getTopAlbums

Get the top albums tagged by this tag, ordered by tag count.

No authentication required.

Parameters¶

Method	Type	Default	Description
`tag`	string	`none`	The tag name to search information for.
`limit`	number	50	The number of results to fetch per page.
`page`	number	1	The page number to fetch.
`api_key`	key	`none`	A Last.fm API key.

Responses¶

Errors:

2 : Invalid service - This service does not exist
3 : Invalid Method - No method with that name in this package
4 : Authentication Failed - You do not have permissions to access the service
5 : Invalid format - This service doesn't exist in that format
6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
7 : Invalid resource specified
8 : Operation failed - Something else went wrong
9 : Invalid session key - Please re-authenticate
10 : Invalid API key - You must be granted a valid key by last.fm
11 : Service Offline - This service is temporarily offline. Try again later.
13 : Invalid method signature supplied
16 : There was a temporary error processing your request. Please try again
26 : Suspended API key - Access for your account has been suspended, please contact Last.fm
29 : Rate limit exceeded - Your IP has made too many requests in a short period

Warning

This API call returns 200 OK HTTP status codes even when the response contains an error.

Examples¶

Example response

Parameter	Value
tag	metal
api_key	YOUR_API_KEY
format	json

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=tag.getTopAlbums&tag=metal&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
  "albums": {
    "album": [
      {
        "name": "Ten Thousand Fists",
        "mbid": "d618f88f-a4a7-4028-a9e7-a2f3bcc3d9c3",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Disturbed",
        "artist": {
          "name": "Disturbed",
          "mbid": "dc75517c-d268-486d-bd5b-0eaff34eeef9",
          "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Disturbed"
        },
        "image": [
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/4c090f3226a7de3c21daaa92e2d4a416.png",
            "size": "small"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/4c090f3226a7de3c21daaa92e2d4a416.png",
            "size": "medium"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/4c090f3226a7de3c21daaa92e2d4a416.png",
            "size": "large"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/4c090f3226a7de3c21daaa92e2d4a416.png",
            "size": "extralarge"
          }
        ],
        "@attr": {
          "rank": "1"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "City of Evil",
        "mbid": "4f7c1a59-92b1-4ba7-919f-b61a3b4b8d2a",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Avenged+Sevenfold",
        "artist": {
          "name": "Avenged Sevenfold",
          "mbid": "24e1b53c-3085-4581-8472-0b0088d2508c",
          "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Avenged+Sevenfold"
        },
        "image": [
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/50f59fc2dcff4345c3d492e1a71f634f.png",
            "size": "small"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/50f59fc2dcff4345c3d492e1a71f634f.png",
            "size": "medium"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/50f59fc2dcff4345c3d492e1a71f634f.png",
            "size": "large"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/50f59fc2dcff4345c3d492e1a71f634f.png",
            "size": "extralarge"
          }
        ],
        "@attr": {
          "rank": "2"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Indestructible",
        "mbid": "8bf771ef-dad7-4ff0-911a-d9661fee3df1",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Disturbed",
        "artist": {
          "name": "Disturbed",
          "mbid": "dc75517c-d268-486d-bd5b-0eaff34eeef9",
          "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Disturbed"
        },
        "image": [
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/4fe09361eb8a41e18eb06279bb8bceb6.png",
            "size": "small"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/4fe09361eb8a41e18eb06279bb8bceb6.png",
            "size": "medium"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/4fe09361eb8a41e18eb06279bb8bceb6.png",
            "size": "large"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/4fe09361eb8a41e18eb06279bb8bceb6.png",
            "size": "extralarge"
          }
        ],
        "@attr": {
          "rank": "3"
        }
      },
      ... and 47 more
    ],
    "@attr": {
      "tag": "metal",
      "page": "1",
      "perPage": "50",
      "totalPages": "585",
      "total": "29201"
    }
  }
}

Example response of a tag that doesn't exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=tag.getTopAlbums&tag=thistagdoesntexist&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
  "albums": {
    "album": [],
    "@attr": {
      "tag": "thistagdoesntexist",
      "page": "1",
      "perPage": "50",
      "totalPages": "0",
      "total": "0"
    }
  }
}