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# Albums

Get an album’s name, artist, list of tracks, artwork, release date, and recording information, and add new albums to the user’s library.

## Topics

### Requesting Catalog Albums

[`Get a Catalog Album`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-a-Catalog-Album)

Fetch an album by using its identifier.

[`Get a Catalog Album's Relationship Directly by Name`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Fetch-a-relationship-on-this-resource-by-name-4hthr)

Fetch an album’s relationship by using its identifier.

[`Get a Catalog Album’s Relationship View Directly by Name`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Fetch-a-view-on-this-resource-by-name-2we6l)

Fetch related resources for a single album’s relationship view.

[`Get Multiple Catalog Albums`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-Multiple-Catalog-Albums)

Fetch one or more albums by using their identifiers.

[`Get Multiple Catalog Albums by UPC`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-Multiple-Catalog-Albums-by-UPC)

Fetch one or more albums by using their UPC values.

[`Get Equivalent Catalog Albums by ID`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-Equivalent-Ids-for-the-Albums-8aky3)

Fetch the equivalent, available content in the storefront for the provided albums’ identifiers.

### Requesting User Library Albums

[`Get a Library Album`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-a-Library-Album)

Fetch a library album by using its identifier.

[`Get a Library Album's Relationship Directly by Name`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Fetch-a-relationship-on-this-resource-by-name-165fz)

Fetch a library album’s relationship by using its identifier.

[`Get Multiple Library Albums`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-Multiple-Library-Albums)

Fetch one or more library albums by using their identifiers.

[`Get All Library Albums`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Get-All-Library-Albums)

Fetch all the library albums in alphabetical order.

### Modifying the User’s Library

[`Add a Resource to a Library`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Add-a-Resource-to-a-Library)

Add a catalog resource to a user’s iCloud Music Library.

### Handling the Response

[`object Albums`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Albums)

A resource object that represents an album.

[`object AlbumsResponse`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/AlbumsResponse)

The response to an albums request.

[`object LibraryAlbums`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/LibraryAlbums)

A resource object that represents a library album.

[`object LibraryAlbumsResponse`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/LibraryAlbumsResponse)

The response to a library albums request.



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