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AllMusic

January 28, 2023

This article is about the online database. For the album by Warne Marsh, see All Music (album).

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994.[2][3] AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne.

AllMusic

AllMusic's logotype and logo since July 2013
Type of site
Online database for music albums, artists and songs; reviews and biographies
Available inEnglish
OwnerRhythmOne (since 2015)[1]
Created byMichael Erlewine
URLallmusic.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched1991; 32 years ago (1991) (as All Music Guide)
Current statusOnline

History

AllMusic was launched as All Music Guide by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash".[3] Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide.[4] In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded All Music Guide with a goal to create an open-access database that included every recording "since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost".[2]

The first All Music Guide, published in 1992, was a 1,200-page reference book, packaged with a CD-ROM, titled All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums & Tapes: The Expert's Guide to the Best Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music.[5] Its first online version, in 1994, was a text-based Gopher site.[2][6] It moved to the World Wide Web as web browsers became more user-friendly.[3]

Erlewine hired a database engineer, Vladimir Bogdanov, to design the All Music Guide framework, and recruited his nephew, writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, to develop editorial content. In 1993, Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer. A "record geek" who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines, his main qualification was an "encyclopedic knowledge of music".[3] 1,400 subgenres of music were created, a feature which became central to the site's utility. In a 2016 article in Tedium, Ernie Smith wrote: "AllMusic may have been one of most ambitious sites of the early-internet era—and it’s one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture. Because, the thing is, it doesn’t just track reviews or albums. It tracks styles, genres, and subgenres, along with the tone of the music and the platforms on which the music is sold. It then connects that data together, in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music, whether a massive genre like classical, or a tiny one like sadcore."[7]

In 1996, seeking to further develop its web-based businesses, Alliance Entertainment Corp. bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported $3.5 million. He left the company after its sale.[3] Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and its assets were acquired by Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Equity Fund.[4]

In 1999, All Music relocated from Big Rapids to Ann Arbor, where the staff expanded from 12 to 100 people.[3] By February of that year, 350,000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged. All Music had published biographies of 30,000 artists, 120,000 record reviews and 300 essays written by "a hybrid of historians, critics and passionate collectors".[8][9]

In late 2007, AllMusic was purchased for $72 million by TiVo Corporation (known as Macrovision at the time of the sale, and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016).[10]

In 2012, AllMusic removed all of Bryan Adams' info from the site per a request from the artist.[11]

In 2015, AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX (later known as RhythmOne).[12][13]

The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of MySQL and MongoDB.[14]

The All Music Guide series

The All Media Network produced the All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide (at first released as The Experts' Guide),[3] which includes a series of publications about various music genres. It was followed by Required Listening series, and Annual guides. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president and the main editor of the series.[15]

  • All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music (1st edition: 1992, 2nd ed: 1994, 3rd ed: 1997, 4th ed: 2001, 5th ed: 2008)
  • All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music (2004)
  • All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music (1st ed: 1997, 2nd ed: 2003)
  • All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music (2001)
  • All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop (2003)
  • All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music  (1st ed: 1994, 2nd ed: 1996, 3rd ed: 1998, 4th ed: 2002)
  • All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (1st ed: 1995, 2nd ed: 1997, 3rd ed: 2002)[16]
  • All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul (2003)
  • All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues (1st ed: 1996, 2nd ed: 1999, 3rd ed: 2003)
  • All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock (2007)
  • All Music Guide Required Listening: Contemporary Country (2008)
  • All Music Guide Required Listening: Old School Rap & Hip-hop (2008)
  • All Music Guide to the Music of 2002: Your Guide to the Recordings of the Year (2003)
  • All Music Guide to the Music of 2003: Your Guide to the Recordings of the Year (2004)

