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.

Database	Services	No. of tracks	No. of releases	No. of artists	Notes	License	Full free access
ACRCloud	Audio fingerprinting / music recognition service	40,000,000					Fingerprinting with metadata
AllMusic	Music information and reviews.	~20,000,000[1]	~2,200,000[1]				Song samples only.
Archiwum Polskiego Rocka	Polish Rock Archives.	~20,000	~6,300	~630			Yes
ccMixter	Community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons	32,334[2]
Choral Public Domain Library	Sheet music archive of choral and vocal music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing						Yes
Clowdy	Independent Music sharing site	~20,000			20,000 users		Yes
Quantone	Database of physical/digital products, venues, photos, artists, participants, composers, movements, labels, publishers and rights.	12,000,000[3]		301,000	For commercial business-to-business usage only.		API available.
Deezer	Web-based music streaming service	35,000,000[4]			~26 million users		No
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[5]	7,000,000[6]	4,500,000[6]	• Multi-lingual. • Free membership (which also removes all site ads). • Marketplace lists over 26 million items (largest physical music items marketplace online). • 1 billion edits.	PD/CC0[7]	Free API and XML data dumps.[8]
The Echo Nest	A music metadata API.	35,000,000		2,500,000			Free access to selected catalogues ("sandboxes").[9]
Encyclopaedia Metallum	A heavy metal encyclopedia with information, complete discography, links, images, and reviews.	~1,900,000[10]	~265,000[10]	~102,000 bands, ~535,000 artists[10]
freedb	Identification service for CDs.					GPL.
Free Music Archive	Curated repository of music (MP3) under Creative Commons and other licenses. Founded by radio station WFMU.	65,000+	12,000+			Creative Commons / Download-Only/Art Libre/Public Domain
The Freesound Project	repository of Creative Commons-licensed audio samples.					CC Sampling Plus.
Gracenote	Identification service for CDs and other media.	~100,000,000[11]	~8,000,000[11]		1 billion "submissions".[12]
Guvera	Music streaming service	10,000,000+[13]			10 million+ users		Yes
International Music Score Library Project	Music scores and parts, mostly scanned from publications now in the public domain; some recordings.	42,000 (370,000 scores)		14,500 composers, 387 performers.[14]		PD/CC-BY-NC-SA.
Internet Archive	Huge live music archive and host for hundreds of free music netlabels.		~200,000[15]			CC/PD.	Yes
Jamendo	free full-length music download.					CC/Free Art License.
Jango	Advertising-supported internet radio and social networking.						Yes.
Last.fm	Music community website.	12,000,000[16]			Automatically creates online library/collection of listened to music and generates recommendations.
Libre.fm
LyricWiki	Lyrics wiki on Wikia.	~1,280,000[17]	~100,000[17]	~68,000[17]			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
MetroLyrics	Lyrics lookup.
Moozone	Online music storage and community service.	8,000,000	730,000	590,000
MP3.com	information about digital music and artists (formerly freely licensed music download).						Does not play its own music.
MuseScore	Online sheet music sharing.				Also includes free music notation software to enable a wide range of instrumental music scores to be created, printed and shared		No--free accounts are permitted five uploads; beyond that, payment is required
MusicBrainz	Open content music database.	~20,355,812[18]	~1,623,048[18]	~1,084,106[18]		GPL/LGPL/PD/CC-BY-NC-SA.
MusicMight	Biographies and discographies.
Musixmatch	The world's largest lyrics platform.						Yes.
Mutopia Project	repository of free content sheet music.
MyMusic.com.ng	Music Download Service	10,000[19]
MySpace Music	Licensed music streaming and artist uploaded streaming.	42,000,000[20]				Free with advertising.
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
Rate Your Music	Catalog, rate, tag, and review your music. Create lists.		~3,100,000[21]	~1,035,000[21]
Rolldabeats	Drum N Bass music database, physical releases only.
Saavn	High-Quality Web and Mobile Music Streams, acronym for South Asian Audio Visual Network	+2 million					Yes
ShareTheMusic	Service for free and legally music sharing.
Spotify	Subscription Music Streaming	38,000,000[22]	4,200,000[22]	2,300,000[22]	+60,000,000 users.[23] Subscription Based	Free With Audio Ads
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives Service Center[24]
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
Database	Services	No. of tracks	No. of releases	No. of artists	Notes	License	Full free access

See also

• Music streaming
• Comparison of on-demand streaming music services
• List of Online Digital Musical Document Libraries
• Virtual Library of Musicology

References

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2. ccMixter - Free Music Downloader
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11. Gracenote |
12. Gracenote |
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20. Myspace gains 1 million users, touts more music than Spotify - CNN.com
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