emerging · -1.3 capabilitymarket resourcedomain

Music

Score 23.1 / 100 186 providers +10 via APIs 47 APIs Search apis.io →
Workflows using this tag
Generate a Lacuna track and collect the audio · Lacuna
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Content Origination & Production Management 1

Providers using this tag (186)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 17 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 37 Limited public surface area
ShazamAudio RecognitionSong IdentificationCharts1 API38.7MusicBrainzMetadataEncyclopediaOpen Data16 APIs37.9SongstatsAnalyticsStreamingArtists1 API37.3DiscogsMarketplaceCatalogCommunity8 APIs36.6Epidemic SoundSound EffectsRoyalty-Free MusicAudio1 API36.6Music StoryCompanyMetadataServices3 APIs36.4BandcampMarketplaceIndieAudio1 API35.6Warner Music GroupEntertainmentStreamingLicensing1 API35.4GeniusLyricsAnnotationCrowdsourced9 APIs34.4SongtradrMusic LicensingSync LicensingMusic Metadata1 API33.7AudiomackMusic StreamingAudioPodcasts1 API33.3TivoEntertainmentMetadataTelevisionMovies1 API32.97digitalStreamingLicensingCatalogue23 APIs32.1MusixmatchLyricsTranslation1 API31.4SoundstripeSound EffectsStock VideoRoyalty-Free1 API30.5SoundCloudStreamingAudioAuthentication1 API29.4DeezerStreamingAudioAuthentication1 API29.2PandoraStreamingRadioPodcasts1 API28.1SoundchartsAnalyticsMarket IntelligenceMetadata1 API28.1CopThisCompanyMerchandiseE-Commerce1 API28.0PexCompanyDeveloper ToolsContent IdentificationDigital Rights Management3 APIs27.9Apple MusicStreamingAppleMusicKit1 API27.8boombox.ioCompanyDistributionAI Tools27.7RevelatorDistributionRightsRoyalties1 API27.3Native InstrumentsCompanySoftwareHardware1 API26.9AudiusStreamingDecentralizedWeb31 API26.8setlist.fmConcertsSetlistsLive Music2 APIs26.5AudDMusic RecognitionAudioFingerprinting1 API26.4ACRCloudAudioMusic RecognitionAudio FingerprintingBroadcast Monitoring1 API26.3SunoArtificial IntelligenceMusic GenerationAudioGenerative1 API26.3Radio BrowserRadioStreamingOpen Source1 API37.6MiniMaxArtificial IntelligenceLLMInferenceMulti-Modal1 API35.0SoundStatAudio AnalysisAudio FeaturesRecommendations1 API31.6SonosCompanyConsumerAudio1 API31.3DevialetAudioConsumer ElectronicsSmart SpeakersHome Automation1 API28.3MixerBoxCompanyConsumerArtificial IntelligenceChatGPT Plugins12 APIs27.8Rock The BellsCompanyRetailE-CommerceMerchandise2 APIs26.2
Emerging 46 Early or largely undocumented
ReverbMarketplaceInstrumentsE-Commerce1 API25.0AbletonSoftwareHardwareEducation24.7SoundfulCompanyArtificial IntelligenceSoftware-as-a-Service1 API23.6ReccoBeatsRecommendationsAudio FeaturesAudio Analysis1 API22.1SoundtrapCollaborationEducationOnline-DAW21.5SoundHoundVoice AIConversational AIMusic RecognitionAudio Intelligence2 APIs18.9SpinitronRadioPlaylistCommunity1 API17.8UnitedMastersMusic DistributionStreamingRoyalties17.6MetacriticEntertainmentReviewsMetascoreGames1 API17.2LANDRCompanyArtificial IntelligenceAudio1 API16.3ASCAPLicensingRoyaltiesNon-Profit15.8NetEase Cloud MusicCompanyStreamingChinese15.8RapchatCompanyMusic CreationAudio15.7MerlinCompanyLicensingTechnology1 API15.6PRS for MusicCompanyRoyaltiesLicensing15.0ThematicCompanyMusic LicensingContent Creators14.7QQ MusicCompanyStreamingTencent1 API14.5LyricFindCompanyLyricsData Licensing14.1BmatDataAnalyticsRights Management1 API13.9Wave AICompanyArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AI13.9The MLCLicensingRoyaltiesCollective13.6MelodicsCompanyMusic EducationEducation13.2EquipboardCompanyMusical InstrumentsMusic Gear13.1CD BabyMusic DistributionMusic PublishingPublishing Administration13.0GigFinesseCompanyVertical SoftwareLive EntertainmentTalent Booking12.9MerchbarCompanyMerchandiseE-Commerce12.9TREBEL MusicCompanyMusic StreamingMedia12.8Universal Music GroupAI LicensingBig ThreeCatalogEntertainment5 APIs12.8AcoustIDAudioFingerprintingMusicBrainz1 API12.7Baton MediaCompanyMusic CollaborationCreator Economy12.4GrooverCompanyMarketplaceMusic