---
title: Albums
framework: Apple Music API
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: applemusicapi/albums-api
---

# Albums

Get an album’s name, artist, list of tracks, artwork, release date, and recording information, and add new albums to the user’s library.

## Topics

### Requesting Catalog Albums

- [Get a Catalog Album](applemusicapi/get-a-catalog-album.md)
- [Get a Catalog Album's Relationship Directly by Name](applemusicapi/fetch-a-relationship-on-this-resource-by-name-4hthr.md)
- [Get a Catalog Album’s Relationship View Directly by Name](applemusicapi/fetch-a-view-on-this-resource-by-name-2we6l.md)
- [Get Multiple Catalog Albums](applemusicapi/get-multiple-catalog-albums.md)
- [Get Multiple Catalog Albums by UPC](applemusicapi/get-multiple-catalog-albums-by-upc.md)
- [Get Equivalent Catalog Albums by ID](applemusicapi/get-equivalent-ids-for-the-albums-8aky3.md)

### Requesting User Library Albums

- [Get a Library Album](applemusicapi/get-a-library-album.md)
- [Get a Library Album's Relationship Directly by Name](applemusicapi/fetch-a-relationship-on-this-resource-by-name-165fz.md)
- [Get Multiple Library Albums](applemusicapi/get-multiple-library-albums.md)
- [Get All Library Albums](applemusicapi/get-all-library-albums.md)

### Modifying the User’s Library

- [Add a Resource to a Library](applemusicapi/add-a-resource-to-a-library.md)

### Handling the Response

- [Albums](applemusicapi/albums.md)
- [AlbumsResponse](applemusicapi/albumsresponse.md)
- [LibraryAlbums](applemusicapi/libraryalbums.md)
- [LibraryAlbumsResponse](applemusicapi/libraryalbumsresponse.md)

## See Also

### Albums, Artists, Songs, and Videos

- [Artists](applemusicapi/artists-api.md)
- [Songs](applemusicapi/songs-api.md)
- [Music Videos](applemusicapi/music-videos-api.md)