List of online music databases

Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge. Note that 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.

DatabaseServicesNo. of tracksNo. of releasesNo. of artistsNotesLicenseFull free access
ACRCloud Music recognition & audio based music retrieval ~40,000,000[1] Commercially available with SDKs, APIs for file scanning, airplay monitoring, shazam-liked featues Free trial available in 15 days
AllMusicMusic information and reviews.~20,000,000[2]~2,200,000[2]Song samples only.
Choral Public Domain LibrarySheet music archive of choral and vocal music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performingYes
QuantoneDatabase of physical/digital products, venues, photos, artists, participants, composers, movements, labels, publishers and rights.12,000,000[3]301,000For commercial business-to-business usage only.API available.
Discogs• Database: user-generated cross-referenced database of physical & digital releases, artists, and labels. With catalogue numbers, codes, and all other markings taken directly from each release.
• Companies/organisations: cross-referencing all others 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[4]10,000,000[5]5,000,000[5]• 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[6]Free API and XML data dumps.[7]
Encyclopaedia MetallumA heavy metal encyclopedia with information, complete discography, links, images, and reviews.~1,900,000[8]~265,000[8]~102,000 bands, ~535,000 artists[8]
freedbIdentification service for CDs.GPL.
The Freesound Projectrepository of Creative Commons-licensed audio samples.CC Sampling Plus.
GracenoteIdentification service for CDs and other media.~100,000,000[9]~8,000,000[9]1 billion "submissions".[10]
International Music Score Library ProjectMusic scores and parts, mostly scanned from publications now in the public domain; some recordings.42,000 (370,000 scores)14,500 composers, 387 performers.[11]PD/CC-BY-NC-SA.
Last.fmMusic community website.12,000,000[12]Automatically creates online library/collection of listened to music and generates recommendations.
LyricWikiLyrics wiki on Wikia.~1,653,416[13]~159,749[13]~82,226[13]Yes, but no access to the lyrics via API.
MAQAMLargest Database of Arabic and Middle Eastern music artists, tracks, and albums.20,0001,200
MetroLyricsLyrics lookup.
MuseScoreOnline sheet music sharing.Also includes free music notation software to enable a wide range of instrumental music scores to be created, printed and sharedNo—free accounts are permitted five uploads; beyond that, payment is required
MusicBrainzOpen content music database.~22,788,339[14]~1,828,671[14]~1,231,199[14]GPL/LGPL/PD/CC-BY-NC-SA.Free API[15] and XML data dumps.[16]
MusicMightBiographies and discographies.
Musixmatch The world's largest lyrics platform. Yes.
Mutopia Projectrepository of free content sheet music.
RateYourMusic3,368,9341,123,253
RolldabeatsDrum N Bass music database, physical releases only.
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives Service Center[17]
Werner Icking Music Archive
WikifoniaFree lead sheets in MusicXML format, contributed and editable by users.
WhoSampledUser-generated database of comparison between original tracks and covers, or songs that use samples.460,000150,000
DatabaseServicesNo. of tracksNo. of releasesNo. of artistsNotesLicenseFull free access

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ho, Vanessa (2016-10-06). "LyricFind becomes more easily available to developers". Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  2. 1 2 "Coverage Statistics". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Data and API Coverage Statistics". Decibel. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  4. ↑ "Data Dumps". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  5. 1 2 "Explore Releases On Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Discogs API v2.0 Documentation". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Discogs API Documentation". Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  8. 1 2 3 "M-A Statistics". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  9. 1 2 Gracenote |
  10. ↑ Gracenote |
  11. ↑ "Library statistics". IMSLP. Retrieved 2010-12-17. .
  12. ↑ Last.fm « CBS IMG
  13. 1 2 3 "LyricWiki Statistics". LyricWiki. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  14. 1 2 3 "Database Statistics". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  15. ↑ "Musicbrainz API Documentation".
  16. ↑ "Musicbrainz data dumps".
  17. ↑ "Home - Audio-Visual Resources @ Pitt Archives - LibGuides at University of Pittsburgh". libguides.com.
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