Reception

In August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its "Top 100 Classic Websites" list.[17][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BLINKX ACQUIRES ALL MEDIA NETWORK, LLC – Newsroom – RhythmOne". Investor.rhythmone.com. April 16, 2015. from the original on November 3, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Wolf, Gary (February 1994). "All Music". Wired. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Bowe, Brian J. (January 24, 2007). . Metro Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Herbert, Daniel (January 24, 2014). Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0520279636. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Formats and Editions of All Music Gude. World Cat. OCLC 31186749.
  6. ^ Nosowitz, Dan (January 30, 2015). "The Story of AllMusic, Which Predates the World Wide Web". Vice. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. ^ Smith, Ernie (September 20, 2016). "The Big Data Jukebox". tedium.com. Tedium. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. ^ Weisbard, Eric (February 23, 1999). "Conjunction Junction". The Village Voice. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  9. ^ Powers, Ann (June 3, 2015). "Digital Underground Who Will Make Sure The Internet's Vast Musical Archive Doesn't Disappear?". NPR. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  10. ^ "Focus Article: Rovi Corporation". insidearbitrage.com. Inside Arbitrage. October 1, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  11. ^ "FAQ". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  12. ^ Unsted, Sam (April 16, 2015). "Blinkx Acquires Website Owner All Media Network For Undisclosed Amount". London South East.
  13. ^ "BLINKX ACQUIRES ALL MEDIA NETWORK, LLC - Newsroom - RhythmOne". investor.rhythmone.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  14. ^ Smith, Ernie (September 16, 2016). "The Story of AllMusic, the Internet's Largest, Most Influential Music Database". Vice. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  15. ^ Bruno, Anthony (February 28, 2011). "AllMusic.com Folding Into AllRovi.com for One-Stop Entertainment Shop". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  16. ^ Toon, Jason (July 21, 1999). . Riverfront Times. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  17. ^ Heater, Brian (August 13, 2007). . PCmag.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

