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List of online music databases

January 01, 1970

Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge. Many of the sites provide a specialized service or focus on a particular music genre. Some of these operate as an online music store or purchase referral service in some capacity. Among the sites that have information on the largest number of entities are those sites that focus on discographies of composing and performing artists.

Performance rights organisations (PRO) typically have their own databases as per country they represent, in accordance with CISAC, to help domestic artists collect royalties. Information available on these portals include songwriting credits, publishing percentage splits, and alternate titles for different distribution channels. It is one of the most accurate and official types of databases because it involves direct communication between the artists, record labels, distributors, legal teams, publishers and a global governing body regulating PRO's. Many countries that observe copyright have an organisation established, currently there are 119 CISAC members,[1] and they may be not-for-profit. The databases are typically known as 'repertory searches' or 'searching works' and may require an account while others are open to view for free as public including the USA's ASCAP Songview and Ace services,[2] Canada's SOCAN,[3] South Korea's KOMCA,[4] France's SACEM,[5] and Israel's ACUM.[6]

General databases edit

Database Services No. of tracks No. of releases No. of artists Notes License Full free access
AllMusic Music information and reviews. ~20,000,000[7] ~2,200,000[7] Song samples only.
Discogs • Database: user-generated cross-referenced database of physical & digital releases, artists, and labels. With catalogue numbers, codes, and other markings taken directly from each release.
• Companies/organisations: cross-referencing those involved in music production (record companies, manufacturers, distributors, publishers, rights holders, venues, studios, etc.)
• Images: for releases, artists, labels, and other companies/organisations listed.
• Marketplace: for trade of physical music releases. 		151,200,000[8] 15,000,000[9] 8,000,000[9] • Multi-lingual.
• Free membership (which also removes all site ads).
• Marketplace lists over 35 million items (largest physical music items marketplace online).
• 1 billion edits. 		PD/CC0[10] Free API and XML data dumps.[11]
SongLyrics Updated daily with lyrics, reviews, features, meanings and more. 400,000,000 400,000,000 CC Yes
Internet Archive Large live music archive, hosts hundreds of free music netlabels 13 million (as of 2021)[12] CC/PD Yes
Jaxsta Online database of official music credits 19,000,000[13] • 115,000,000+ Individual Music Credits
• 100,000+ Credits Ingested Daily 		API available.
Last.fm Music community website. ~26,484,587[14] ~3,304,568 ~1,383,340 Automatically creates online library/collection of listened to music and generates recommendations.
The MLC Complete publicly available database of all recordings and musical works for payment purposes. The Music Modernization Act requires The MLC to make its database of musical works available in a bulk, machine/computer-readable format and through a widely available software application.[15] ~110,000,000[16] Streaming services are required by law to provide full information.[17] Free API Available[18]
MusicBrainz Open content music database. ~36,256,760[19] ~3,118,675[19] ~1,927,470[19] GPL/LGPL/PD/CC BY-NC-SA. Free API[20] and XML data dumps.[21]
MusicID Official charts and indicative revenue data going back to 1900[22] Aggregator of chart data from sources such as Billboard, OCC and more[23]
Rate Your Music Music database, community ratings, reviews and lists ~5,158,359[24] ~1,583,038[24] API is planned but not functional as of 2022.[25][26] No special rights granted. Web scraping is prohibited.[27]
Soundcharts Airplay, charts and social media tracking data. 45,000,000[28] 5,000,000[28] Cites major record labels as customers. API available.[28]
Album of the Year Music database, critic ratings and reviews, community ratings, reviews and lists 219,588 ~768,740 ~276,896

Music genre specific edit

Database Services No. of tracks No. of releases No. of artists Notes License Full free access
Encyclopaedia Metallum A heavy metal encyclopedia with information, complete discography, links, images, and reviews. ~1,900,000[29] ~265,000[29] ~102,000 bands, ~535,000 artists[29]
Prog Archives Progressive rock discography and reviews. 0 63,978[30] 11,308[30] No special rights granted[31] Yes. Log on to submit band information
RollDaBeats Drum N Bass music database, physical releases only. 175,969[32] 62,103[32]
Riddim Guide Reggae and dancehall database; catalogues riddims 57,875 [33] 4878 (riddims) [33] 5937 [33] 2570 record labels [33] Yes
VGMdb Database for soundtracks and related music, with a primary focus on video games. 2,576,985[34] 130,726[34] 58,598[34]
vkgy (ブイケージ) Visual kei database. 14,578 [35]
VocaDB Database for vocaloid artists, releases and events. 558,109[36] 25,393[37] 102,158[38] Yes

