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September 21, 2011 12:55 am GMT

musiXmatch, The IMDB For Song Lyrics, Comes To iTunes & Spotify; Passes 1M Mobile Downloads

Screen shot 2011-09-20 at 1.51.26 PMI don't know about you, but I'm awful at remembering the lyrics to songs, and I often find myself turning to Google search to answer my lyrical questions -- and frequently, to lose arguments. Apparently, I'm not alone, as "lyrics" is one of the most searched-for terms on Google. While a quick search is often all one needs to flick on the light switch, overall, lyric search remains a pretty disappointing (and frustrating) experience. There are tons of lyrics sites out there, but most of them are unofficial, don't have rights to broadcasting free lyrics, or they're hiding malware. musiXmatch is a startup trying to solve this very problem by building a database of legal song lyrics on the web in the hopes of becoming the IMDB for legal song lyrics. So far, the site has collected over 5.5 million songs (in 18 languages) and is not only building a database that meets with international rights management standards, but it is also developing an API to distribute its lyrics to music publishers, services, app developers, and hackers. Phew.

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