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.
Performance rights organisations (PRO) typically have their own databases as per country they represent, in accordance with
CISAC, to help domestic artists collect royalties. Information available on these portals include songwriting credits, publishing percentage splits, and alternate titles for different distribution channels. It is one of the most accurate and official type of databases because it involves direct communication between the artists, record labels, distributors, legal teams, publishers and a global governing body regulating PRO's. Many countries that observe copyright have an organisation established, currently there are 119
CISAC members, and they may be not-for-profit. The databases are typically known as 'repertory searches' or 'searching works' and may require an account while others are open to view for free as public including the USA's
ASCAP ''Songview'' and ''Ace'' services, Canada's
SOCAN, South Korea's
KOMCA, France's
SACEM, and Israel's
ACUM.
General databases
Music genre specific
Specialized areas
Printed music (sheets) databases
Metadata providers and distributors
Non-functioning databases
See also
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Automatic content recognition
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Comparison of digital music stores
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List of music sharing websites
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Comparison of music streaming services
The following is a list of on-demand music streaming services. These services offer streaming of full-length content via the Internet as a part of their service, without the listener necessarily having to purchase a file for download. This type o ...
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Comparison of online music lockers
This is a comparison of online music storage services (Cloud Music Services), Internet services that allow uploads of personally owned or licensed music to the cloud for listening on multiple devices.
Previously, there were three large servicesâ ...
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List of music software
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List of Internet radio stations
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List of online digital musical document libraries
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Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content i ...
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Virtual Library of Musicology
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