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What Is a Spotify Album URI?

A Spotify album URI identifies a complete album, EP, or single release in Spotify's catalog. Album URIs are essential for developers building music discovery apps, label dashboards, or release tracking tools. Each album URI points to the full release, including all its tracks, artwork, and metadata.

Spotify Album URI Format

A Spotify album URI follows this format:

spotify:album:{id}

The {id} is a unique 22-character Base62 identifier assigned by Spotify. This ID is the same in both the URI and URL formats — only the surrounding structure changes. Ready to convert? Use our Spotify Album converter.

Spotify Album URL Format

The equivalent URL format for the same album is:

https://open.spotify.com/album/{id}

Real Examples

Format Example
Album URI spotify:album:0sNOF9WDwhWunNAHPD3Baj
Album URL https://open.spotify.com/album/0sNOF9WDwhWunNAHPD3Baj

How to Find a Spotify Album URI

In Spotify, navigate to an album page, click the three dots menu, select "Share", hold Option/Alt, and click "Copy Spotify URI". You can also find the album URI in Spotify for Artists or your distributor's dashboard.

Alternatively, if you have a Spotify album URL, you can use our Spotify Album converter to instantly get the URI. Have more questions? See the FAQ.

When to Use a Spotify Album URI

  • Share full album links on social media or in newsletters to promote new releases.
  • Use album URIs in API requests to fetch track listings, release dates, and album artwork.
  • Record labels and distributors use album URIs to track releases across platforms and analytics tools.
  • Convert album URLs from Spotify's web player into URIs for use in internal tools or databases.

URI vs URL: What's the Difference?

URI URL
Format spotify:album:id open.spotify.com/album/id
Used for API calls, deep linking, desktop app Sharing, web browser, social media
Clickable in browser No Yes
Works in Spotify search Yes No

Convert Spotify Album Links

Use our free Spotify Album URI and URL converter to instantly transform between formats. Or use the auto-detect converter to paste any Spotify link.

Other Spotify URI Types

Track URI spotify:track:{id} Artist URI spotify:artist:{id} Playlist URI spotify:playlist:{id} Show URI spotify:show:{id} Episode URI spotify:episode:{id}

Convert links: Track converter · Artist converter · Playlist converter · Show converter · Episode converter

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