Musixmatch

Musixmatch is an Italian music data company and platform for users to search and share song lyrics with translations. Musixmatch has 80 million users, 8 million songs with their respective lyrics, and 115+ employees.

Musixmatch publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Album API, Artist API, Lyrics API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Lyrics, Music, and Translations.

Musixmatch’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

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32.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

Lyrics Music Translations

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 32.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Musixmatch Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: musixmatch
name: Musixmatch
description: Musixmatch is an Italian music data company and platform for users to search and share song lyrics with translations.
  Musixmatch has 80 million users, 8 million songs with their respective lyrics, and 115+ employees.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/musixmatch.png
url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/
created: '2024-06-07'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Lyrics
- Music
- Translations
apis:
- aid: musixmatch:musixmatch-album-api
  name: Musixmatch Album API
  description: The Album API from Musixmatch — 2 operation(s) for album.
  humanURL: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/
  tags:
  - Album
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/musixmatch-album-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/musixmatch-graphql.md
- aid: musixmatch:musixmatch-artist-api
  name: Musixmatch Artist API
  description: The Artist API from Musixmatch — 4 operation(s) for artist.
  humanURL: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/
  tags:
  - Artists
  tags_raw:
  - Artist
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/musixmatch-artist-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/musixmatch-graphql.md
- aid: musixmatch:musixmatch-lyrics-api
  name: Musixmatch Lyrics API
  description: The Lyrics API from Musixmatch — 2 operation(s) for lyrics.
  humanURL: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/
  tags:
  - Lyrics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/musixmatch-lyrics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/musixmatch-graphql.md
- aid: musixmatch:musixmatch-snippets-api
  name: Musixmatch Snippets API
  description: The Snippets API from Musixmatch — 1 operation(s) for snippets.
  humanURL: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/
  tags:
  - Snippets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/musixmatch-snippets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/musixmatch-graphql.md
- aid: musixmatch:musixmatch-subtitle-api
  name: Musixmatch Subtitle API
  description: The Subtitle API from Musixmatch — 2 operation(s) for subtitle.
  humanURL: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/
  tags:
  - Subtitle
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/musixmatch-subtitle-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/musixmatch-graphql.md
- aid: musixmatch:musixmatch-track-api
  name: Musixmatch Track API
  description: The Track API from Musixmatch — 5 operation(s) for track.
  humanURL: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  baseURL: https://api.musixmatch.com/ws/1.1/
  tags:
  - Track
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/musixmatch-track-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/documentation
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/musixmatch-graphql.md
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/musixmatch-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/musixmatch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/musixmatch-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/musixmatch
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/musixmatch
- url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/
  type: Portal
- url: https://developer.musixmatch.com/login
  type: Login
- url: https://blog.musixmatch.com/
  type: Blog
- url: https://about.musixmatch.com/privacy-policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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