Musixmatch

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Musixmatch
Musixmatch horizontal logo on white.svg
FoundedJanuary 21, 2010; 12 years ago (2010-01-21)[1]
Headquarters
Bologna, Italy
San Francisco, U.S.
London, England
Founder(s)Massimo Ciociola, Gianluca Delli Carri, Francesco Delfino, Giuseppe Costantino
CEOMassimo Ciociola
IndustryMusic
Employees100+[1]
URLmusixmatch.com
LaunchedJanuary 21, 2010; 12 years ago (2010-01-21)[1]
Current statusActive
Native client(s) onWindows, Linux, Macintosh, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Google Chrome, Spotify

Musixmatch is an Italian music data company and platform for users to search and share song lyrics with translations. It is the largest platform of this kind in the world[2] having 80 million users (50 million active users),[3] 8 million lyrics and 100+ employees.[1][4]

Overview[]

Musixmatch's mobile app displays lyrics synchronised with the music being played.[5] Its native apps can scan all the songs in a user's music library, find lyrics, and be used as a music player. On Android, it also supports music streaming services like Spotify, Google Play Music, Deezer, Rhapsody, and YouTube.[6] The company also has global agreements with Apple Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Facebook, Google Search and Spotify.[7]

Features[]

Musixmatch has a public database where lyrics are displayed. Users can sign up and contribute lyrics, translations, and synchronization of lyrics to the audio of a song, for points that correspond to a user level. The points have no redeemable value, but are a marker of the users' contributions and impact made within the site.

Notable users are given the role of a Lyrics Curator, where they take on the role of an editor. They are able to do specific tasks that Musixmatch requires assistance with, and are able to receive a reward for contributing. Exceptional curators are eligible to become a Specialist, where they receive higher rewards and have permissions similar to an administrator. Curators and Specialists are given extra rewards for quality-assurance work on users. In order to keep quality high, Musixmatch's employees or Specialists might lock lyrics to prevent edits when necessary, similar to Wikipedia.

History[]

Musixmatch was founded in Bologna in 2010 by Massimo Ciociola.[8]

Musixmatch went live in July 2010, and as of January 2015 had raised $14.1 million in angel and venture capital funding.[2] Musixmatch has signed agreements with publishers such as EMI Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music,[9] Universal Music Publishing, Sony ATV, Kobalt, Peer Music and Disney Music.[10]

The company provided Spotify's lyrics user interface on Spotify Desktop[11] until this service was discontinued in May 2016.[12] In November 2019, Musixmatch and Spotify reinstated their partnership, allowing Spotify's users to see lyrics (time-synced, or not) in certain regions.[13] As of November 2021, this feature is available worldwide.[14]

In June 2019, Musixmatch launched a partnership with Instagram, allowing all users to add Lyrics Stickers to any Instagram Music Story.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d About musixmatch, musixmatch
  2. ^ a b "Musixmatch Wants to Be the 'IMDb of Music Lyrics,' Launches Lyric Video Messaging App". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  3. ^ "Press". about.musixmatch.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  4. ^ O'Hear, Steve. "Song Lyrics App Musixmatch Hacks Its Way To 50M Downloads/30M MAUs, Adds Spotify Support". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  5. ^ "Featured: Top 10 Karaoke Apps For Android - 12/3/15 | Androidheadlines.com". AndroidHeadlines.com |. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  6. ^ "Get floating lyrics on Android". CNET. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  7. ^ "Musixmatch Business Solutions". about.musixmatch.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. ^ O'Hear, Steve. "Lyrics Database musiXmatch Raises Further $3.7M, Says Android Has Led The Way To 10M Downloads". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  9. ^ Musixmatch (2016-10-20). "What is Musixmatch?". Musixmatch Blog. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  10. ^ "Musixmatch for Publishers". about.musixmatch.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  11. ^ Wright, Mic (2015-02-26). "Spotify Desktop Update Adds Full Lyrics from MusixMatch". The Next Web. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  12. ^ "Lyrics Are Gone From Spotify (For Now)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  13. ^ "Spotify confirms it's testing real-time lyrics synced to music". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  14. ^ "You Can Now Find The Lyrics To Your Favorite Songs On Spotify. Here's How". Spotify Newsroom. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Instagram one-ups TikTok with karaoke lyrics". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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