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This is a list of online music databases, as well as including a list of sites that currently provide free and paid for on demand music as a streaming media. A primary unit of many of these two types of sites is the tracks which is often referred to in the marketplace simply as a song.
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.
Database | Services | No. of tracks | No. of releases | No. of artists | Notes | License | Full free access |
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AllMusic | Music information and reviews. | ~20,000,000[1] | Song samples only. | ||||
Choral Public Domain Library | |||||||
Decibel | Database of physical/digital products, venues, photos, artists, participants, composers, movements, labels, publishers and rights. | 12,000,000[2] | 301,000 | For commercial business to business usage only. | API available. | ||
Discogs | User-generated cross-referenced database of physical/digital releases, artists, labels, record companies, plus other companies/organisations involved in music production (manufacturers, distributors, publishers, rights holders, venues, studios, etc.), with images. Marketplace. | 35,500,000[3] | 3,575,000[4] | 2,655,000[4] | Multi-lingual. | PD/CC0[5] | Free API and XML data dumps.[6] |
The Echo Nest | A music metadata API. | 35,000,000 | 2,500,000 | Free access to selected catalogues ("sandboxes").[7] | |||
Encyclopaedia Metallum | A heavy metal encyclopedia with information, complete discography, links, images, and reviews. | ~1,200,000[8] | ~74,000[8] | ~170,000[8] | |||
freedb | Identification service for CDs. | GPL. | |||||
The Freesound Project | repository of Creative Commons-licensed audio samples. | CC Sampling Plus. | |||||
Gracenote | Identification service for CDs and other media. | ~130,000,000[9] | ~8,000,000[9] | 1 billion "submissions".[10] | |||
Grooveshark | Internet music service. | ~15,000,000[11] | 30 million users.[12] | ||||
International Music Score Library Project | Music scores and parts, mostly scanned from publications now in the public domain; some recordings. | 6,500 (150,000 scores) | 6,700 composers, 162 performers.[13] | PD/CC-BY-NC-SA. | |||
Internet Archive | Huge live music archive and host for hundreds of free music netlabels. | ~200,000[14] | CC/PD. | Yes | |||
iLike | music download and sharing. | ||||||
Jamendo | free full-length music download. | CC/Free Art License. | |||||
Jango | Advertising-supported internet radio and social networking. | Yes. | |||||
Last.fm | Internet radio and music community website. | 12,000,000[15] | Automatically creates online library/collection of listened to music and generates recommendations. | ||||
Libre.fm | |||||||
LyricWiki | Lyrics wiki on Wikia. | ~1,250,000[16] | ~90,000[16] | ~70,000[16] | Yes, but no access to the lyrics via API. | ||
MAQAM | Largest Database of Arabic and Middle Eastern music artists, tracks, and albums. | 20,000 | 1,200 | ||||
Megarock Radio | Streaming music service, reviews, interviews and news. | 23,000 | 1,000 | Full free access. | |||
Metacritic | Album reviews. | ||||||
Metalbandwiki | Articles on all types of metal music, musicians, musical instruments used in metal, and articles related to those bands and musicians. | 1,700+ | Yes. | ||||
MetroLyrics | Lyrics lookup. | ||||||
Moozone | Online music storage and community service. | 8,000,000[citation needed] | 730,000 | 590,000 | |||
MP3.com | information about digital music and artists (formerly freely licensed music download). | Does not play its own music. | |||||
MusicBrainz | Open content music database. | ~12,000,000[17] | ~1,100,000[17] | ~705,000[17] | GPL/LGPL/PD/CC-BY-NC-SA. | ||
MusicMight | Biographies and discographies. | ||||||
MusicX | Lyrics and videos. | ||||||
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. | ||||||
MySpace Music | Licensed music streaming and artist uploaded streaming. | 42 million[18] | Free with advertising. | ||||
Nigerian Music Factory | Artist, DJ, producer, bios and artist-uploaded music streaming. | ||||||
Ovation Press | Online publisher of classical string music. | ||||||
Online Music DB | Music information, YouTube videos and lyrics. | 200 | |||||
Pandora | Music recommendation and Internet radio service. | USA-only. | |||||
Rainwave | Music community featuring video game music. Users can request and rate music, with music selected by election: during every song, users vote from a choice of three tracks to choose the next song to play. | ~11,000 | ~1,500 | ~1,800 | |||
Radio Croquer | Social Network and music stations. | Yes. | |||||
RadioPalmwine | Nigerian Radio Station, online music community, and entertainment portal. | ||||||
Rate Your Music | Catalog, rate, tag, and review your music. | ~1,900,000[19] | 580,000[19] | ||||
Rolldabeats | Drum N Bass music database, physical releases only. | ||||||
ShareTheMusic | Service for free and legally music sharing. | ||||||
SparkTop10 | Free music sharing using YouTube API. | ||||||
Werner Icking Music Archive | |||||||
Wikifonia | Free lead sheets in MusicXML format, contributed and editable by users. | ||||||
WhoSampled | User-generated database of comparison between original tracks and covers, or songs that uses samples. | 48,000 | 18,000 | ||||
WorldCat | |||||||
Database | Services | No. of tracks | No. of releases | No. of artists | Notes | License | Full free access |
On-demand streaming music services
The following is a list of online music stores that currently offer some free on-demand music streaming of full-length content over the Internet as a part of their service[20] without the listener necessarily purchasing a file for download.[21] One might compare this type of service to internet radio. Many of these sites have advertising and offer non-free options in the style of an online music store. For a list of online music stores that provide a means of purchasing and downloading music as files of some sort, see comparison of online music stores. Many of both types of sites offer browsing by song title, artist, etc. that amounts to a form of online music database. See also Comparison of online music lockers.
