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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
AllMusic Music information and reviews. ~20,000,000[1] ~2,200,000[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
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

  1. ^ a b "Coverage Statistics". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  2. ^ "Data and API Coverage Statistics". Decibel. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
  3. ^ "Data Dumps". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  4. ^ a b "Explore Releases On Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  5. ^ "Discogs API v2.0 Documentation". Discogs. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  6. ^ "Discogs API Documentation". Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  7. ^ "The Echo Nest Developer Center". Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  8. ^ a b c "M-A Statistics". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  9. ^ a b http://www.gracenote.com/press/01/23/2011/
  10. ^ http://www.gracenote.com/press/09/09/2010
  11. ^ http://www.grooveshark.com/about
  12. ^ http://grooveshark.com/#!/
  13. ^ "Library statistics". IMSLP. Retrieved 2010-12-17..
  14. ^ "Audio main page". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  15. ^ a b http://cbsimg.com/our-products/last-fm
  16. ^ a b c "LyricWiki Statistics". LyricWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  17. ^ a b c "Database Statistics". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  18. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/13/tech/social-media/myspace-million-new-users/index.html
  19. ^ a b "RYM Statistics". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  20. ^ "The best online music service!". Matthews, Paul. SRF. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  21. ^ "Pricing of Content Services – An Empirical Investigation of Music as a Service". Doerr, Jonathan; Benlian, Alexander; Vetter, Johannes; Hess, Thomas. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  22. ^ http://www.deezer.com/en/legal/about.php
  23. ^ http://blog.mog.com/press-other.php
  24. ^ http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/interview-sony-exec-tom-schaaff-on-music-unlimited-release-windows-more-midem.html
  25. ^ http://www.rhapsody.com/about/index.html
  26. ^ "How Pandora Slipped Past the Junkyard". The New York Times. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  27. ^ http://www.pcinpact.com/news/66862-qobuz-streaming-telechargement-illimite-loseless.htm
  28. ^ "Can Rdio Withstand The Spotify Assault? A Feature-By-Feature Look". TechCrunch. 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
  29. ^ "Rhapsody About Us". Rhapsody International Inc. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  30. ^ a b "simfy Expands Further and Launches in Belgium". Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  31. ^ CES 08: Slacker Portable arrives this month
  32. ^ http://www.spotify.com/uk/blog/archives/2012/10/10/spotify-is-your-samsung-smart-tvs-new-best-friend/
  33. ^ "Spotify and Boxee, together at last". Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  34. ^ "Thumbplay About Us". Thumbplay Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  35. ^ We7 moves beyond UK with Irish launch
  36. ^ "WiMP FAQ". Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  37. ^ http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/Live/Zune
  38. ^ http://www.yalamusic.com
  39. ^ http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2011/09/29/zune-expands-to-canada-drops-zune-pass-price-in-us.aspx
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