Musixmatch was founded in Bologna in 2010 by Massimo Ciociola. In order to keep quality high, Musixmatch's Internal Team might lock lyrics to prevent vandalism and unruly moderators, similar to Wikipedia. Ĭurators that repeatedly provide perfect/high-quality contributions as well help flourish the Musixmatch community, will be offered to be a part of Musixmatch's internal team of Specialists, similar to an administrator. Musixmatch maintains quality guidelines as a standard to avoid such situations. Lyrics Curators, as well as the broader community who abuse Musixmatch for personal gain by providing low-quality contributions, are banned from contributing further. Lyrics Curators are eligible to assist Musixmatch with certain tasks in exchange for a small monetary reward. Users that excel at contributing content to Musixmatch's database can apply to become a Lyrics Curator, similar to the role of a Content Moderator, for which they are vetted and tested for before becoming one. Musixmatch's points have no redeemable value, but are instead a marker of a particular user's contributions. To contribute to the database, users can sign up and contribute lyrics, synchronisations, translations, and structuring in order to get points and recognition. Musixmatch has a free, public database where lyrics are not displayed.

The company also has global agreements with Apple Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Facebook, Google Search and Spotify. On Android, it also supports music streaming services like Spotify, Google Play Music, Deezer, Rhapsody, and YouTube. Its native apps can scan all the songs in a user's music library, find lyrics, and be used as a music player. Musixmatch's mobile app displays lyrics synchronised with the music being played.

Musixmatch lyrics app