---
title: artistName
framework: musickit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: musickit/album/artistname
---

# artistName

The artist’s name.

## Declaration

```swift
var artistName: String { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion You can find more precise information about this album’s artists in the artists relationship, which, unlike artistName, requires that you load it explicitly using the with(_:) method, as in the following example:     let detailedAlbum = try await album.with([.artists])     let firstArtist = album.artists?.first