# Spotify API: Get artist > Gets a Spotify artist's public profile from their name, artist link or ID: listeners, followers, world rank, top cities, popular tracks, latest release and release counts. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Spotify. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/open.spotify.com/get-artist - Method: `open.spotify.com/get_artist`, version 1 - Website: open.spotify.com - Returns: artist name, verified, monthly listeners, followers, world rank, top cities, popular tracks, latest release, album and single counts, image, link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `artist` | string | yes | `"06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02"` | Artist name, Spotify artist link, or artist ID, for example Taylor Swift. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "artist": "06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02" } ``` Its output: ```json { "genres": [], "verified": true, "artist_id": "06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02", "followers": 164819635, "top_cities": [ { "city": "London", "country": "United Kingdom", "listeners": 1631243 }, { "city": "Quezon City", "country": "Philippines", "listeners": 1482580 }, { "city": "São Paulo", "country": "Brazil", "listeners": 1165479 } ], "world_rank": 5, "album_count": 34, "artist_name": "Taylor Swift", "single_count": 80, "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02", "latest_release": { "type": "Album", "title": "The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore", "release_date": "2026-09-25", "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/album/4hF2gTGuPYlykYuphDxi8J" }, "popular_tracks": [ { "album": "The Life of a Showgirl", "title": "The Fate of Ophelia", "length": "3:46", "track_id": "53iuhJlwXhSER5J2IYYv1W", "length_ms": 226073, "play_count": 1694932432, "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/track/53iuhJlwXhSER5J2IYYv1W" }, { "album": "1989", "title": "Blank Space", "length": "3:51", "track_id": "1p80LdxRV74UKvL8gnD7ky", "length_ms": 231826, "play_count": 2614612868, "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/track/1p80LdxRV74UKvL8gnD7ky" }, { "album": "The Life of a Showgirl", "title": "Opalite", "length": "3:55", "track_id": "3yWuTOYDztXjZxdE2cIRUa", "length_ms": 235355, "play_count": 889991339, "spotify_link": "https://open.spotify.com/track/3yWuTOYDztXjZxdE2cIRUa" } ], "artist_image_link": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab6761610000e5eb12184bdd29403de54cb9d9c7", "monthly_listeners": 103505973 } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"open.spotify.com/get_artist","input":{"artist":"06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - How many monthly listeners does Bad Bunny have on Spotify right now? - Which cities stream Olivia Rodrigo the most, and what's her current world rank? - Pull up the profile for https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TVXtAsR1Inumwj472S9r4 — followers, top tracks, and latest release - Is Tame Impala verified, and how many albums vs singles has he put out? - Give me the popular tracks and follower count for the Spotify artist with ID 06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02 ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "artist" ], "properties": { "artist": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Artist name, Spotify artist link, or artist ID, for example Taylor Swift." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "artist_name", "verified", "monthly_listeners", "followers", "world_rank", "top_cities", "popular_tracks", "latest_release", "album_count", "single_count", "genres", "artist_image_link", "spotify_link", "artist_id" ], "properties": { "genres": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "verified": { "type": "boolean" }, "artist_id": { "type": "string" }, "followers": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "top_cities": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "city", "country", "listeners" ], "properties": { "city": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "country": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "listeners": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } } } }, "world_rank": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "album_count": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "artist_name": { "type": "string" }, "single_count": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "spotify_link": { "type": "string" }, "latest_release": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "type", "release_date", "spotify_link" ], "properties": { "type": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "release_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "spotify_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } } }, { "type": "null" } ] }, "popular_tracks": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "play_count", "length", "album", "spotify_link", "track_id", "length_ms" ], "properties": { "album": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "length": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "track_id": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "length_ms": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "play_count": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "spotify_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } } } }, "artist_image_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "monthly_listeners": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } } } ``` ## See more - [Spotify API: Get song](https://fous.com/methods/open.spotify.com/get-song.md): Finds a Spotify song by title (optionally narrowed by artist), track link, URI or track ID and returns its public play count and details. Without an artist, the most-played exact title match wins. Previews and ISRC may be unavailable for some tracks. - [Spotify API: Get album](https://fous.com/methods/open.spotify.com/get-album.md): Gets a Spotify album by name (optionally with the artist), album link or album ID, with its details and ordered track list including play counts. - [Spotify API: Search music](https://fous.com/methods/spotify.com/search-music.md): Searches Spotify for songs, artists, albums, playlists or podcasts by keywords and returns them in Spotify's result order. Songs and albums include a release date when Spotify gives a full date. - [Spotify API: List top podcasts](https://fous.com/methods/open.spotify.com/list-top-podcasts.md): Lists Spotify's top or trending podcasts for a country in chart order, with rank, movement, publisher, artwork and Spotify link. Category charts exist only for some countries. - [Last.fm API: Get artist](https://fous.com/methods/last.fm/get-artist.md): Looks up a Last.fm artist by name and returns listening statistics, profile, top tracks and albums, similar artists, and upcoming events. - [Kworb API: Get artist stream counts](https://fous.com/methods/kworb.net/get-artist-stream-counts.md): Gets an artist's tracked Spotify streaming totals, most-streamed songs and albums from Kworb. - [Apple API: Get artist](https://fous.com/methods/music.apple.com/get-artist.md): Gets an Apple Music artist profile by name or artist link. The profile includes the latest release, top songs and albums. - [SoundCloud API: List artist tracks](https://fous.com/methods/soundcloud.com/list-artist-tracks.md): Lists a SoundCloud artist's public tracks in latest or SoundCloud popular order, with profile and track details. SoundCloud's popular list may contain fewer than 100 tracks (currently at most 30). - [All Spotify methods](https://fous.com/methods/spotify.com.md)