Specialized areas edit

Database Specialization Services No. of tracks No. of releases No. of artists Notes License Full free access
The Freesound Project Audio samples Repository of Creative Commons-licensed audio samples. 445,000[39][40] CC Sampling Plus.
Genius Lyrics Allows users to provide annotations and interpretation of song lyrics.
SongLyrics Lyrics music website that has established itself as a go-to platform for finding lyrics
Musixmatch Lyrics Audio based music recognition and provision of song lyrics. Yes.
SecondHandSongs Covers User-generated database of covers and samples of songs, with links to public recordings >1,100,000 performances >100,000 works Multilingual recordings. No special rights granted
Sound Credit Credits Multimodal platform for entering and editing music credits with a datahub that includes a database upload option. Database uploads are free, and is free to view.
WhoSampled Sample identification User-generated database of comparison between original tracks and covers, or songs that use samples. 460,000 150,000
SIMUC Chilean music and musicians SIMUC is a Non-profit organisation that collects data on composers, academics, institutions, people and other topics related to classical music and Chile. Managed by the organization and subscribers

Printed music (sheets) databases edit

Database Services No. of tracks No. of releases No. of artists Notes License Full free access
Choral Public Domain Library Sheet music archive of choral and vocal music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing 36,869[41] Yes
International Music Score Library Project Music scores and parts, mostly scanned from publications now in the public domain; some recordings. 42,000 (370,000 scores) 14,500 composers, 387 performers.[42] PD/CC BY-NC-SA.
MuseScore Sheet music 6,487,223[43] 780[44] Also includes free music notation software to enable a wide range of instrumental music scores to be created, printed and shared Music is available under a variety of licenses. It is tagged and searchable by license. Music protected by copyright is only downloadable by obtaining a paid Pro subscription.
Musipedia Search by melody (entering notes, Parsons code, whistling, or tapping rhythm) Yes, but via other sources.
Mutopia Project repository of free content sheet music. 2,247[45] 328[46]
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) Database of historical music manuscripts and music printed editions that includes full descriptions and current physical locations in libraries worldwide. >1,400,000 ~40,000 composers Search available in 5 languages. Link to digitized images when available. CC BY Yes

Metadata providers and distributors edit

Database Services No. of tracks No. of releases No. of artists Notes License Full free access
ACRCloud Music recognition & audio based music retrieval ~40,000,000[47] Commercially available with SDKs, APIs for file scanning, airplay monitoring, shazam-liked features Free trial available in 15 days
Gracenote Identification service for CDs and other media. ~100,000,000[48] ~8,000,000[48] 1 billion "submissions".[49]
Quantone Database of physical/digital products, venues, photos, artists, participants, composers, movements, labels, publishers and rights. 12,000,000[50] 301,000 For commercial business-to-business usage only. API available.

Non-functioning databases edit

Database Services No. of tracks No. of releases No. of artists Notes License Full free access
freedb Identification service for CDs. freedb.org and its services shut down in June 2020; succeeded by gnudb. GPL.
LyricWiki Lyrics wiki on Fandom. ~1,653,416[51] ~159,749[51] ~82,226[51] Yes, but no access to the lyrics via API.
MetroLyrics Lyrics lookup. 1,000,000+ 16,000+ The site abruptly went offline in late June 2021, and as of November 2022 its owners and maintainers have made no explanation
MusicMight Biographies and discographies. 659,000 92,000 59,400 Was active from 2005-2010
Wikifonia Free lead sheets in MusicXML format, contributed and editable by users. 6,236[52] Was active from 2006-2013

