ISRC
Twelve characters for one recorded version of a song. The same recording keeps its ISRC on every album it appears on.
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Search an album, song or artist, or paste an Apple Music link. Save the cover, copy the codes.
How it works
An album, a song or an artist, or an Apple Music link.
Albums for covers, songs for ISRCs, artists for a whole discography.
Open the 600, 1200 or 3000 pixel cover, copy an ISRC, save the codes as CSV.
Use cases
Save sharp covers for albums that show a blank square in your player.
Use the official cover at the size the design needs.
Copy the ISRC and UPC that distributors and royalty services ask for.
One request returns an album with every track's ISRC, its UPC, label and artwork link.
Why use this tool
600, 1200 and up to 3000 pixels, straight from Apple's image servers.
An artist's albums and singles together, each ready to save.
Open an album and every recording's code is in the table.
The barcode number and the label of each release.
Lossless, Hi-Res Lossless, Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio, where Apple has them.
The songwriters of each track and a short preview to play.
What you get
At 600, 1200 and up to 3000 pixels.
One per recording, for every track of an album.
One per release, beside the label and the date.
The writers Apple lists for each song.
The moving artwork some albums have is not one of the sizes.
Apple Music does not publish them.
Choose another store if a release is not in this one.
The artwork belongs to the artist or label.
Two codes
Twelve characters for one recorded version of a song. The same recording keeps its ISRC on every album it appears on.
The barcode number of an album, EP or single as a product. A deluxe edition gets its own.
API
Sign up and get 100 free credits. No card needed.
Pass the ID with your key.
One request returns an album as JSON with its UPC, label, copyright, audio formats, artwork link and every track's ISRC.
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FAQ
Each cover links to 600, 1200 and 3000 pixel copies. Apple sends the size asked for, up to the largest copy the label supplied, so an older release can top out lower.
The International Standard Recording Code: 12 characters given to one recording, such as USUG11901471. Labels, distributors and royalty services use it to tell recordings apart.
Choose Songs and search the title and artist, and the code sits in the table. Or open an album to see the ISRC of every track, and save them as a CSV.
The barcode number of a release, such as an album or a single. Each album in the results shows it.
Yes. Press the artist's name, or paste their Apple Music link, for a wall of their albums and singles with sizes to save.
Apple's catalogue differs a little by country, and some releases are only in one store. The covers are the same everywhere.
The artwork belongs to the artist or label. Saving it for a playlist, a music library or a review is common; printing or selling it needs their permission.
Yes. No account and no card. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups an hour, so it stays free for everyone.
Send GET /v1/apple-music/album with your key in the x-api-key header. A request costs 1 credit. A repeat of something fetched recently costs 0 credits, and failed requests are free. See the reference.
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