Apple iTunes and Genius

When music fans rip their favorite CDs to iTunes, unlock music collections in iCloud, and get Genius recommendations – Gracenote helps power each experience.

Matching Your Music

With Gracenote music recognition technology, iTunes users can rip CDs into their library without having to type in all of the track names, or artist and album information. Gracenote does this for them automatically, instantly recognizing the CD and delivering the correct music metadata and Album Cover Art from the Gracenote Database.

When iTunes Match users want to migrate their collections to iCloud, Gracenote Scan and Match helps identify and unlock the albums and tracks. With the ability to dive deep into the “audio fingerprint” of a song, Gracenote can detect the differences between radio edits and special remixes. The result: music recognition that just works, and lets users enjoy their songs across iOS devices.

It’s Pure Genius

Ever wondered how iTunes Genius works? Gracenote provides descriptive data that allows Genius to analyze a song's characteristics, looking at Genres, Artist Types, Origin and Era. Genius then finds songs with the same vibe and assembles playlists.