Musica

The world's
memory of music

Musica is building the most comprehensive archive of global music history. Search, discover, and preserve songs, albums, and artists from every era and corner of the world.

2.4M+Recordings catalogued
180+Countries represented
120+Years of music history
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Musebase
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Musebase.

Permanent IDs, open API, file tagger. The ISBN of music — every artist gets one address, forever.

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Foundation
Open standard for music identity.
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Free to search. Free to cite. Forever.
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Smartbase
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Smartbase Match.

ML-powered search, fusion style sets, vocal range matching, and influence graphs — the connective tissue of the archive.

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Signals
Timbre, tempo, register, influence.
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Every artist, one hop away from another.
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MUSEARCHIVE
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MUSEARCHIVE Foundation.

A permanent, public-interest archive of recorded music. Neutral, non-commercial, core access free — for scholars, artists, and listeners.

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Independent foundation, published charter.
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Core access remains free, in perpetuity.
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Musica ecosystem

Access tools and collections built for researchers, educators, and music lovers worldwide.

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Global Archive

Search across millions of recordings with advanced filters.

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Community Contributions

Help preserve music history by contributing recordings and metadata.

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Research API

Access structured music metadata for academic research and journalism.

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Help us reach 5M artists — all genres, all nations, all eras from the last 1000 years — in the next 5 years. Contribute to updating data to make it truly global and comprehensive.

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Musica
The world's memory of music

One address.
Every artist.
Forever.

Musica is the quiet infrastructure — an open ID, a smarter search, a public archive. Bring your catalogue. Bring your questions. Help write the record.

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Musica
1920 — 2026

Journey through
music history

Explore curated collections organized by decade, from early recordings to contemporary scenes.

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Join the movement

Help preserve the world's musical heritage

Join thousands of contributors digitizing rare recordings, adding metadata, and documenting local music scenes.

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To the world's largest database of curated insights

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The world's memory of music

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MB-0000481 · Fela Kuti · NG · 1938–1997 • MB-0002210 · Miriam Makeba · ZA · 1932–2008 • MB-0009943 · Billie Holiday · US · 1915–1959 • MB-0014502 · Ravi Shankar · IN · 1920–2012 • MB-0021177 · Celia Cruz · CU · 1925–2003 • MB-0033809 · Fatoumata Diawara · ML · b.1982 • MB-0041256 · Tom Jobim · BR · 1927–1994 • MB-0057612 · Angelique Kidjo · BJ · b.1960 • MB-0068901 · Nina Simone · US · 1933–2003 • MB-0074310 · King Sunny Adé · NG · b.1946 • MB-0000481 · Fela Kuti · NG · 1938–1997 • MB-0002210 · Miriam Makeba · ZA · 1932–2008 • MB-0009943 · Billie Holiday · US · 1915–1959 • MB-0014502 · Ravi Shankar · IN · 1920–2012 • MB-0021177 · Celia Cruz · CU · 1925–2003 • MB-0033809 · Fatoumata Diawara · ML · b.1982 • MB-0041256 · Tom Jobim · BR · 1927–1994 • MB-0057612 · Angelique Kidjo · BJ · b.1960 • MB-0068901 · Nina Simone · US · 1933–2003 • MB-0074310 · King Sunny Adé · NG · b.1946
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