Artist Dashboards
Artist Dashboards combine metadata and consumption data for musical groups, solo artists and collaborations. They collect key biographical data, link musicians to associated acts and projects and help surface performance insights from across an artist's career.
What if an artist has no Dashboard?
Some artists don’t have Dashboards, even if we’re tracking activity for linked ISRCs and ICPNs. CONNECT requires certain types of artist metadata to create Dashboards. Usually, artist information comes to us from our data partners. Sometimes, we don’t receive enough metadata to automatically generate a complete Dashboard. (Read more here: Artist data discrepancies).
If you notice a missing Artist Dashboard, you may submit individual artists to our database using the Artist Registration Form. Include all required ID codes and metadata attributes.
See artist details
The top of an Artist Dashboard displays key identifying information for a musical act, including an ISNI at top right. Click the ISNI to copy it to your clipboard.
Click MORE DETAILS > for additional metadata.
Included artist metadataLuminate IDOur unique identifier for the artist (note that the Luminate ID is part of the URL)
Artist TypeSolo Music Artist, Music Group, Musical Collaboration or Podcaster
Name TranslationsList of translations, with language and script (Cyrillic, Hangul, Katakana, etc.) to the right
Alternate NamesLegal names, aliases, nicknames and personasGenre(s)Main Genre and any alternate genre(s) associated with an artist
Country of Origin, Language and GenderBiographical details. Note that for solo artists, country of origin = where they were born. For groups, country of origin = where the group originally formed.
Member of / MembersGroups an artist is in / Artists in a group
Music TypeVocal or Instrumental
External IDs
Click the “EXTERNAL IDS” tab to see other identifiers for an artist, such as an ISNI or Gracenote database ID.
Go to: ISRC, ICPN, ISNI: External IDs and product codes
Set data controls and view activity
By default, Artist Dashboards show streaming data from the current week. Click the icon to see all artist data options at once.
Go to: Data Controls: Set Activity Types, Breakout Views and filters
Discography
In addition to the standard activity panes, Artist Dashboards compile performance across an artist’s catalog. Choose ALBUMS, VIDEOS, SINGLES & EP’S or SONGS to compare releases in each category. Click any title to visit its Song or Release Group Dashboard.
Expand or collapse the Discography grid using the gray column at left.
Export a Discography grid
Click [three dots] at top right to export a Discography grid in CSV or Excel format. An Excel export will show each tab (ALBUMS, VIDEOS, SINGLES & EP’S, SONGS) as its own sheet. A CSV export will download as a .zip continuing 4 separate files, one for each tab.
CONNECT automatically generates filenames for Discography exports.
Excel: [Artist Name]_Discography_[Luminate ID]_[timestamp].xlsx
CSV: [Artist Name]_Discography_[Luminate ID]_[timestamp].zipExpands to folder with:↳ …_SONGS_[Luminate ID]_[timestamp].csv↳ …_SINGLES_AND_EPS_[Luminate ID]_[timestamp].csv↳ …_VIDEOS_[Luminate ID]_[timestamp].csv↳ …_ALBUMS_[Luminate ID]_[timestamp].csv
Explore similar artists
The bottom of an Artist Dashboard displays a selection of 20 related artists based on genre, audience, country of origin and predicted relevance.
Artist Dashboard FAQ
How can I see Songs and Release Groups on an Artist Dashboard?
Scroll down to the Discography pane to see all songs and release groups (albums) attached to an artist.
Why is there no Dashboard for an artist?
CONNECT generates Artist Dashboards based on data from external sources (i.e. music databases). We require a minimum amount of metadata to create an Artist Dashboard, including artist type, genre and country of origin. This helps minimize duplicates and maintain quality standards for artist data. Sometimes, we don’t receive enough information for CONNECT to create a Dashboard.
Submit new artists with the Artist Registration form. Read more about registering musical entities here.
Why is there no Dashboard for a collaboration?
When a song or album’s Main Artist is a collaboration (i.e. a group of two or more artists that is not its own Musical Group), we attribute activity to each artist separately. When possible, we also track collaborations as a unit.
Sometimes, we don’t get enough metadata on a collaboration to generate a separate Dashboard. We are working to enhance this logic in the future.
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