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "CISAC Overview | CISAC".
  2. ^ https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Public Repertoire | SOCAN null".
  4. ^ "Searching Works | KOMCA".
  5. ^ "Repertoire of works - SACEM".
  6. ^ "אקו"ם - איתור יוצרים ויצירות".
  7. ^ a b "Coverage Statistics". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  8. ^ "Data Dumps". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  9. ^ a b "About Us". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  10. ^ "Discogs API v2.0 Documentation". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  11. ^ "Discogs API Documentation". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  12. ^ "Download & Streaming : Audio Archive : Internet Archive". archive.org. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  13. ^ "Yahoo". 9 July 2019.
  14. ^ Last.fm « CBS IMG
  15. ^ "The MLC Bulk Database Feed".
  16. ^ "Bulk Database Feed".
  17. ^ "MMA Overview" (PDF).
  18. ^ "The MLC Quarter Note" (PDF).
  19. ^ a b c "Database Statistics". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  20. ^ "Musicbrainz API Documentation".
  21. ^ "Musicbrainz data dumps".
  22. ^ "Academic Rights Press".
  23. ^ "Music ID".
  24. ^ a b "RateYourMusic.com". Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  25. ^ "FAQ". Rate Your Music. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  26. ^ "RYM Webservice / API". Rate Your Music RYMzilla issue tracker. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  27. ^ "Terms of Service". Rate Your Music. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  28. ^ a b c "API data for the music industry".
  29. ^ a b c "M-A Statistics". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  30. ^ a b "ProgArchives.com". Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  31. ^ "progarchives.com/Legalnotice.asp". Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  32. ^ a b "About RollDaBeats". RollDaBeats. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  33. ^ a b c d https://www.riddimguide.com/
  34. ^ a b c "Statistics". VGMdb. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  35. ^ "Advanced search musicians". vkgy (ブイケージ). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  36. ^ "Vocaloid Database". vocadb.net. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  37. ^ "Vocaloid Database". vocadb.net. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  38. ^ "Vocaloid Database". vocadb.net. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  39. ^ Corbera, Frederic Font (5 April 2020). "15 years of Freesound!". The Freesound Blog. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  40. ^ Corbera, Frederic Font (15 January 2020). "2019 in numbers". The Freesound Blog. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  41. ^ "ChoralWiki". cpdl.org. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  42. ^ "Library statistics". IMSLP. Retrieved 2010-12-17..
  43. ^ "Sheet music". Musescore.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  44. ^ "Free Sheet music sorted by Artist". MuseScore.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  45. ^ "Mutopia: Latest Additions". The Mutopia Project. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  46. ^ "Mutopia: Browse by Composer". The Mutopia Project. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  47. ^ Ho, Vanessa (2016-10-06). "LyricFind becomes more easily available to developers". Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  48. ^ a b
  49. ^ "Gracenote |". from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  50. ^ "Data and API Coverage Statistics". Decibel. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  51. ^ a b c "LyricWiki Statistics". LyricWiki. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  52. ^ "Box".