Database | # of tracks (millions) | Available in | Pricing | PC | Android | iOS | BlackBerry | Windows Phone | Notes |
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8tracks | 07 | Everywhere | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Commercial free |
Aupeo! Radio | Everywhere | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Deezer | 20 [22] | France/UK/Germany/Spain/the Netherlands/Italy | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Requires a Facebook account. Also available on Symbian. |
Earbits Radio | Everywhere | Free | Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
fizy | ~10 | Turkey | Free/Subscription | Web/Mobile | Yes | Yes | No | No | Available on Vestel Smart TV |
fuhshniZZle | Everywhere | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Grooveshark | 15 | Everywhere but Denmark and Germany | Free/Subscription | Web/Desktop Application | Yes, nonmarket | Partial, Jailbroken | Yes | No | |
huntmusic.co.nr | 18 | Everywhere | Free | Web | No Signup | ||||
Jango (website) | Everywhere | Free | Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Last.fm | 12[15] | USA/UK/Germany | Free/Subscription | Web/Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Available on Xbox 360 |
Mflow | 05 | UK | Free | Web | |||||
MOG | 15+[23] | Australia, USA | Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | Available on Roku |
Myxum | 0.5 | Everywhere | Free | Web | No | No | No | No | |
Music Unlimited | 15+[24] | USA/UK/IR/FR/SP/IT/GE/JP | Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | Available on PS3/PSP/Bravia TVs/BIVL |
Musicovery | Everywhere | Free/Subscription | Web | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Napster (pay service) | 16 [25] | USA, UK | Subscription | Desktop Application/Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Pandora | 0.7[26] | USA | Free/Subscription | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Qobuz.com | 07.2+[27] | France/Belgique/Luxembourg/Suisse | Subscription | Web/Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
rara.com | 18 | USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Portugal, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Africa. | Subscription | Web/Windows 8 Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Rdio | 12[28] | USA, Brazil, Canada, Australia & New Zealand | Subscription | Web/Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rhapsody | 16[29] | USA | Subscription/ free trial | Web/Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Simfy | 18[30] | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium[30] | Free/Subscription | Web/Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Slacker | 10+[31] | USA, Canada | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Soundtracker Radio | Everywhere | Free | Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Spotify | 18[32] | Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA | Free/Subscription | Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Available on Palm, Sonos, Symbian, Boxee,[33] Telia Digital-TV, Virgin TiVo, webOS & Windows Mobile 6.x.. |
Thumbplay | 08[34] | Subscription | |||||||
we7 | 11[35] | UK, Ireland & Belgium | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | No | No | Now a personal DJ service. Music on demand is still available to premium users. |
WiMP | 16[36] | Norway, Sweden and Denmark | Subscription | Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Xbox Music | 30+[37] | Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, UK, USA. | Subscription/ free trial | Desktop Application/Web | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Xbox Music replaced Zune in October 2012. |
Yala | 0.1[38] | Everywhere | Free/Subscription | Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Arabic Music in Middle East and North Africa. Free and unlimited streaming. Yala is also available on Bada, Symbian, Meego, PC Software, Smart TV app. |
Zonga | 01.5 | Romania | Free/Subscription | Web/Desktop Application | Yes | Yes | No | No | Still in BETA |
Zune Marketplace | 14[39] | USA, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia | Subscription | Desktop Application/Web | No | No | No | Discontinued | Was available on Xbox 360, Zune HD, was replaced by Xbox Music in October 2012. |
Database | # of tracks (millions) | Available in | Pricing | PC | Android | iOS | BlackBerry | Windows Phone | Notes |
See also
References
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- ^ "Data and API Coverage Statistics". Decibel. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ "Data Dumps". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- ^ a b "Explore Releases On Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- ^ "Discogs API v2.0 Documentation". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ "Discogs API Documentation". Retrieved 2012-11-03.
- ^ "The Echo Nest Developer Center". Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ a b c "M-A Statistics". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ a b http://www.gracenote.com/press/01/23/2011/
- ^ http://www.gracenote.com/press/09/09/2010
- ^ http://www.grooveshark.com/about
- ^ http://grooveshark.com/#!/
- ^ "Library statistics". IMSLP. Retrieved 2010-12-17..
- ^ "Audio main page". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ a b http://cbsimg.com/our-products/last-fm
- ^ a b c "LyricWiki Statistics". LyricWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
- ^ a b c "Database Statistics". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/13/tech/social-media/myspace-million-new-users/index.html
- ^ a b "RYM Statistics". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ "The best online music service!". Matthews, Paul. SRF. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "Pricing of Content Services – An Empirical Investigation of Music as a Service". Doerr, Jonathan; Benlian, Alexander; Vetter, Johannes; Hess, Thomas. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ http://www.deezer.com/en/legal/about.php
- ^ http://blog.mog.com/press-other.php
- ^ http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/interview-sony-exec-tom-schaaff-on-music-unlimited-release-windows-more-midem.html
- ^ http://www.rhapsody.com/about/index.html
- ^ "How Pandora Slipped Past the Junkyard". The New York Times. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ http://www.pcinpact.com/news/66862-qobuz-streaming-telechargement-illimite-loseless.htm
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- ^ "Rhapsody About Us". Rhapsody International Inc. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ a b "simfy Expands Further and Launches in Belgium". Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ CES 08: Slacker Portable arrives this month
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- ^ "Spotify and Boxee, together at last". Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Thumbplay About Us". Thumbplay Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ We7 moves beyond UK with Irish launch
- ^ "WiMP FAQ". Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/Live/Zune
- ^ http://www.yalamusic.com
- ^ http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/09/29/zune-expands-to-canada-drops-zune-pass-price-in-us.aspx