Tag: lyrics

Remember when lyrics site Genius was working with Spotify on a feature called ‘Behind The Lyrics‘ that showed extra information and artist quotes about the lyrics to tracks as they played? Spotify has since built...

Last June, Genius accused Google of scraping its song lyrics without permission, and later in the year launched a $50m lawsuit against the tech giant and its partner LyricFind. It hasn't gone well for Genius: a federal...

Lots of music companies see India and Africa as important areas for growth in the coming years, and that applies to companies focusing on lyrics too. LyricFind announced its expansion plans yesterday, with two new remote...

Musixmatch provides licensed lyric features to the likes of Google, Apple Music, Amazon and Instagram, having deals in place with over 10,000 publishers globally. It also has direct relationships with over 1m artists who...

Last November, Spotify confirmed that it was testing a new real-time (i.e. synchronised with the music) lyrics feature for its service, working with lyrics firm Musixmatch. The test was obviously successful: the feature...

Genius, the lyrics analysis site, is bringing its content to linear TV for the first time through a deal with music media company Fuse. The ‘Genius x Fuse’ show will debut on 18 March on Fuse, which is available through...

Lyrics-focused firm Genius has been producing its ‘Verified’ video show since 2016, with more than 800 episodes of artists discussing their tracks in front of the camera. Now Genius has found a powerful new distribution...

The dispute between music-lyrics site Genius and Google may yet end up in court: the former is suing the latter plus its partner LyricFind for $50m. This all relates to Genius’ accusation in June that Google was serving...

Spotify’s latest niche is music from Japanese anime TV shows and films. The streaming service recently launched a dedicated hub for this music in a range of countries. “Since the hub launched on October 8, fans in the...

Lyrics-licensing company LyricFind announced its LyricMerch product back in November 2017: a site where people could order physical merchandise emblazoned with lyrics from its catalogue – with publishers (and thus songwriters)...

SyncPower is the Japanese company whose business includes providing ‘synced lyrics’ content, as well as (through its status as the agent in Japan for ACRCloud) music-recognition technology. The first part of that business...

SyncPower is the Japanese company whose business includes providing 'synced lyrics' content, as well as (through its status as status as the agent in Japan for ACRCloud) music-recognition technology. The first part of...