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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge Many of the sites provide a specialized service or focus on a particular music genre Some of these operate as an online music store or purchase referral service in some capacity Among the sites that have information on the largest number of entities are those sites that focus on discographies of composing and performing artists Performance rights organisations PRO typically have their own databases as per country they represent in accordance with CISAC to help domestic artists collect royalties Information available on these portals include songwriting credits publishing percentage splits and alternate titles for different distribution channels It is one of the most accurate and official types of databases because it involves direct communication between the artists record labels distributors legal teams publishers and a global governing body regulating PRO s Many countries that observe copyright have an organisation established currently there are 119 CISAC members 1 and they may be not for profit The databases are typically known as repertory searches or searching works and may require an account while others are open to view for free as public including the USA s ASCAP Songview and Ace services 2 Canada s SOCAN 3 South Korea s KOMCA 4 France s SACEM 5 and Israel s ACUM 6 Contents 1 General databases 1 1 Music genre specific 1 2 Specialized areas 2 Printed music sheets databases 3 Metadata providers and distributors 4 Non functioning databases 5 See also 6 ReferencesGeneral databases editDatabase Services No of tracks No of releases No of artists Notes License Full free access AllMusic Music information and reviews 20 000 000 7 2 200 000 7 Song samples only Discogs Database user generated cross referenced database of physical amp digital releases artists and labels With catalogue numbers codes and other markings taken directly from each release Companies organisations cross referencing those involved in music production record companies manufacturers distributors publishers rights holders venues studios etc Images for releases artists labels and other companies organisations listed Marketplace for trade of physical music releases 151 200 000 8 15 000 000 9 8 000 000 9 Multi lingual Free membership which also removes all site ads Marketplace lists over 35 million items largest physical music items marketplace online 1 billion edits PD CC0 10 Free API and XML data dumps 11 SongLyrics Updated daily with lyrics reviews features meanings and more 400 000 000 400 000 000 CC Yes Internet Archive Large live music archive hosts hundreds of free music netlabels 13 million as of 2021 12 CC PD Yes Jaxsta Online database of official music credits 19 000 000 13 115 000 000 Individual Music Credits 100 000 Credits Ingested Daily API available Last fm Music community website 26 484 587 14 3 304 568 1 383 340 Automatically creates online library collection of listened to music and generates recommendations The MLC Complete publicly available database of all recordings and musical works for payment purposes The Music Modernization Act requires The MLC to make its database of musical works available in a bulk machine computer readable format and through a widely available software application 15 110 000 000 16 Streaming services are required by law to provide full information 17 Free API Available 18 MusicBrainz Open content music database 36 256 760 19 3 118 675 19 1 927 470 19 GPL LGPL PD CC BY NC SA Free API 20 and XML data dumps 21 MusicID Official charts and indicative revenue data going back to 1900 22 Aggregator of chart data from sources such as Billboard OCC and more 23 Rate Your Music Music database community ratings reviews and lists 5 158 359 24 1 583 038 24 API is planned but not functional as of 2022 update 25 26 No special rights granted Web scraping is prohibited 27 Soundcharts Airplay charts and social media tracking data 45 000 000 28 5 000 000 28 Cites major record labels as customers API available 28 Album of the Year Music database critic ratings and reviews community ratings reviews and lists 219 588 768 740 276 896 Music genre specific edit Database Services No of tracks No of releases No of artists Notes License Full free access Encyclopaedia Metallum A heavy metal encyclopedia with information complete discography links images and reviews 1 900 000 29 265 000 29 102 000 bands 535 000 artists 29 Prog Archives Progressive rock discography and reviews 0 63 978 30 11 308 30 No special rights granted 31 Yes Log on to submit band information RollDaBeats Drum N Bass music database physical releases only 175 969 32 62 103 32 Riddim Guide Reggae and dancehall database catalogues riddims 57 875 33 4878 riddims 33 5937 33 2570 record labels 33 Yes VGMdb Database for soundtracks and related music with a primary focus on video games 2 576 985 34 130 726 34 58 598 34 vkgy ブイケージ Visual kei database 14 578 35 VocaDB Database for vocaloid artists releases and events 558 109 36 25 393 37 102 158 38 Yes Specialized areas edit Database Specialization Services No of tracks No of releases No of artists Notes License Full free access The Freesound Project Audio samples Repository of Creative Commons licensed audio samples 445 000 39 40 CC Sampling Plus Genius Lyrics Allows users to provide annotations and interpretation of song lyrics SongLyrics Lyrics music website that has established itself as a go to platform for finding lyrics Musixmatch Lyrics Audio based music recognition and provision of song lyrics Yes SecondHandSongs Covers User generated database of covers and samples of songs with links to public recordings gt 1 100 000 performances gt 100 000 works Multilingual recordings No special rights granted Sound Credit Credits Multimodal platform for entering and editing music credits with a datahub that includes a database upload option Database uploads are free and is free to view WhoSampled Sample identification User generated database of comparison between original