---
title: artist
framework: mediaplayer
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/artist
---

# artist

The performing artists for a media item, which may vary from the primary artist for the album that a media item belongs to.

## Declaration

```swift
var artist: String? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion For example, if the album artist is “Joseph Fable,” the artist for one of the songs in the album may be “Joseph Fable featuring Thomas Smithson”.

## See Also

### Media item properties

- [albumArtist](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/albumartist.md)
- [albumArtistPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/albumartistpersistentid.md)
- [albumPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/albumpersistentid.md)
- [albumTitle](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/albumtitle.md)
- [albumTrackCount](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/albumtrackcount.md)
- [albumTrackNumber](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/albumtracknumber.md)
- [artistPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/artistpersistentid.md)
- [artwork](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/artwork.md)
- [assetURL](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/asseturl.md)
- [beatsPerMinute](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/beatsperminute.md)
- [bookmarkTime](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/bookmarktime.md)
- [isCloudItem](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/isclouditem.md)
- [comments](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/comments.md)
- [isCompilation](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/iscompilation.md)
- [isPreorder](mediaplayer/mpmediaitem/ispreorder.md)