getTopArtists

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

No authentication required.

Parameters

Method	Type	Default	Required	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

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.getTopArtists&tag=metal&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
  "topartists": {
    "artist": [
      {
        "name": "System of a Down",
        "mbid": "cc0b7089-c08d-4c10-b6b0-873582c17fd6",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/System+of+a+Down",
        "streamable": "0",
        "image": [
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "small"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "medium"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "large"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "extralarge"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "mega"
          }
        ],
        "@attr": {
          "rank": "1"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Disturbed",
        "mbid": "dc75517c-d268-486d-bd5b-0eaff34eeef9",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Disturbed",
        "streamable": "0",
        "image": [
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "small"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "medium"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "large"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "extralarge"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "mega"
          }
        ],
        "@attr": {
          "rank": "2"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Soil",
        "mbid": "b82cca8e-c183-413f-a60b-12bf0c229433",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Soil",
        "streamable": "0",
        "image": [
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "small"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "medium"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "large"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "extralarge"
          },
          {
            "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/2a96cbd8b46e442fc41c2b86b821562f.png",
            "size": "mega"
          }
        ],
        "@attr": {
          "rank": "3"
        }
      },
      ... and 47 more
    ],
    "@attr": {
      "tag": "metal",
      "page": "1",
      "perPage": "50",
      "totalPages": "1192",
      "total": "59570"
    }
  }
}

Example response of a tag that doesn't exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

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

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