1. A&R Scouting & Market Intelligence

A&R Scouting at Scale

Group 19 provides big data analytical tools for A&R professionals, label executives, and market analysts. These tools process millions of data points to surface insights that would take weeks to compile manually.

Tool: find_emerging_local_talent

Description: The ultimate A&R scouting tool. Discovers emerging artists gaining traction in a specific city or country. Filter by genre, platform, and growth metrics to find the next breakout act before anyone else.

{\n  "location_type": "city",\n  "location_value": "Mexico City",\n  "genre": "reggaeton",\n  "platform": "spotify",\n  "sort_order": "growth",\n  "limit": 20\n}

Output: Ranked list of emerging artists with growth percentages, current listener counts, and platform metrics.

Tool: find_global_superstars

Description: Analyzes the top tier of the industry — artists with massive global audiences (1M+ listeners). Useful for benchmarking, partnership targeting, and understanding what "peak success" looks like in any genre.

{\n  "genre": "pop"\n}

Market Intelligence

Tool: analyze_market_locations

Description: Identifies which countries and cities consume a specific genre the most. Returns location tables showing where the audience lives — essential for tour routing, ad targeting, and market entry strategy.

{\n  "group_by": "country",\n  "genre": "electronic"\n}

Tool: discover_dominant_genres

Description: Aggregated genre dominance analysis for any location. Sort by absolute listener count to see what's popular, or by growth percentage to spot emerging trends before they go mainstream.

{\n  "country_code": "CO",\n  "sort_by": "growth_percentage",\n  "min_artists": 10\n}

Tool: analyze_industry_tiers

Description: Groups the entire music scene of a market into four buckets: Developing, Mid-Tier, Mainstream, and Superstar. Understand the competitive landscape at every level.

{\n  "genre": "hip-hop",\n  "country_code": "US"\n}

Tool: analyze_label_history

Description: Investigates whether a fast-growing artist is independent or signed to a major label by analyzing the copyright and label structure of their recent releases. Essential for acquisition targeting.

{\n  "artist_uuid": "uuid-here",\n  "limit": 5\n}

Output: Label names and copyright holders for the artist's most recent releases, indicating independence or major label affiliation.