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# Artists

Get information about an artist, including the content they created and references to them in playlists and radio stations.

## Topics

### Requesting a Catalog Artist

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

Fetch an artist by using the artist’s identifier.

[`Get a Catalog Artist's Relationship Directly by Name`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Fetch-a-relationship-on-this-resource-by-name-5akdm)

Fetch an artist’s relationship by using its identifier.

[`Get a Catalog Artist’s Relationship View Directly by Name`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Fetch-a-view-on-this-resource-by-name-4kow5)

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

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

Fetch one or more artists by using their identifiers.

### Requesting a Library Artist

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

Fetch a library artist by using its identifier.

[`Get a Library Artist's Relationship Directly by Name`](/documentation/AppleMusicAPI/Fetch-a-relationship-on-this-resource-by-name-9dsoc)

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

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

Fetch one or more library artists by using their identifiers.

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

Fetch all the library artists in alphabetical order.

### Handling the Response

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

A resource object that represents the artist of an album where an artist can be one or more people.

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

The response to an artists request.

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

A resource object that represents an artist present in a user’s library.

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

The response to a library artists request.


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