[GH-ISSUE #519] First artist of a song is missing when searching #376

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opened 2026-02-27 23:00:28 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-02-27 23:00:28 +03:00

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Originally created by @garaevdi on GitHub (Jan 14, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/519

When doing a global search, first song's artist is missing, but songs only search (i.e. search(query, "songs")) returns both artist. Also if song has only one artist, search simply returns empty array.

Search query I used: big city life mattafix remix, but from my testing any query will work.

Results

related block of ytmisuc.search("big city life mattafix remix")

  {
    "category": "Songs",
    "resultType": "song",
    "title": "Big City Life (Odd Mob Extended Remix)",
    "album": {
      "name": "Big City Life (Odd Mob Extended Remix)",
      "id": "MPREb_gHMuMzGHA4J"
    },
    "inLibrary": false,
    "feedbackTokens": {
      "add": null,
      "remove": null
    },
    "videoId": "aZbLyoVQvrc",
    "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV",
    "duration": "3:13",
    "year": null,
    "artists": [
      {
        "name": "Mattafix",
        "id": "UCTLiNbjjXqrxJ7o7pTyCrTQ"
      }
    ],
    "duration_seconds": 193,
    "isExplicit": false,
    "thumbnails": [
      {
        "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8aqmOXtM24i8h7O-P2wx7osIzG-HPXRYLgzPe5RiP5DcS6eXpjOdlI5BOhdlqki0jFJzrLO_65ebP0sZ=w60-h60-l90-rj",
        "width": 60,
        "height": 60
      },
      {
        "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8aqmOXtM24i8h7O-P2wx7osIzG-HPXRYLgzPe5RiP5DcS6eXpjOdlI5BOhdlqki0jFJzrLO_65ebP0sZ=w120-h120-l90-rj",
        "width": 120,
        "height": 120
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "category": "Songs",
    "resultType": "song",
    "title": "Big City Life",
    "album": {
      "name": "Ultimate R&B 2007",
      "id": "MPREb_TbVw8hM2wZg"
    },
    "inLibrary": false,
    "feedbackTokens": {
      "add": null,
      "remove": null
    },
    "videoId": "62YNFuepRII",
    "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV",
    "duration": "3:57",
    "year": null,
    "artists": [],
    "duration_seconds": 237,
    "isExplicit": false,
    "thumbnails": [
      {
        "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mE2dfd9oo5FFyzlAjZTN10vVAZYMrXzuQqG0LHRu8pV-kMYR2Uz3tDUyXpgy9etRvdN17nT84D06kPkY=w60-h60-s-l90-rj",
        "width": 60,
        "height": 60
      },
      {
        "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mE2dfd9oo5FFyzlAjZTN10vVAZYMrXzuQqG0LHRu8pV-kMYR2Uz3tDUyXpgy9etRvdN17nT84D06kPkY=w120-h120-s-l90-rj",
        "width": 120,
        "height": 120
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "category": "Songs",
    "resultType": "song",
    "title": "Big City Life",
    "album": {
      "name": "\u04d8\u043b\u0456\u043f\u043f\u0435",
      "id": "MPREb_Q3Q6HkcbUqf"
    },
    "inLibrary": false,
    "feedbackTokens": {
      "add": null,
      "remove": null
    },
    "videoId": "89qWVWDJhxc",
    "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV",
    "duration": "4:25",
    "year": null,
    "artists": [
      {
        "name": "De Lacure",
        "id": "UC_ZoP74tMehunqxY_Xl0f0A"
      }
    ],
    "duration_seconds": 265,
    "isExplicit": false,
    "thumbnails": [
      {
        "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TJAf52t0wXHdoR0Lf6wd-TyLz7203apAM5VrNx2BodhBq9ZDTku2L-JBptS1hwWgn8TOeQZfqc4CqNMT=w60-h60-l90-rj",
        "width": 60,
        "height": 60
      },
      {
        "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TJAf52t0wXHdoR0Lf6wd-TyLz7203apAM5VrNx2BodhBq9ZDTku2L-JBptS1hwWgn8TOeQZfqc4CqNMT=w120-h120-l90-rj",
        "width": 120,
        "height": 120
      }
    ]
  },

