Allmusic

Allmusic (previously All Music Guide, shown allmusic ) is a company operated by All Media Guide in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from database containing commercial music releases. Many musicians here will find biographies, discographies, and a listing of the participants ( credits). There are also links to other similar musicians and music- historical considerations to individual genres. The contents are only available in English. Core business is the licensing of the information to companies such as Microsoft, AOL, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. The metadata are used by some programs, including some versions of Windows Media Player automatically retrieved from the internet.

History

The original database was launched in 1991 and is, according to his own statement, " consumers as a guide through the increasingly complex world of music " are used ( "to help consumers navigate the increasingly complex world of recorded music "). A year later, followed by the publication of the first reference books. Was added in 1993 to also capture movies and computer games. These are available in the related projects Allmovie and Allgame. The service was initially available via Gopher, the website has existed since 1995.

Today Allmusic employs over 900 music critics ( many of whom are freelance basis ) as well as a large number of employee database nurses. Also, users can submit proposals for changes and extensions, which are reviewed editorially.