# StableMusic Artist Info

> StableMusic Artist Info is a paid API for AI agents from stablemusic.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Fetches detailed metadata for a music artist from Last.fm, including biography, stats, tags, and similar artists.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stablemusic.dev/api/artists/info
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablemusic-artist-info-7e9b3c07
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NSW6maZcIfdQLFXO06tVI

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 stablemusic-artist-info-7e9b3c07 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up artist info for Radiohead on Last.fm — I want their biography, tags, listener stats, and similar artists?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured artist metadata from Last.fm — biography, listener stats, tags, and similar artists — via a simple pay-per-request model without needing a Last.fm API key. Ideal for agents enriching music-related data or building recommendation flows.

## Known failure modes

- Artist not found on Last.fm — returns error or empty result
- Misspelled artist name returns wrong artist (autocorrect may help)
- Rate limiting or upstream Last.fm API unavailability
- Payment failure via x402 protocol prevents request from completing
- Invalid parameter types (e.g. non-integer page) cause validation errors

## How this service works

Pay-per-request Last.fm music discovery for tags, tracks, artists, albums, charts, and country charts.

## Output

Returns structured metadata about the requested artist from Last.fm, including biography text, genre/mood tags, total listener count, total play count, similar artists list, and a URL to their Last.fm profile page. Optionally includes the raw upstream Last.fm response payload.

## Example request

```json
{
 "page": 1,
 "limit": 10,
 "artist": "The Beatles",
 "autocorrect": true,
 "include_raw": false
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "artist": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Artist name."
  },
  "autocorrect": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "default": true,
   "description": "Ask Last.fm to correct misspelled artist names."
  },
  "include_raw": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "default": false,
   "description": "Include the upstream Last.fm response payload."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stablemusic-artist-info-7e9b3c07/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stablemusic.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stablemusic.dev/llms.txt)