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Musixmatch is an Italian Music database company and platform for users to search and share song lyrics with translations. Musixmatch has 80 million users (50 million active users), 12 million songs with their respective lyrics, and 115+ employees.
In 2022, Musixmatch launched Musixmatch Podcasts, a platform for transcription that uses artificial intelligence and community.
Musixmatch went live in July 2010, and by January 2015 had raised US$14.1 million in Angel financing and venture capital funding. Musixmatch has signed agreements with publishers such as EMI Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Universal Music Publishing, Sony ATV, Kobalt, Peermusic and Disney Music.
The company provided Spotify's lyrics user interface on Spotify Desktop until this service was discontinued in May 2016, and again after November 2019 in certain regions. As of November 2021, this feature is available worldwide.
In June 2019, Musixmatch launched a partnership with Instagram, allowing all users to add Lyrics Stickers to any Instagram Music Story.
In September 2019, Marco Paglia, a Senior Product Director at Uber with past experience at Google, YouTube, Nokia, joined Musixmatch as Chief Product Officer.
In July 2022, Musixmatch announced a strategic significant investment from TPG. As part of the deal, David Trujillo and Jacqui Hawwa joined the Musixmatch's board of directors. At that time, Gianluca delli Carri left the company to pursue his personal goals.
In February 2022 Giuseppe Costantino left the company to pursue his personal goals although remaining an investor.
On November 30, 2023, Musixmatch announced the appointment of Rio Caraeff, the former Founder and CEO of Vevo, as its Chief Business Officer
On November 4, 2024, Musixmatch announced the appointment of Marco Paglia and Rio Caraeff as Co-Presidents, marking a significant leadership milestone for the company
On March 5, 2025, Canadian rival comppetitor
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