Promotion12.4SongfinchCompanyMarketplaceE-Commerce12.4Yandex MusicStreamingRussianEntertainment11.2DistroKidMusic DistributionDigital MusicStreaming11.0Live NationEntertainmentTicketingLive Events9 APIs25.8TuneInRadioInternet RadioPodcastsStreaming Audio2 APIs24.6Radio CultRadioStreamingAudio1 API22.9Sirius XMAudioStreamingRadio3 APIs22.2SeatedLive EventsConcertsTicketingArtists1 API20.9Radio.coRadioStreamingAudio1 API20.4iHeartRadioRadioPodcastsStreaming3 APIs19.8Audigo LabsCompanyAudioRecording19.6Kakao EntertainmentEntertainmentStreamingWebtoons1 API18.9NeighbortunesSetlistsFan Site1 API18.8SoundExchangeCompanyNon-ProfitRoyalties15.4QsicCompanyRetail MediaIn-Store AudioAdvertising11.6
Minimal 82 Almost no public developer surface
ToneCompanyPaymentsPayoutsRoyalties10.7JaxstaCompanyDataPlatform10.4TuneCoreMusic DistributionMusic PublishingPublishing Administration10.3DuettiCompanyMusic RightsRoyalties10.2DisczCompanyConsumerMusic Discovery10.1BMICompanyRoyaltiesLicensing9.8RoyalCompanyRoyaltiesCryptocurrency9.8Sound.xyzCompanyWeb3Blockchain9.8SplashCompanyArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AI9.7BeatportElectronic MusicDance MusicDJ9.4SpliceMusic ProductionRoyalty-Free SamplesSample Library9.4AnghamiStreamingMiddle EastNorth-Africa9.0CurbCompanyEntertainmentRecord Labels9.0FreshPlanetCompanyMobile GamesGamingEntertainment8.8BelieveArtist DevelopmentSongwritersRecord Labels1 API8.7roliCompanyMusic TechnologyMusical Instruments8.5HAAWKCompanyRights ManagementContent ID8.3MixcloudPublic APIs1 API7.9turntableCompanySocialStreaming7.9AmpMeCompanyAudioStreaming7.1KobaltCompanyMusic PublishingRights Management7.1SoundBetterCompanyMarketplaceAudio7.1IndieFlowCompanyMusic DistributionIndependent Artists6.6SFXCompanyLive EventsEntertainment6.1Mozart AICompanyArtificial IntelligenceGenerative Audio5.7FreesoundPublic APIs1 API5.6SongkickPublic APIs1 API5.6AI MasteringPublic APIs1 API5.2GenrenatorPublic APIs1 API5.2JamendoPublic APIs1 API5.2SunorPublic APIs1 API5.2UdioArtificial IntelligenceMusic GenerationAudioGenerative5.2BacklineCompanyEquipment RentalServices5.0ChangbaKaraokeMobile AppCommunity1 API4.9ArtiphonCompanyMusical InstrumentsMIDI4.8BandLabCompanyConsumerMusic Production4.7AivaCompanyArtificial IntelligenceMusic Generation4.4Audio Up MediaCompanyMediaEntertainmentPodcasts4.3NapsterPublic APIs1 API4.2VagalumePublic APIs1 API4.2MyxtCompanyConsumerStreaming3.9PaceMakerCompanyDJMobile App3.9SmuleCompanyConsumerKaraoke3.9Sofar SoundsCompanyLive EventsConcerts3.8KKBOXPublic APIs1 API3.7VeromePublic APIs1 API3.6DulcettaCompanyProductivityStreaming3.4Encore Music TechnologiesCompanyLive MusicAugmented Reality3.4Kuwo MusicCompanyStreamingMedia3.4MySpaceCompanySocial NetworkEntertainment3.4Pond5CompanyMediaStock MediaVideo3.4RecordgramCompanyMusic CreationAudio3.4WaveCompanyEntertainmentVirtual RealityAugmented Reality3.4TheAudioDBPublic APIs1 API3.3CinqmusicDistributionPublishingArtists3.18TracksCompanyStreamingRadio1 API0.0Bop.fmCompanyMusic StreamingPlaylists0.0CatalogCompanyMusic DistributionDirect-to-Fan0.0FanbridgeCompanyEmail MarketingSMS Marketing0.0Gimme MediaCompanyStreamingMedia0.0mSpotCompanyConsumerStreaming0.0musical.lyCompanyConsumerSocial MediaShort Video0.0Next Big SoundCompanyAnalyticsData0.0Schematic LabsCompanyConsumerSocial0.0The Echo NestCompanyArtificial IntelligenceMusic Intelligence0.0TicketflyCompanyConsumerEventTicketing0.0TracksbyCompanyMarketingSocial Media0.0MarshallCompanyConsumerAudioConsumer Electronics10.3EndelCompanyWellnessAudioSoundscapes10.2Songlink / OdesliPublic APIs1 API10.2ShoobsCompanyEventTicketingEntertainment9.3AudacyAudioRadioPodcastsStreaming8.5iTunes SearchPublic APIs1 API6.5PhishinPublic APIsA2A1 API5.2OpenwhydPublic APIs1 API4.3HungamaCompanyConsumerEntertainmentStreaming4.2KSoft.Si LyricsPublic APIs1 API4.2Lyrics.ovhPublic APIs1 API4.2SongsterrPublic APIs1 API4.288risingCompanyMediaEntertainment3.9GaanaPublic APIs1 API3.6JioSaavnPublic APIs1 API3.6
Unrated 2 Not yet scored