tracks and covers or songs that use samples 460 000 150 000 SIMUC Chilean music and musicians SIMUC is a Non profit organisation that collects data on composers academics institutions people and other topics related to classical music and Chile Managed by the organization and subscribersPrinted music sheets databases editDatabase Services No of tracks No of releases No of artists Notes License Full free access Choral Public Domain Library Sheet music archive of choral and vocal music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing 36 869 41 Yes International Music Score Library Project Music scores and parts mostly scanned from publications now in the public domain some recordings 42 000 370 000 scores 14 500 composers 387 performers 42 PD CC BY NC SA MuseScore Sheet music 6 487 223 43 780 44 Also includes free music notation software to enable a wide range of instrumental music scores to be created printed and shared Music is available under a variety of licenses It is tagged and searchable by license Music protected by copyright is only downloadable by obtaining a paid Pro subscription Musipedia Search by melody entering notes Parsons code whistling or tapping rhythm Yes but via other sources Mutopia Project repository of free content sheet music 2 247 45 328 46 Repertoire International des Sources Musicales RISM Database of historical music manuscripts and music printed editions that includes full descriptions and current physical locations in libraries worldwide gt 1 400 000 40 000 composers Search available in 5 languages Link to digitized images when available CC BY YesMetadata providers and distributors editDatabase Services No of tracks No of releases No of artists Notes License Full free access ACRCloud Music recognition amp audio based music retrieval 40 000 000 47 Commercially available with SDKs APIs for file scanning airplay monitoring shazam liked features Free trial available in 15 days Gracenote Identification service for CDs and other media 100 000 000 48 8 000 000 48 1 billion submissions 49 Quantone Database of physical digital products venues photos artists participants composers movements labels publishers and rights 12 000 000 50 301 000 For commercial business to business usage only API available Non functioning databases editDatabase Services No of tracks No of releases No of artists Notes License Full free access freedb Identification service for CDs freedb org and its services shut down in June 2020 succeeded by gnudb GPL LyricWiki Lyrics wiki on Fandom 1 653 416 51 159 749 51 82 226 51 Yes but no access to the lyrics via API MetroLyrics Lyrics lookup 1 000 000 16 000 The site abruptly went offline in late June 2021 and as of November 2022 its owners and maintainers have made no explanation MusicMight Biographies and discographies 659 000 92 000 59 400 Was active from 2005 2010 Wikifonia Free lead sheets in MusicXML format contributed and editable by users 6 236 52 Was active from 2006 2013See also edit nbsp Music portal nbsp Internet portal nbsp Radio portal Automatic content recognition Comparison of digital music stores List of music sharing websites Comparison of music streaming services Comparison of online music lockers List of music software List of Internet radio stations List of online digital musical document libraries Streaming media Virtual Library of MusicologyReferences edit CISAC Overview CISAC https www ascap com repertory bare URL Public Repertoire SOCAN null Searching Works KOMCA Repertoire of works SACEM אקו ם איתור יוצרים ויצירות a b Coverage Statistics Allmusic Retrieved 2011 06 12 Data Dumps Discogs Retrieved 2015 02 21 a b About Us Discogs Retrieved 2022 05 22 Discogs API v2 0 Documentation Discogs Retrieved 2017 10 01 Discogs API Documentation Discogs Retrieved 2015 02 21 Download amp Streaming Audio Archive Internet Archive archive org Retrieved 2021 07 04 Yahoo 9 July 2019 Last fm CBS IMG The MLC Bulk Database Feed Bulk Database Feed MMA Overview PDF The MLC Quarter Note PDF a b c Database Statistics MusicBrainz Retrieved 2022 01 17 Musicbrainz API Documentation Musicbrainz data dumps Academic Rights Press Music ID a b RateYourMusic com Retrieved 29 July 2022 FAQ Rate Your Music 16 February 2019 Retrieved 4 December 2020 RYM Webservice API Rate Your Music RYMzilla issue tracker 16 February 2019 Retrieved 4 December 2020 Terms of Service Rate Your Music 16 February 2019 Retrieved 4 December 2020 a b c API data for the music industry a b c M A Statistics Encyclopaedia Metallum Retrieved 2015 03 28 a b ProgArchives com Retrieved 4 December 2020 progarchives com Legalnotice asp Retrieved 4 December 2020 a b About RollDaBeats RollDaBeats Retrieved 3 December 2020 a b c d https www riddimguide com a b c Statistics VGMdb Retrieved 2023 11 01 Advanced search musicians vkgy ブイケージ Retrieved 10 September 2023 Vocaloid Database vocadb net Retrieved 2024 05 01 Vocaloid Database vocadb net Retrieved 2024 05 01 Vocaloid Database vocadb net Retrieved 2024 05 01 Corbera Frederic Font 5 April 2020 15 years of Freesound The Freesound Blog Retrieved 3 December 2020 Corbera Frederic Font 15 January 2020 2019 in numbers The Freesound Blog Retrieved 3 December 2020 ChoralWiki cpdl org Retrieved 3 December 2020 Library statistics IMSLP Retrieved 2010 12 17 Sheet music Musescore com Retrieved 4 December 2020 Free Sheet music sorted by Artist MuseScore com Retrieved 4 December 2020 Mutopia Latest Additions The Mutopia Project Retrieved 3 December 2020 Mutopia Browse by Composer The Mutopia Project Retrieved 4 December 2020 Ho Vanessa 2016 10 06 LyricFind becomes more easily available to developers Retrieved 2017 07 24 a b Gracenote Gracenote Archived from the original on 2014 08 27 Retrieved 2014 08 27 Data and API Coverage Statistics Decibel Retrieved 2011 03 29 a b c LyricWiki Statistics LyricWiki Retrieved 2017 07 16 Box Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of online music databases amp oldid 1221685131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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