.

published: optional boolean

reason: optional "market" or "product" or "explicit"

The reason for the restriction. Albums may be restricted if the content is not available in a given market, to the user's subscription type, or when the user's account is set to not play explicit content. Additional reasons may be added in the future.

Accepts one of the following:

"market"

"product"

"explicit"

published: optional boolean

Get Artist's Albums

curl https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/$ID/albums \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"

{
  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20\n",
  "limit": 20,
  "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",
  "offset": 0,
  "previous": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",
  "total": 4,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "album_group": "compilation",
      "album_type": "compilation",
      "artists": [
        {
          "id": "id",
          "external_urls": {
            "published": true,
            "spotify": "spotify"
          },
          "href": "href",
          "name": "name",
          "published": true,
          "type": "artist",
          "uri": "uri"
        }
      ],
      "available_markets": [
        "CA",
        "BR",
        "IT"
      ],
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 300,
          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
          "width": 300,
          "published": true
        }
      ],
      "name": "name",
      "release_date": "1981-12",
      "release_date_precision": "year",
      "total_tracks": 9,
      "type": "album",
      "uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "published": true,
      "restrictions": {
        "published": true,
        "reason": "market"
      }
    }
  ],
  "published": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=0&limit=20\n",
  "limit": 20,
  "next": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",
  "offset": 0,
  "previous": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/shows?offset=1&limit=1",
  "total": 4,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "album_group": "compilation",
      "album_type": "compilation",
      "artists": [
        {
          "id": "id",
          "external_urls": {
            "published": true,
            "spotify": "spotify"
          },
          "href": "href",
          "name": "name",
          "published": true,
          "type": "artist",
          "uri": "uri"
        }
      ],
      "available_markets": [
        "CA",
        "BR",
        "IT"
      ],
      "external_urls": {
        "published": true,
        "spotify": "spotify"
      },
      "href": "href",
      "images": [
        {
          "height": 300,
          "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
          "width": 300,
          "published": true
        }
      ],
      "name": "name",
      "release_date": "1981-12",
      "release_date_precision": "year",
      "total_tracks": 9,
      "type": "album",
      "uri": "spotify:album:2up3OPMp9Tb4dAKM2erWXQ",
      "published": true,
      "restrictions": {
        "published": true,
        "reason": "market"
      }
    }
  ],
  "published": true
}