Introducing Data Enrichment: Music metadata matching, cleansing and management

Introducing Data Enrichment: Music metadata matching, cleansing and management

Welcome to Luminate Music Data Enrichment. Our mission is to enable complete, accurate identification of performers and their works across the global music ecosystem. 

   

Total metadata accuracy requires every artist and every song to have at least one industry-standard identifier. To that end, we maintain the world’s largest database of musical IDs and use advanced data science to map the links between them. Our dataset is the only one with 100% identifier coverage for sound recordings, musical works and contributors of all kinds (i.e. performers, songwriters, producers and non-performing artists). 


In addition to our game-changing dataset, we offer metadata matching, cleansing and management services to artists, labels and publishers. 






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Our products 

We provide ID matching, data enhancement, registration and database access as standalone or combined services depending on client needs. Follow the links below for details on each product.


WorksMatch

Claim musical works, resolve discrepancies and maximize publishing revenue with WorksMatch. We enrich and update repertoires for labels and publishers by linking ISRCs to ISWCs, ISNIs and other key identifiers


Read more: WorksMatch: Claim musical works and recordings



ArtistMatch

Disambiguate and enrich artist metadata using ISNI, the International Standard Name Identifier. We can match and (if needed) register ISNIs for all artists in your repertoire. 


Read more: ArtistMatch: Enrich artist and repertoire data



Recording Enrichment

Submit ISRCs for recordings in your content library. We’ll fill in any blanks by verifying your data and attaching additional identifiers.


Read more: Data Library: Supported musical ID types



ID Registration

Get critical identifiers assigned to artists and musical works individually or in bulk. We support ISNI and ISRC registration as well as BOWI (Best Open Work Identifier), an ISWC alternative.


Go to: Quansic | ID Registration



Data Explorer 

Browse an interactive database to see all the different IDs associated with artists, sound recordings and compositions.


Go to: Data Explorer: Search hundreds of millions of musical IDs



API access

Query our database of artist and musical work identifiers or use the API for bulk matching, ID assignment and repertoire enrichment. 


Go to: Quansic | API






Our methodology

Metadata accuracy can only be achieved with 100% identifier coverage and up-to-date matching techniques. There are hundreds of millions of musical entities, many with the same names and titles. Identifying them correctly takes more than fuzzy matching or string logic. 


Instead, we use multi-source, multi-point matching to disambiguate musical entities. Our patented graph topology and data architecture allows us to link artists to their works with a 99.9% confidence level. We don't guess; we pinpoint. 







About us

Luminate Data Enrichment maintains the world’s largest artist identification database and offers sophisticated metadata matching, cleansing and other data enhancement services. Our dataset includes more than 2.5 million artist identifiers and over 200 million total asset identifiers. 


Our story begins when Quansic, a France-based software company specializing in data management for the music industry, was acquired by Luminate as part of its continued efforts to unify data across entertainment. The Data Enrichment team operates independently and is still led by Quansic founder and chief scientist FX Nuttall, who built the company after 20+ years of successfully designing solutions to harmonize and enhance music metadata.


Read more: Data Enrichment FAQs: Our team, history and products






Contact and support 


Get started with Data Enrichment

WorksMatch, ArtistMatch, bulk ID registration and API access are all available as consultative services from Luminate. Request a consultation or demo via Luminate Music. Introduce yourself and let us know which service(s) you’d like to discuss. An account representative will get in touch with next steps. 



Ask Client Support

Need help with a specific product? Having technical issues? Email support@luminatedata.com. Describe your issue in as much detail as possible. A technical team member or Client Support specialist will respond shortly.







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