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Last.fm
Last.fm is the long-running music recommendation, scrobbling, and music-data service operated by CBS Interactive. Its Web Services 2.0 API (the AudioScrobbler API at ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/) exposes catalog data (artists, albums, tracks, tags), charts, geo-listening data, user listening history (recent tracks, top tracks/albums/artists, weekly charts), and the Scrobbling 2.0 write surface (trac
10 multi-step recipesRecipes: multi-step jobs
Album Genre ProfileResolve a searched album into a full profile plus its defining community tags.Artist Discovery
Turn an artist name into a rich profile of info, top tracks, and similar artists.Chart To Album Deep Dive
Climb from the global artist chart down to a single album's full metadata.Genre Artist Explorer
Explore a genre's top artist via similar artists and top tracks.Geo Artist Spotlight
Spotlight a country's top artist with full profile and top albums.Loved Tracks Insight
Turn a user's latest loved track into a tagged, fully-described profile.Now Playing Context
Turn a user's latest scrobble into a track profile with descriptive top tags.Tag To Track Deep Dive
Go from a tag's metadata to the full info of its top-ranked track.Track Radio Seed
Resolve a searched track into a similar-tracks radio seed, branching on no match.User Taste Profile
Profile a user, find their top artist for a period, and pull that artist's top tracks.