And the same on ytmusic itself

Originally created by @garaevdi on GitHub (Jan 14, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/issues/519 When doing a global search, first song's artist is missing, but songs only search (i.e. `search(query, "songs")`) returns both artist. Also if song has only one artist, search simply returns empty array. Search query I used: `big city life mattafix remix`, but from my testing any query will work. <details><summary>Results</summary> <p> related block of `ytmisuc.search("big city life mattafix remix")` ``` { "category": "Songs", "resultType": "song", "title": "Big City Life (Odd Mob Extended Remix)", "album": { "name": "Big City Life (Odd Mob Extended Remix)", "id": "MPREb_gHMuMzGHA4J" }, "inLibrary": false, "feedbackTokens": { "add": null, "remove": null }, "videoId": "aZbLyoVQvrc", "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV", "duration": "3:13", "year": null, "artists": [ { "name": "Mattafix", "id": "UCTLiNbjjXqrxJ7o7pTyCrTQ" } ], "duration_seconds": 193, "isExplicit": false, "thumbnails": [ { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8aqmOXtM24i8h7O-P2wx7osIzG-HPXRYLgzPe5RiP5DcS6eXpjOdlI5BOhdlqki0jFJzrLO_65ebP0sZ=w60-h60-l90-rj", "width": 60, "height": 60 }, { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8aqmOXtM24i8h7O-P2wx7osIzG-HPXRYLgzPe5RiP5DcS6eXpjOdlI5BOhdlqki0jFJzrLO_65ebP0sZ=w120-h120-l90-rj", "width": 120, "height": 120 } ] }, { "category": "Songs", "resultType": "song", "title": "Big City Life", "album": { "name": "Ultimate R&B 2007", "id": "MPREb_TbVw8hM2wZg" }, "inLibrary": false, "feedbackTokens": { "add": null, "remove": null }, "videoId": "62YNFuepRII", "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV", "duration": "3:57", "year": null, "artists": [], "duration_seconds": 237, "isExplicit": false, "thumbnails": [ { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mE2dfd9oo5FFyzlAjZTN10vVAZYMrXzuQqG0LHRu8pV-kMYR2Uz3tDUyXpgy9etRvdN17nT84D06kPkY=w60-h60-s-l90-rj", "width": 60, "height": 60 }, { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mE2dfd9oo5FFyzlAjZTN10vVAZYMrXzuQqG0LHRu8pV-kMYR2Uz3tDUyXpgy9etRvdN17nT84D06kPkY=w120-h120-s-l90-rj", "width": 120, "height": 120 } ] }, { "category": "Songs", "resultType": "song", "title": "Big City Life", "album": { "name": "\u04d8\u043b\u0456\u043f\u043f\u0435", "id": "MPREb_Q3Q6HkcbUqf" }, "inLibrary": false, "feedbackTokens": { "add": null, "remove": null }, "videoId": "89qWVWDJhxc", "videoType": "MUSIC_VIDEO_TYPE_ATV", "duration": "4:25", "year": null, "artists": [ { "name": "De Lacure", "id": "UC_ZoP74tMehunqxY_Xl0f0A" } ], "duration_seconds": 265, "isExplicit": false, "thumbnails": [ { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TJAf52t0wXHdoR0Lf6wd-TyLz7203apAM5VrNx2BodhBq9ZDTku2L-JBptS1hwWgn8TOeQZfqc4CqNMT=w60-h60-l90-rj", "width": 60, "height": 60 }, { "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TJAf52t0wXHdoR0Lf6wd-TyLz7203apAM5VrNx2BodhBq9ZDTku2L-JBptS1hwWgn8TOeQZfqc4CqNMT=w120-h120-l90-rj", "width": 120, "height": 120 } ] }, ``` And the same on ytmusic itself ![image](https://github.com/sigma67/ytmusicapi/assets/64484944/aa2a8791-d63a-4da2-9600-9df171019980) </p> </details>