Musixmatch
{{Short description|Music data company}}
{{For|the multimedia-ripping software|MusicMatch}}
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| CEO = Massimo Ciociola
| founder = Massimo Ciociola, Gianluca Delli Carri, Francesco Delfino, Giuseppe Costantino
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| industry = Music
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| native_clients = Windows, Linux, Macintosh, Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Google Chrome, Spotify, WatchOS, Wear OS, Android TV, Tidal, Instagram, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google Search, Shazam, Facebook, Website, JioSaavn, Last.fm, Vevo, Microsoft Bing
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| location_city = Bologna, Italy
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Musixmatch is an Italian music data company and platform for users to search and share song lyrics with translations. Musixmatch has 80 million users (50M active users),{{Cite web|url=https://about.musixmatch.com/press|title=Press|website=about.musixmatch.com|access-date=2020-03-26}} 12 million songs with their respective lyrics, and 115+ employees.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/17/waxing-lyrical/|title=Song Lyrics App Musixmatch Hacks Its Way To 50M Downloads/30M MAUs, Adds Spotify Support|last=O'Hear|first=Steve|website=TechCrunch|date=17 December 2015 |access-date=2016-10-20}}
In 2022, Musixmatch launched Musixmatch Podcasts,{{Cite news |last=Metha |first=Ivan |title=Musixmatch launches a podcast platform for transcription driven by AI and community |work=Techcrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/20/musixmatch-launches-a-podcast-platform-for-transcription-driven-by-ai-and-community/}}{{Cite web |title=Going beyond lyrics: introducing Musixmatch Podcasts |url=https://blog.musixmatch.com/going-beyond-lyrics-introducing-musixmatch-podcasts-fa9f45cf856c |website=Musixmatch's Blog|date=20 October 2022 }} a platform for transcription that uses artificial intelligence and community.
Overview
Musixmatch's mobile app displays lyrics synchronized with the music being played.{{Cite news|url=http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/12/featured-top-10-karaoke-apps-for-android.html|title=Featured: Top 10 Karaoke Apps For Android - 12/3/15 {{!}} Androidheadlines.com|date=2015-12-03|newspaper=AndroidHeadlines.com {{!}}|access-date=2016-10-20|language=en-US}} Its native apps can scan all the songs in a user's music library, find lyrics, and be used as a music player.
=Features=
In October 2022, Musixmatch launched Podcast, a platform that generates transcription every day for podcast episodes across different topics and charts, using its NLP base model architecture, Umberto,{{Cite web |last1=Parisi |first1=Loreto |last2=Francia |first2=Simone |last3=Magnani |first3=Paolo |title=Musixmatch's Umberto NLP |url=https://github.com/musixmatchresearch/umberto |website=Github}} to tag keywords such as places, people and topics that are linked to topics on Wikipedia.
History
Musixmatch was originally conceived in early 2007 by Massimo Ciociola, who later founded the company in 2010 in Bologna with Francesco Delfino, Giuseppe Costantino and Gianluca Delli Carri.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/31/musixmatch/|title=Lyrics Database musiXmatch Raises Further $3.7M, Says Android Has Led The Way To 10M Downloads|last=O'Hear|first=Steve|website=TechCrunch|date=31 January 2013 |access-date=2016-10-20}}
Musixmatch went live in July 2010, and by January 2015 had raised US$14.1 million in angel and venture capital funding.{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6406313/musixmatch-imdb-music-lyrics-video|title=Musixmatch Wants to Be the 'IMDb of Music Lyrics,' Launches Lyric Video Messaging App|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2016-10-20}} Musixmatch has signed agreements with publishers such as EMI Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music,{{Cite news|url=https://blog.musixmatch.com/what-is-musixmatch-71c38e2a7b5d#.fr69hjhii|title=What is Musixmatch?|last=Musixmatch|date=2016-10-20|newspaper=Musixmatch Blog|access-date=2016-10-20}} Universal Music Publishing, Sony ATV, Kobalt, Peer Music and Disney Music.{{Cite web|url=https://about.musixmatch.com/publishers/musixmatch-for-publishers|title=Musixmatch for Publishers|website=about.musixmatch.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}
