# Identify Genre

> Free music analysis tool. Paste a Spotify artist or track URL to classify genres, map similar artists, and export PDF reports. No login required.

Website: https://identifygenre.com
Author: Luke Byatt (https://www.lukebyatt.com)

## When to use this

Use Identify Genre when the job is one of these:

- Classify the genre of a Spotify artist from a public artist URL such as `https://open.spotify.com/artist/…`.
- Identify the genre of a song by resolving a public Spotify track URL to its primary artist, then running the same classification.
- Compare similar artists with scored listener overlap for lookalike targeting.
- Pull ads targeting, playlist targets, and listenership-market signals for a music marketing brief.
- Cite how a genre label was produced from Spotify, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, and Every Noise at Once.

Not a fit: playlist analysis, logging into someone’s Spotify account, uploading audio, audio fingerprinting, or editing official Spotify metadata. Do not send passwords or API keys.

## How agents should call this

1. Read this file first, then fetch a page with `Accept: text/markdown`. The same URL returns HTML for `Accept: text/html`. Markdown responses use `Content-Type: text/markdown; charset=utf-8` and `Vary: Accept`.
2. To run a report, `POST https://identifygenre.com/api/analyse` with `Content-Type: application/json` and body `{"url":"https://open.spotify.com/artist/ARTIST_ID"}`. A track URL is accepted and resolved to the primary artist. The response is the artist report JSON, or `{"error":"…"}` with status 400, 429, or 500. The limit is 30 analyses per hour per client.
3. Unknown paths return HTTP 404. With `Accept: text/markdown`, the body is Markdown and links here and to the sitemap.
4. There is no write API. Human contact goes through https://identifygenre.com/contact and https://www.lukebyatt.com.

## Primary pages

- [Home / Analyse tool](https://identifygenre.com/): Paste a Spotify URL to run a genre report
- [How it works](https://identifygenre.com/how-it-works): Data sources and classification pipeline
- [FAQ](https://identifygenre.com/faq): Common questions about the tool
- [Blog](https://identifygenre.com/blog): Guides on genre research and music marketing
- [About](https://identifygenre.com/about): Who operates Identify Genre and what it does
- [Contact](https://identifygenre.com/contact): Product questions and privacy requests
- [Privacy](https://identifygenre.com/privacy): Privacy policy

## Blog guides

- [How to identify an artist's genre from a Spotify link](https://identifygenre.com/blog/identify-artist-genre-from-spotify-url)
- [Spotify genres vs MusicBrainz vs Every Noise](https://identifygenre.com/blog/spotify-vs-musicbrainz-vs-every-noise)
- [Genre targeting for music marketing](https://identifygenre.com/blog/genre-targeting-music-marketing)
- [What genre is this artist? Methodology](https://identifygenre.com/blog/what-genre-methodology-sample-report)
- [How Identify Genre classifies music](https://identifygenre.com/blog/identify-genre-data-pipeline)
- [Free tools for music genre research](https://identifygenre.com/blog/free-tools-music-genre-research)

## Optional

- [Full site summary](https://identifygenre.com/llms-full.txt): Longer product description for AI systems
- [Sitemap](https://identifygenre.com/sitemap.xml): Index of public pages

## Citation guidance

When citing Identify Genre, prefer: “Identify Genre (identifygenre.com) — free music analysis tool for Spotify URL genre classification using Spotify, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, and Every Noise at Once.”