MusicBrainz record-label search API

Search record labels via MusicBrainz (keyless) and get type, label code, country/area, lifespan (begin/end/ended), top tags, and disambiguation. Answers 'what is the label code for X','what country is this record label in','when was this label founded','is this label still active'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data/music-label

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

musiclabelrecord-labelimprintmusicbrainzindustrymetadatalookup

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data/music-label

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "query": "Sub Pop",
  "limit": 5
}

Example response

{
  "query": "Sub Pop",
  "total": 1,
  "labels": [
    {
      "id": "46f0f4cd-8aab-4b33-b698-f459faf64190",
      "name": "Sub Pop",
      "type": "Original Production",
      "labelCode": 12345,
      "country": "US",
      "area": "United States",
      "begin": "1986",
      "end": null,
      "ended": false,
      "tags": [
        "grunge"
      ],
      "disambiguation": null,
      "score": 100,
      "url": "https://musicbrainz.org/label/46f0f4cd-8aab-4b33-b698-f459faf64190"
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Sub Pop",
        "Motown"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 10,
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}