---
title: "."
method: GET
path: "/1.0/artist/{mbid}"
tags: ["/1.0/artist/{mbid}"]
---

# .

`GET /1.0/artist/{mbid}`

Returns an artist for a given Musicbrainz MBID

## Path parameters

- `mbid` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- JsonArtist — This class represents an artist. An artist is a musician or a group of musicians. Each artist has a definite <a href="http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MBID">Musicbrainz Identifier</a> (MBID) with which the artist can be uniquely identified.
  - `mbid` string — unique Musicbrainz Identifier (MBID), e.g. <em>&quot;b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d&quot;</em>
  - `tmid` number — unique Ticket Master Identifier (TMID), e.g. <em>735610</em> (deprecated)
  - `name` string — the artist's name, e.g. <em>&quot;The Beatles&quot;</em>
  - `sortName` string — the artist's sort name, e.g. <em>&quot;Beatles, The&quot;</em> or <em>&quot;Springsteen, Bruce&quot;</em>
  - `disambiguation` string — disambiguation to distinguish between artists with same names
  - `url` string — the attribution url

---

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