Last.fm

aid: last-fm
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/last-fm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Last.fm
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Music
  - Music Metadata
  - Scrobbling
  - Music Discovery
  - Streaming
description: >-
  Last.fm is a music discovery and social listening platform that tracks users' listening habits
  across devices and services via scrobbling. The Last.fm API provides access to a rich music
  metadata database covering artist information, album data, track details, user listening history,
  personalized charts, and music recommendations. Developers can integrate scrobbling, retrieve
  top charts by geography or tag, explore similar artists and tracks, and access user profile data.
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'

specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: last-fm:last-fm-api
    name: Last.fm API
    tags:
      - Music
      - Artists
      - Albums
      - Tracks
      - Scrobbling
      - Charts
      - Users
    humanURL: https://www.last.fm/api
    baseURL: https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/
    properties:
      - url: https://www.last.fm/api
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
        type: GettingStarted
      - url: https://www.last.fm/api/authentication
        type: Authentication
      - url: https://www.last.fm/api/tos
        type: TermsOfService
      - url: openapi/last-fm-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - url: json-ld/last-fm-context.jsonld
        type: JSONLDContext
      - url: json-schema/artist.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/track.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: json-schema/scrobble.json
        type: JSONSchema
      - url: vocabulary/last-fm-vocabulary.yml
        type: Vocabulary
      - url: examples/artist-getInfo-response.json
        type: Example
      - url: examples/track-scrobble-request.json
        type: Example
      - url: examples/user-getRecentTracks-response.json
        type: Example
    description: >-
      The Last.fm API provides access to the Last.fm music platform, enabling developers to
      retrieve music metadata for artists, albums, and tracks; read and write user scrobble data;
      explore personalized recommendations; access global and geographic music charts; search the
      music catalog; and retrieve user listening histories and social data such as friends and
      loved tracks. Authentication is required for write operations including scrobbling. The API
      uses REST over HTTP with responses available in JSON or XML format.
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.last.fm/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.last.fm/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/authentication
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/tos
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/lastfm
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/last-fm
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.last.fm/blog
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.last.fm/pro
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/lastfm
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://x.com/lastfmstatus
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/last-fm-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/last-fm-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/last-fm-finops.yml
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: Music Metadata
        description: Comprehensive metadata for artists, albums, and tracks including biographies, images, tags, and similar items
      - name: Scrobbling
        description: Track submission API (Scrobbling 2.0) for recording listening history from any client or device
      - name: User Listening History
        description: Access recent tracks, loved tracks, top artists, albums, and tracks for any user
      - name: Music Charts
        description: Global and geographic top artists and tracks, plus tag-based and weekly user charts
      - name: Music Discovery
        description: Similar artist and track recommendations powered by Last.fm's social listening data
      - name: Artist and Track Search
        description: Full-text search across the Last.fm music catalog for artists, albums, and tracks
      - name: Tag Exploration
        description: Browse music by community-applied tags to discover themed playlists and artists
      - name: User Social Data
        description: Access user friends, listening comparisons, and shared music taste data
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Music Player Scrobbling
        description: Record tracks played in music apps to Last.fm user profiles for history and recommendations
      - name: Music Metadata Enrichment
        description: Augment music catalogs with artist bios, album art, tags, and similar artist data
      - name: Personalized Charts
        description: Display weekly, monthly, or all-time listening charts for users in applications
      - name: Music Discovery Features
        description: Power recommendation engines with similar artist and track data from Last.fm
      - name: Social Listening
        description: Show what friends are listening to and compare music tastes between users
      - name: Geographic Music Trends
        description: Display top artists and tracks by country or region for localized music features
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]