---
title: Artists
framework: applemusicapi
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
path: applemusicapi/artists
---

# Artists

A resource object that represents the artist of an album where an artist can be one or more people.

## Declaration

```data
object Artists
```

## Properties

id: The identifier for the artist. type: This value is always artists. href: The relative location for the artist resource. attributes: The attributes for the artist. relationships: The relationships for the artist. views: The views for associations between artists and other resources.

## Mentioned in

Handling Resource Representation and Relationships

## Topics

### Related Objects

- [Artists.Attributes](applemusicapi/artists/attributes-data.dictionary.md)
- [Artists.Relationships](applemusicapi/artists/relationships-data.dictionary.md)
- [Artists.Views](applemusicapi/artists/views-data.dictionary.md)

## See Also

### Handling the Response

- [ArtistsResponse](applemusicapi/artistsresponse.md)
- [LibraryArtists](applemusicapi/libraryartists.md)
- [LibraryArtistsResponse](applemusicapi/libraryartistsresponse.md)