Data Library: Supported musical ID types

Data Library: Supported musical ID types

Our database contains hundreds of millions of unique, verified identifiers mapped to musical works, recordings and artists. Read more about key identifiers here. 


See below for lists of IDs we can match to each type of musical asset. 





Back to Matching Methodology 

WorksMatch


We receive an ISWC and/or a work title and author/composer. We return:

Composition key data 

  1. ISWC
  2. Work title
  3. Author/composer name
  4. IPI
  5. ISNI

Linked recording data 

  1. ISRC
  2. Recording title
  3. Recording subtitle
  4. Performer name
  5. ISNI
  6. ATD



ArtistMatch


We receive an artist name, ISNI and key metadata. We return:

Artist metadata 
  1. Full name and alternate names
  2. Birth date
  3. Death date
Standard IDs
  1. IPI
  2. IPN
  3. ISNI
  4. Merged ISNI (if needed)
Provider IDs
  1. Amazon artist ID
  2. Apple artist ID
  3. Deezer artist ID
  4. Spotify artist ID
Database IDs
  1. Luminate ID
  2. Discogs
  3. Gracenote
  4. TMS
  5. Wikidata
  6. MusicBrainz



Recording Enrichment


We receive a recording ISRC. We return:

Recording key data 
  1. Recording title
  2. Recording subtitle
  3. Release date
  4. Duration
  5. audioUrl
  6. pLine
  7. ATD
Artist data 
  1. Performer name
  2. ISNI
Provider and database IDs
  1. Apple track ID
  2. Spotify track ID
  3. MusicBrainz track ID



More to know

Data Enrichment FAQs: Our team, history and products

WorksMatch: Claim musical works and recordings

Data Explorer: Search millions of musical IDs





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