APIs with this tag (47)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Strong 7 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 8 Limited public surface area
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 22 Almost no public developer surface

Companies reaching this through an API (10)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Music” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

2s Apple Autonomous University of Barcelona BudgetPixel Creatify Freepik iOS Lacuna MolTrust Rakuten

Score breakdown

Frequency
64.6
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
4.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
18.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
14.9
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag sits

186 providers carry this tag directly, and 194 counting the 4 narrower tags below — 8 more to reach.

Media broader Artists 11 providers Music Generation 9 providers Music Streaming 8 providers Music Recognition 3 providers

Related tags

Artists 27 co-occurrences Audio 54 co-occurrences Tracks 16 co-occurrences Royalties 16 co-occurrences Entertainment 42 co-occurrences Streaming 47 co-occurrences Playlists 14 co-occurrences Radio 13 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag47
Provider tag187
Openapi tag11
Openapi op tag51

Markets provisional

Kin Score markets whose measured providers carry this tag. Share is the fraction of the market's measured providers that carry it — it describes the market, not this tag.

MarketShare of the market's providers
Music and Rights87%

Cohort brief

Auto-generated

The 169 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Music, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers
169
of 186 in the catalog
Mean Kin Score
19
-3.2 vs catalog 22.2
Mean Agent Readiness
11.5
-0.5 vs catalog 12
Spread
0–60.1
median 14.1 · σ 14.2
How the 169 split by band
Exemplar 0Strong 2Developing 17Thin 37Emerging 46Minimal 67
Facet averages, against the whole catalog
FacetThis cohortCatalogDifferenceScored
Contract Quality 16.2 17.2 -1 169
Discoverability 56.3 57.9 -1.6 169
Developer Ergonomics 20.9 23.2 -2.3 169
Contract Governance 4.1 6.5 -2.4 169
Access Clarity 19.3 23.9 -4.6 169
Operational Transparency 8 13 -5 169

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes
ArtifactThis cohortCatalogDifference
MCP server (any) 11% 13% -2
MCP server (first-party) 10% 12% -2
Agent Skills 0% 0% 0
OAuth scopes 10% 11% -1
Security 98% 98% 0
Arazzo workflows 1% 2% -1
Governance rules 13% 16% -3

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score
  1. 1 LALAL.AI 60.1
  2. 2 Rockbot 57.7
  3. 3 Last.fm 54.2
  4. 4 Plex 54.2
  5. 5 TIDAL 48.8
  6. 6 Spotify 48.4
  7. 7 Brandtrack 46.1
  8. 8 SymphonyOS 46.1
  9. 9 Artlist 45.1
  10. 10 Moises 45.1
Top by Agent Readiness
  1. 1 Plex 59.6
  2. 2 JamBase 58.5
  3. 3 AudD 57
  4. 4 Epidemic Sound 52.6
  5. 5 SymphonyOS 46.5
  6. 6 Rockbot 41.3
  7. 7 Gracenote 41.2
  8. 8 LALAL.AI 38.5
  9. 9 Soundcharts 38.4
  10. 10 Brandtrack 35.9
All 186 members of this roster resolve to a provider in the catalog; 169 carry a score (91%). The figures above describe the scored members only.
Coverage caveat. 151 of 169 scored members had under half their catalog-attributable points satisfied at all (catalog_earned / catalog_max < 0.5). They are INCLUDED in the mean above. A large share here means the cohort mean is partly a measurement of how far our enrichment reached, not only of how these providers publish.Generated from the catalog build of 24 October 2026, across 31984 providers, using the same computation served by the APIs.io cohort API. Briefs are published for rosters of 5 or more scored providers; below that a distribution is not meaningful.

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  • find_tagsBrowse and filter every tag in the catalog.
  • get_cohortThis tag as a scored cohort — every provider carrying it, with scores.
  • cohort_statsPRO — the distribution across this tag: mean, median, band split, adoption rates.
  • cohort_rankingsPRO — the leaderboard, on composite AND agent-readiness axes.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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