Lyrics

Gracenote introduced a world’s first with its fully authorized and licensed Lyrics Service. It has generated million of dollars of new revenue for songwriters and music publishers and offers a variety of new sources of revenue for digital uses of lyrics. Deals are in place with thousands of music publishers, including the "Big 4" and dozens of prominent independents.

How’s that Song Go?

Lyrics are consistently in the top ten searched for items on major sites like Google and Yahoo. Consumers want to know the exact words to songs and Gracenote provides them. With hundreds of thousands of lyrics mapping millions of tracks, the Gracenote Lyrics service is powering solutions from Google, Yahoo, AOL, MTV and Metro Lyrics and generating billions of page views. Gracenote employs live editors to capture and review each song lyric to provide the maximum accuracy and consistency for all lyrics content.

No One Else Does This

Gracenote has developed the first standards for cataloging and displaying lyrics in digital products, managing issues like chorus repeats and background vocals.