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HTML

<select id="music">
  <option value='{"mbid":123,"artist":"Judas Priest"}'>Heavy Metal 1</option>
  <option value='{"mbid":456,"artist":"Black Sabbath"}'>Heavy Metal 2</option>
  <option value='{"mbid":789,"artist":"Iron Maiden"}'>Heavy Metal 3</option>
  <option value='{"mbid":102,"artist":"Accept"}'>Heavy Metal 4</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$('#music').on('change', function() {
  var str = this.value;
  alert(str);
  var val = $.parseJSON(str);
  alert(val);
  alert(val.mbid)
});