Discogs¶
Discogs is a community-built music database and marketplace covering artists, labels, and releases across all genres, with particularly strong coverage of vinyl releases and independent or underground artists.
What Discogs Provides¶
- Artist biographies
- Artist images (fan art, thumbnails)
- Artist websites and social media links
Requirements¶
Discogs matching requires both an artist name and an album title in your track tags. If either field is missing, the lookup is skipped. The album title is also used to disambiguate between artists who share the same name.
Setup¶
Note: Discogs settings are under Artist Data in the Settings menu.
Getting a Token¶
A free Discogs account is all that is required.
- Log in to Discogs (create a free account if needed)
- Go to Settings → Developers
- Click Generate new token
- Copy the token and paste it into the Discogs Token field in What's Now Playing
Content Options¶
Once enabled and a token is entered, select what to download:
- Biography — artist background text
- Fanart — larger artist images
- Thumbnails — smaller artist images
- Websites — artist URLs and social media links
Enable only what your templates actually use. Disabling unused types reduces lookup time during live sets.
Troubleshooting¶
No results returned¶
- Confirm the track has both an artist and an album tag — both are required
- Check that the artist exists on Discogs.com by searching manually
- Verify the token is correct and has not been revoked
Wrong artist returned¶
- Discogs matching is text-based — artists with common names can collide
- Adding or correcting the album title in your track tags helps disambiguate
No biography or images despite correct match¶
- Not all Discogs artist pages have biographies or images — this is user-contributed content
- Check the artist page on Discogs.com to confirm the content exists there