---
title: MPMediaItemPropertyArtist
framework: mediaplayer
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyartist
---

# MPMediaItemPropertyArtist

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
let MPMediaItemPropertyArtist: String
```

## 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”. Value is an NSString object. Can be used to build a media property predicate as described in MPMediaPropertyPredicate.

## See Also

### Filterable property keys

- [MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumArtist](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyalbumartist.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumArtistPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyalbumartistpersistentid.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyalbumpersistentid.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumTitle](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyalbumtitle.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyArtistPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyartistpersistentid.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyComposer](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertycomposer.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyComposerPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertycomposerpersistentid.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyGenre](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertygenre.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyGenrePersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertygenrepersistentid.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyHasProtectedAsset](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyhasprotectedasset.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyIsCompilation](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyiscompilation.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyIsCloudItem](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyisclouditem.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyMediaType](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertymediatype.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyPersistentID](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertypersistentid.md)
- [MPMediaItemPropertyPlayCount](mediaplayer/mpmediaitempropertyplaycount.md)