# Artist Discography Timeline via MusicBrainz

> Artist Discography Timeline via MusicBrainz is a paid API for AI agents from app-production-3fbff.up.railway.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the full discography (albums, EPs, singles) for any artist worldwide with release dates sorted newest first, sourced from MusicBrainz.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://app-production-3fbff.up.railway.app/v1/music/artist
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/artist-discography-timeline-via-musicbrainz-1d38949b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1zBlGIrRAw3pNAZBTfkfi

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability artist-discography-timeline-via-musicbrainz-1d38949b
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full discography timeline for Radiohead — all their albums, EPs, and singles with release dates, newest first?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, dated release history for any artist globally, especially for 'when was their last album' queries, anniversary triggers, or building artist profile pages. Prefer this over streaming service APIs when you need historical completeness and open metadata rather than streaming availability.

## Known failure modes

- Artist name not found in MusicBrainz — returns empty results or nearest match
- Ambiguous artist name matches multiple artists — may return wrong artist's discography
- MusicBrainz data gaps — some releases may be missing or have incomplete dates
- Rate limiting or upstream MusicBrainz unavailability causing timeouts

## How this service works

Full discography timeline for any artist worldwide: search by name, get all albums, EPs and singles with first release dates, sorted newest first, from MusicBrainz. Includes artist country and MBID. Great for 'when was their last album' questions, anniversary bots and artist profile pages.

## Output

A list of all releases (albums, EPs, singles) by the matched artist, each with a title and first release date, sorted newest-first. Also includes the artist's country of origin and their MusicBrainz ID (MBID).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Artist name to search"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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