MusicBrainz release (edition) search API

Search specific releases (a particular CD/vinyl/digital edition) via MusicBrainz (keyless), optionally scoped to an artist, returning status, date, country, barcode, packaging, derived track count, deduped formats and labels, catalog numbers, and language. Answers 'what is the barcode/UPC of this CD','which label released this edition','what is the catalog number','how many tracks on this release'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data/music-release

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

musicreleasealbumbarcodelabelcatalogmusicbrainzedition

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

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "query": "Nevermind",
  "artist": "Nirvana",
  "limit": 5
}

Example response

{
  "query": "Nevermind",
  "total": 1,
  "releases": [
    {
      "id": "b1b0e07b-2c1e-3a8c-bf1b-3b3a4f1a6c2d",
      "title": "Nevermind",
      "artist": "Nirvana",
      "status": "Official",
      "date": "1991-09-24",
      "country": "US",
      "barcode": "720642442524",
      "packaging": "Jewel Case",
      "trackCount": 12,
      "formats": [
        "CD"
      ],
      "labels": [
        "DGC"
      ],
      "catalogNumbers": [
        "DGCD-24425"
      ],
      "language": "eng",
      "disambiguation": null,
      "score": 100,
      "url": "https://musicbrainz.org/release/b1b0e07b-2c1e-3a8c-bf1b-3b3a4f1a6c2d"
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Nevermind"
      ]
    },
    "artist": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Nirvana"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 10,
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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