List of online music databases
These are lists of online music databases:
Online music stores
An online music store is an online business that sells audio files, usually music, on a per-song and/or subscription basis. It may be differentiated from some online music databases that offer music streaming in that music stores offer the actual music file, while streaming services offer partial or full listening without actually providing a file for downloading. However, music stores generally offer partial streaming previews, some even with full-length playback.[original research?]
Full-length music streaming services
Music streaming services offer listening without the listener actually owning the source file.[1] Music streaming is limited to devices connected to the Internet, but is, on the other hand, cheaper than buying a music file, mostly even free of charge.[original research?]
| Database | # of songs. |
|---|---|
| Grooveshark | * million[citation needed] |
| Napster | 12 million+ [2] |
| Zune Marketplace (US only) | 10 Million [3] |
| Spotify (Selected European countries only) | 10 million [4] |
| MOG | 9 million+ [5] |
| Rhapsody | 9 million [6] |
| Thumbplay | 8 million [7] |
| Deezer | 7 million [8] |
| Last.fm | 7 million [9] |
| we7 (UK & Ireland Only) | 6.8 million [10] |
| WiMP (Norway and Denmark Only) | 6 million |
| Rdio | 5 million [11] |
| Slacker Radio (US only) | 2.4 million [12] |
| Pandora (US only) | 700,000 [13] |
| Simfy (Germany & Switzerland Only) | 8 million [14] |
Other online music databases
| Database | Services | No. of tracks | No. of releases | No. of artists | Locked to? | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allmusic | ~17 million[15] | ~2 million[15] | ||||
| BestEverAlbums.com | Database and community | 110,000 [16] | 8,600 [16] | 4,200 [16] | Worldwide | |
| CDDB | See Gracenote | |||||
| Choral Public Domain Library | ||||||
| Discogs | User-generated database of physical/digital releases, artists, and labels. Marketplace. | 14.6 million [17] | 2 million[18] | 1.6 million[18] | Worldwide | |
| Encyclopaedia Metallum | A heavy metal encyclopedia with information, complete discography, links, images, and reviews. | ~1.2 million [19] | ~74,000 [19] | ~170,000 [19] | ||
| freedb | Identification service for CDs | GPL | ||||
| Gracenote | Identification service for CDs and other media (CDDB was purchased and commercialized) | ~80 million [citation needed] | ||||
| Freesound | ||||||
| International Music Score Library Project | Music scores and parts, mostly scanned from publications now in the public domain; some recordings | 1,538 (82,840 scores) | 4,655 composers, 55 performers [20] | Worldwide | PD/CC-BY-NC-SA | |
| iLike | ||||||
| IMusDB | Artist overviews, discographies and biographies adapted from Wikipedia and specific song information (for example length, tempo and the suggested meaning of the song) written by the IMusDB staff. In addition, album reviews, a message board and lessons for various instruments. | Worldwide | ||||
| Jamendo | ||||||
| JammerDirect.com | Online music community with a user submitted original content internet stream. | 10,000 | Worldwide | |||
| Jango | ||||||
| Last.fm | Internet radio and music community website. | 7 million[9] | ||||
| LyricWiki | Worldwide | |||||
| MAQAM | Largest Database of Arabic and Middle Eastern music artists, songs, and albums. | 20,000 | 1,200 | Worldwide | ||
| Metacritic | ||||||
| MoodLogic | ||||||
| Moozone | Online music storage and community service | 8 million[citation needed] | 730,000 | 590,000 | Worldwide | |
| MP3.com | ||||||
| MusicBrainz | Open content music database. | 10 million[21] | 860,000[21] | 580,000[21] | Worldwide | GPL/LGPL/PD/CC-BY-NC-SA |
| MusicMight | Biographies and discographies | |||||
| Musipedia | ||||||
| Mutopia project | ||||||
| MySpace Music | ||||||
| listenmusic.fm | album, artist, song search, save playlists, embeds and catalogs music from others sites | ~growing, meta database | ||||
| Pandora | Music recommendation and Internet radio service. | USA | ||||
| Rainwave | Online music community featuring Video Game music. Users can request and rate music. Music is selected by election: During every song, users vote from a selection of three songs to choose the next song to play. | ~11,000 | ~1,500 | ~1,800 | Worldwide | |
| Rate Your Music | Catalog, rate, tag, and review your music. | ~1.9 million [22] | 580,000 [22] | Worldwide | ||
| Rolldabeats | Drum N Bass music database, physical releases only. | |||||
| SeeqPod | Recommendation engine. | 13 million | Worldwide | |||
| ShareTheMusic | Service for free and legally music sharing. | Worldwide | ||||
| Soundpedia | ||||||
| VFunk | ||||||
| Werner Icking Music Archive | ||||||
| Wikifonia | ||||||
| WhoSampled | User-generated database of comparison between original songs and covers or songs that uses samples. | 48,000 | N/A | 18,000 | Worldwide |
See also
References
- ^ "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.napster.com". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ http://zune.net/en-us/press/2009/0915-zunelaunch.htm
- ^ "Spotify Stats". Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ http://blog.mog.com/
- ^ "Rhapsody About Us". Rhapsody International Inc. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ "Thumbplay About Us". Thumbplay Inc. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Deezer Stats". Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ^ a b "Last.fm Radio Announcement". Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ We7 moves beyond UK with Irish launch |- | Grooveshark || 22 million[citation needed]
- ^ "Apple and Google set to follow Rdio with new online music services". The Times. 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ CES 08: Slacker Portable arrives this month
- ^ "How Pandora Slipped Past the Junkyard". The New York Times. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ^ "Simfy Coporate". Simfy. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ^ a b "Coverage Statistics". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ a b c "BestEverAlbums.com Statistics". BestEverAlbums.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Data Dumps". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ^ a b "Advertise on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ a b c "M-A Statistics". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ "Library statistics". IMSLP. Retrieved 2010-12-17..
- ^ a b c "Database Statistics". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ a b "RYM Statistics". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 2010-07-15.