Artist API returns different artist_id from the queried artist_id.

[ezeroms]

I'm calling Artist API using the following artist_id to get artists information.

https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-artist/?id=2E7KGbjZWrHYWD256VO4x4

Response:

{
"external_urls": {
...
},
"followers": {
...
},
"genres": [],
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/7nKeWYmsFHV4i41qCvsat5",
"id": "7nKeWYmsFHV4i41qCvsat5",
"images": [
...
],
"name": "...",
"popularity": ...,
"type": "...",
"uri": "spotify:artist:7nKeWYmsFHV4i41qCvsat5"
}

I used the artist_id="2E7KGbjZWrHYWD256VO4x4", but Artist API returns artist_id="7nKeWYmsFHV4i41qCvsat5".

(There are other examples like this: artist_id="6Mg5IYLrkIEZGl8cUpXSim" )

[Question]

• In Spotify database, does an artist have more than one artist_id?
• If so, what is the relationship between the ids of the same artist?
  I'm guessing is the case.
  Case A: Key id and others
  Case B: Ordered like primary, secondary, tertiary ...
• Is there any way to find out the key artist_id or related artist_ids?

Best regards from Yokohama

ezeroms

[Hubo]

Hey @ezeroms, thanks for posting here!

Good spot! - There's some more information about this here: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/track-relinking-guide/. Let me know if you have any questions about this!

Have a good one,

Hubo

[ezeroms]

Hi @Hubo , Thanks for the great advice!

I looked at the page you gave me and learned about Track Relinking. Thanks 🙂

If the problem is about "track_id", I can understand.

But the problem I'm having is with "artist_id".

like track_id, artist_id has different instances that are used for different markets?