Gracenote MusicID
Gracenote MusicID is a paid, cross-platform music recognition solution for businesses.
What Gracenote MusicID is
Gracenote MusicID is a paid, cross-platform music recognition solution for businesses. It uses proprietary audio fingerprints as digital identifiers and manages millions of them in a dynamically optimized database supported by a global editorial team. MusicID recognizes streaming audio, matches files to song and album metadata through fingerprinting and text matching, and supplies artwork and metadata for CDs played in cars, laptops, and sound systems. Consumer electronics and automotive manufacturers can use it to identify music heard through home or vehicle speakers. Streaming platforms can identify commercial works in user-generated and third-party uploads for local copyright compliance. Collection societies and publishers can monitor rights-holder usage across broadcast and digital channels, while broadcasters can monitor channels and streams for programming, logging, reporting, and auditing. Gracenote describes global and local metadata coverage across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Pricing is available on request, and businesses are invited to discuss requirements.
Good
- Recognizes music from any source
- Database contains millions of fingerprints
- Provides album artwork and metadata
- Supports streaming, files, and CDs
- Covers global and local metadata
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request
- Designed for business solutions
- Requires contacting Gracenote for fit
Who it suits
It suits consumer electronics, automotive, streaming, rights-management, and broadcasting organizations needing music recognition or metadata. It is intended for business use with cross-platform support.
Verdict
Gracenote MusicID combines fingerprint recognition with metadata, artwork, and rights-monitoring applications. Organizations should contact Gracenote to discuss the appropriate solution and pricing.
The facts
Each one read from Gracenote MusicID's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Album artwork
- The service can provide album cover artwork to enrich listening experiences.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Broadcasters
- Broadcasters can monitor broadcast channels and streaming platforms to support programming, logging, reporting and auditing.checked 9 Oct 2026
- CD recognition
- CD recognition delivers album artwork and song metadata to cars, laptops and sound systems that play CDs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Consumer electronics and automotive
- The page describes enabling consumers to identify songs heard through home entertainment or car speakers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- Gracenote says it provides global and local music metadata solutions across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.checked 9 Oct 2026
- File recognition
- File recognition combines audio fingerprinting and text matching to provide song metadata associated with albums.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Fingerprint database
- MusicID creates and manages millions of audio fingerprints using a dynamically optimized database and a global editorial team.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Music recognition
- Gracenote MusicID uses proprietary audio fingerprinting to recognize music from any source.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Rights holders
- Collection societies and publishers can monitor use of rights holders’ intellectual property across broadcast and digital channels to support tracking, reporting and revenue collection.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Rights tracking
- Collection societies and publishers can use the service to monitor rights holders’ intellectual property across broadcast and digital channels for tracking, reporting and revenue collection.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Sales contact
- The page invites businesses to contact Gracenote to discuss their needs and find a suitable solution.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Stream recognition
- Its stream recognition identifies streaming audio using a recognition system backed by its database and editorial team.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1965checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Streaming platforms
- The page describes identifying commercial works in user-generated and third-party uploads to help platforms comply with local copyright law.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Streaming platform use
- The page describes identifying commercial works in user generated and third party uploads to support compliance with local copyright law.checked 9 Oct 2026
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