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Open music encyclopedia providing structured metadata for artists, albums, tracks, and recordings with unique identifiers (MBIDs) used across the music industry. Best for music catalog enrichment, artist discography lookups, and linking music data across platforms. The canonical open-source music metadata database — unlike TMDB (film/TV), MusicBrainz covers the full music domain with industry-standard identifiers. 1 example endpoint available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the MusicBrainz API docs for full documentation.
This provider is managed — no additional setup required.
This is a catch-all provider — any valid URL under https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2 is supported. Open music encyclopedia API. Construct URL as https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/{entity}?query={query}&fmt=json. Entities: artist, release, recording, release-group, label, work, area. The endpoints below are curated examples.

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GET https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=radiohead&fmt=json — Free
const data = await lava.gateway('https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=radiohead&fmt=json', { method: 'GET' });

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