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# Artist

A music item that represents an artist.

```
struct Artist
```

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`FilterableMusicItem`](/documentation/MusicKit/FilterableMusicItem)

[`MusicCatalogSearchable`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicCatalogSearchable)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`Identifiable`](/documentation/Swift/Identifiable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`MusicPropertyContainer`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicPropertyContainer)

[`MusicLibraryRequestable`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicLibraryRequestable)

[`MusicItem`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicItem)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`MusicLibrarySectionRequestable`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicLibrarySectionRequestable)

[`MusicLibrarySearchable`](/documentation/MusicKit/MusicLibrarySearchable)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

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