MusicBrainz

publication·community music database·active

Open, community-maintained music metadata encyclopedia and research infrastructure.

Recorded facts

Official site	https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About ↗
Geography	United States / global
topics	music metadata; artist and recording identifiers; open data; music information retrieval
cadence	Continuously edited; statistics and schema releases update periodically.
language	English
category fit	Music metadata infrastructure material to MIR, training-data analysis and catalog resolution.
channel type	community_music_database
owner operator	MetaBrainz Foundation, a California nonprofit
current activity	Database statistics were updated July 9, 2026, and the schema is maintained on a quarterly cycle.
intended audience	developers; researchers; music services; metadata editors
relationship notes	Community data infrastructure used in music discovery and MIR workflows.
online offline state	online
public audience size	unknown
business access model	Public open-data core with Creative Commons licensing and commercial support options.
official access route	https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About
editorial independence	Community-maintained database operated by a nonprofit; not editorial media.
latest activity evidence	date: 2026-07-09 · source url: https://musicbrainz.org/statistics · description: Official database statistics updated.
editorial or governance leadership	unknown