External links

 
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This article is about the online database For the album by Warne Marsh see All Music album AllMusic previously known as All Music Guide and AMG is an American online music database It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks as well as information on musicians and bands Initiated in 1991 the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994 2 3 AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne AllMusicAllMusic s logotype and logo since July 2013Type of siteOnline database for music albums artists and songs reviews and biographiesAvailable inEnglishOwnerRhythmOne since 2015 1 Created byMichael ErlewineURLallmusic comCommercialYesRegistrationOptionalLaunched1991 32 years ago 1991 as All Music Guide Current statusOnline Contents 1 History 2 The All Music Guide series 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditAllMusic was launched as All Music Guide by Michael Erlewine a compulsive archivist noted astrologer Buddhist scholar and musician He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid 1970s and founded a software company Matrix in 1977 In the early 1990s as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard After buying it he discovered it was a flaccid latter day rehash 3 Frustrated with the labeling he researched using metadata to create a music guide 4 In 1990 in Big Rapids Michigan he founded All Music Guide with a goal to create an open access database that included every recording since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost 2 The first All Music Guide published in 1992 was a 1 200 page reference book packaged with a CD ROM titled All Music Guide The Best CDs Albums amp Tapes The Expert s Guide to the Best Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music 5 Its first online version in 1994 was a text based Gopher site 2 6 It moved to the World Wide Web as web browsers became more user friendly 3 Erlewine hired a database engineer Vladimir Bogdanov to design the All Music Guide framework and recruited his nephew writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine to develop editorial content In 1993 Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer A record geek who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines his main qualification was an encyclopedic knowledge of music 3 1 400 subgenres of music were created a feature which became central to the site s utility In a 2016 article in Tedium Ernie Smith wrote AllMusic may have been one of most ambitious sites of the early internet era and it s one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture Because the thing is it doesn t just track reviews or albums It tracks styles genres and subgenres along with the tone of the music and the platforms on which the music is sold It then connects that data together in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music whether a massive genre like classical or a tiny one like sadcore 7 In 1996 seeking to further develop its web based businesses Alliance Entertainment Corp bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported 3 5 million He left the company after its sale 3 Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999 and its assets were acquired by Ron Burkle s Yucaipa Equity Fund 4 In 1999 All Music relocated from Big Rapids to Ann Arbor where the staff expanded from 12 to 100 people 3 By February of that year 350 000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged All Music had published biographies of 30 000 artists 120 000 record reviews and 300 essays written by a hybrid of historians critics and passionate collectors 8 9 In late 2007 AllMusic was purchased for 72 million by TiVo Corporation known as Macrovision at the time of the sale and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016 10 In 2012 AllMusic removed all of Bryan Adams info from the site per a request from the artist 11 In 2015 AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX later known as RhythmOne 12 13 The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of MySQL and MongoDB 14 The All Music Guide series EditThe All Media Network produced the All Music Guide The Definitive Guide at first released as The Experts Guide 3 which includes a series of publications about various music genres It was followed by Required Listening series and Annual guides Vladimir Bogdanov is the president and the main editor of the series 15 All Music Guide The Definitive Guide to Popular Music 1st edition 1992 2nd ed 1994 3rd ed 1997 4th ed 2001 5th ed 2008 All Music Guide to Classical Music The Definitive Guide to Classical Music 2004 All Music Guide to Country The Definitive Guide to Country Music 1st ed 1997 2nd ed 2003 All Music Guide to Electronica The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music 2001 All Music Guide to Hip hop The Definitive Guide to Rap amp Hip hop 2003 All Music Guide to Jazz The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music 1st ed 1994 2nd ed 1996 3rd ed 1998 4th ed 2002 All Music Guide to Rock The Definitive Guide to Rock Pop and Soul 1st ed 1995 2nd ed 1997 3rd ed 2002 16 All Music Guide to Soul The Definitive Guide to R amp B and Soul 2003 All Music Guide to the Blues The Definitive Guide to the Blues 1st ed 1996 2nd ed 1999 3rd ed 2003 All Music Guide Required Listening Classic Rock 2007 All Music Guide Required Listening Contemporary Country 2008 All Music Guide Required Listening Old School Rap amp Hip hop 2008 All Music Guide to the Music of 2002 Your Guide to the Recordings of the Year 2003 All Music Guide to the Music of 2003 Your Guide to the Recordings of the Year 2004 Reception EditIn August 2007 PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list 17 2 See also EditAll Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReelReferences Edit BLINKX ACQUIRES ALL MEDIA NETWORK LLC Newsroom RhythmOne Investor rhythmone com April 16 2015 Archived from the original on November 3 2017 Retrieved August 22 2019 a b c d Wolf Gary February 1994 All Music Wired Retrieved February 27 2014 a b c d e f g Bowe Brian J January 24 2007 Make it or Break it Metro Times Archived from the original on January 15 2013 Retrieved February 27 2014 a b Herbert Daniel January 24 2014 Videoland Movie Culture at the American Video Store Los Angeles CA University of California Press p 209 ISBN 978 0520279636 Retrieved July 20 2017 Formats and Editions of All Music Gude World Cat OCLC 31186749 Nosowitz Dan January 30 2015 The Story of AllMusic Which Predates the World Wide Web Vice Retrieved June 22 2017 Smith Ernie September 20 2016 The Big Data Jukebox tedium com Tedium Retrieved July 26 2017 Weisbard Eric February 23 1999 Conjunction Junction The Village Voice Retrieved July 22 2017 Powers Ann June 3 2015 Digital Underground Who Will Make Sure The Internet s Vast Musical Archive Doesn t Disappear NPR Retrieved July 20 2017 Focus Article Rovi Corporation insidearbitrage com Inside Arbitrage October 1 2012 Retrieved September 28 2017 FAQ AllMusic Retrieved September 17 2019 Unsted Sam April 16 2015 Blinkx Acquires Website Owner All Media Network For Undisclosed Amount London South East BLINKX ACQUIRES ALL MEDIA NETWORK LLC Newsroom RhythmOne investor rhythmone com Retrieved January 15 2019 Smith Ernie September 16 2016 The Story of AllMusic the Internet s Largest Most Influential Music Database Vice Retrieved July 20 2017 Bruno Anthony February 28 2011 AllMusic com Folding Into AllRovi com for One Stop Entertainment Shop Billboard Retrieved June 15 2013 Toon Jason July 21 1999 Rock Stock A book report on the best tomes to consult before buying tunes Riverfront Times Archived from the original on April 30 2015 Retrieved March 8 2015 Heater Brian August 13 2007 Top 100 Classic Websites AllMusic Slideshow from pcmag com PCmag com Archived from the original on March 29 2017 Retrieved September 24 2013 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to AllMusic Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AllMusic amp oldid 1130831762, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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