The company provided Spotify's lyrics user interface on Spotify Desktop{{Cite news|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/02/26/spotify-for-desktop-update-brings-musixmatch-integration-for-full-song-lyrics/|title=Spotify Desktop Update Adds Full Lyrics from MusixMatch|last=Wright|first=Mic|date=2015-02-26|work=The Next Web|access-date=2017-03-19|language=en-US}} until this service was discontinued in May 2016,{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7392812/lyrics-spotify-musixmatch-gone-for-now|title=Lyrics Are Gone From Spotify (For Now)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-03-19}} and again after November 2019 in certain regions.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/14/spotify-confirms-its-testing-real-time-lyrics-synced-to-music/|title=Spotify confirms it's testing real-time lyrics synced to music|website=TechCrunch|date=14 November 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-15}} As of November 2021, this feature is available worldwide.{{cite web |title=You Can Now Find The Lyrics To Your Favorite Songs On Spotify. Here's How |url=https://newsroom.spotify.com/2021-11-18/you-can-now-find-the-lyrics-to-your-favorite-songs-in-spotify-heres-how/ |website=Spotify Newsroom |access-date=18 November 2021}}
In June 2019, Musixmatch launched a partnership with Instagram, allowing all users to add Lyrics Stickers to any Instagram Music Story.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/06/instagram-lyrics/|title=Instagram one-ups TikTok with karaoke lyrics|website=TechCrunch|date=6 June 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13}}
In September 2019, Marco Paglia, a Senior Product Director at Uber with past experience at Google, YouTube, Nokia, joined Musixmatch as Chief Product Officer.{{Cite web |last=Ciociola |first=Max |date=2019-09-16 |title=Welcome Marco Paglia, new Musixmatch's Chief Product Officer |url=https://blog.musixmatch.com/welcome-marco-paglia-new-musixmatchs-chief-product-officer-53dc5ff5b7b0 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Medium |language=en}}
In July 2022, Musixmatch announced a strategic significant investment from TPG.{{cite web |last=Ashley |first=King |date=29 July 2022 |title=Lyrics Platform Musixmatch Announces Investment from TPG |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/07/28/musixmatch-announces-investment-fromt-tpg/}} As part of the deal, David Trujillo and Jacqui Hawwa joined the Musixmatch's board of directors.{{Cite web |date=Jul 27, 2022 |title=Musixmatch Announces Significant Strategic Investment from TPG |url=https://press.tpg.com/news-releases/news-release-details/musixmatch-announces-significant-strategic-investment-tpg}} At that time, Gianluca delli Carri left the company to pursue his personal goals.
In February 2022 Giuseppe Costantino left the company to pursue his personal goals although remaining an investor.
On November 30, 2023, Musixmatch announced the appointment of Rio Caraeff, the former Founder and CEO of Vevo, as its Chief Business Officer {{Cite news |last=STASSEN |first=MURRAY |date=2023-11-30 |title=RIO CARAEFF APPOINTED CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER AT MUSIXMATCH |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/rio-caraeff-appointed-chief-business-officer-at-musixmatch/ |access-date= |work=Music Business Worldwide}}
On November 4, 2024, Musixmatch announced the appointment of Marco Paglia and Rio Caraeff as Co-Presidents, marking a significant leadership milestone for the company {{Cite web |last=Stassen |first=Murray |date=2024-11-04 |title=Marco Paglia and Rio Caraeff appointed Co-Presidents of Musixmatch |url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/marco-paglia-and-rio-caraeff-appointed-co-presidents-of-musixmatch/ |website=Music Business Worldwide}}
On March 5, 2025, Canadian rival comppetitor LyricFind filed an antitrust lawsuit against Musixmatch and its private equity owner TPG Growth through the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. In the document, LyricFind accused Musixmatch of eight federal antitrust violations and five state law claims after the latter service signed an exclusive partnership with Warner Chappell Music.https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/lyricfind-sues-musixmatch-for-alleged-antitrust-violations