Musixmatch
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| Available in | English, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, German, Portuguese[1] |
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| Founded | early 2010[2] |
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| President | Massimo Ciociola[2] |
| CEO | Massimo Ciociola[2] |
| Industry | Music |
| Employees | 32[2] |
| URL | musixmatch.com |
| Users | over 60 million[2] |
| Launched | January 2010[2] |
| Current status | Active |
Musixmatch is the world's largest lyrics catalogue with more than 17.4 million lyrics in 63 languages. It is accessible via the web and mobile apps for the iOS, Android and Windows Phone operating systems on various devices (phones, tablets and wearables).
The company has currently more than 60 millions users in the world.
Musixmatch displays synchronised lyrics to view in time with the music being played. On its native apps, it bears the ability to scan all the songs in a user's music library and find lyrics for them all, as well as to be used as a native music player. On the Android platform, it also supports many major music streaming services like Spotify, Google Play Music, Deezer, Rhapsody and Rdio and many others and can display lyrics floating above the application.
Their API-enabled feed allows website owners and mobile application developers to legally display and monetize the lyrics in their database.
History
Musixmatch was founded in Bologna, Italy, on January 21, 2010, by Massimo Ciociola and a group of co-founders. The service went live in July 2010 and, as of January 2015, musixmatch has raised $12.1 million in Angel and Venture Capital funding.
Musixmatch has signed agreements with publishers such as: EMI Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony ATV, PeerMusic, BMG, HFA and cooperate with NMPA.
Spotify's integration
The partnership between Musixmatch and Spotify began in 2011, when they launched in the App store. [1][failed verification] In January 2015 Spotify proposed to integrate Musixmatch into their Desktop app with a “LYRICS” button. [2] On May 27, 2016 Musixmatch's terminated the relationship with Spotify and announced it through a Medium Post. [3]
