These are lists of online music databases:
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Online music stores
An online music store is an online business which 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 owning the source file. However, music stores generally offer partial streaming previews, some even with full-length.
Full-length music streaming services
Music streaming services offer listening without the listener actually owning the source file. 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.
| Database | # of songs. |
|---|---|
| Deezer | 4.5 million |
| Grooveshark | 22 million |
| JukeFly | |
| Last.fm | 7 million [1] |
| Napster | |
| Spotify | 5.4 million (in France) [2] |
| we7 (UK) | 3.5 million |
| groone.com |
Other online music databases
| Database | Services | Nr. of songs | Locked to? |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Music Guide | 6 million | ||
| CDDB | Uses Gracenote for information. | circa 80 million | |
| Choral Public Domain Library | |||
| Discogs | User-input database of physical/digital releases, artists, and labels. Marketplace. | circa 15 million | |
| Encyclopaedia Metallum | |||
| freedb | |||
| iLike | |||
| ismirian.com | Downloadable music catalogues based on freedb and jamendo | circa 25 million | |
| Jamendo | |||
| Last.fm | Internet radio and music community website. | ||
| LyricWiki | Global | ||
| Metacritic | |||
| MoodLogic | |||
| MP3.com | |||
| MusicBrainz | 8 million | Global | |
| Musipedia | |||
| Mutopia project | |||
| Norwegian Bandindex | |||
| Pandora | Music recommendation and Internet radio service. | USA | |
| Pitchfork Media | |||
| Rate Your Music | |||
| MusicMight | |||
| Rolldabeats | Drum N Bass music database, physical releases only. | ||
| SeeqPod | Recommendation engine. | 13 million | Global |
| groone.com | Search engine. | 1 million | Global |
| Soundpedia | |||
| VFunk | |||
| Werner Icking Music Archive | |||
| Wikifonia | |||
| Zzzfm | stream radio that plays music from all releases of Netlabels | Global |
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Search returning the whole Spotify catalogue Tracks counted on 2009-11-22
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