1052:
323:, Ernie Smith wrote: "AllMusic may have been one of the most ambitious sites of the early-internet era—and it's one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture. Because, the thing is, it doesn't just track reviews or albums. It tracks styles, genres, and subgenres, along with the tone of the music and the platforms on which the music is sold. It then connects that data together, in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music, whether a massive genre like classical, or a tiny one like
43:
83:
89:
319:, to develop editorial content. In 1993, Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer. A "record geek" who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines, his main qualification was an "encyclopedic knowledge of music". 1,400 subgenres of music were created, a feature that became central to the site's utility. In a 2016 article in
342:, where the staff expanded from 12 to 100 people. By February of that year, 350,000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged. All Music had published biographies of 30,000 artists, 120,000 record reviews and 300 essays written by "a hybrid of historians, critics and passionate collectors".
330:
In 1996, seeking to further develop its web-based businesses, Alliance
Entertainment Corp. bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported $ 3.5 million. He left the company after its sale. Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and its assets were acquired by
253:, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as
1008:
556:
881:
921:
947:
663:
1092:
1087:
290:
All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums & Tapes: The Expert's Guide to the Best
Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music
975:
1097:
1072:
627:
895:
548:
265:. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using
719:
673:
829:
1077:
1018:
802:
17:
111:
261:
as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by
453:
233:. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by
1082:
395:
308:
747:
433:
316:
774:
803:"Digital Underground Who Will Make Sure The Internet's Vast Musical Archive Doesn't Disappear?"
985:
390:), which includes a series of publications about various music genres. It was followed by the
952:
270:
637:
586:
8:
339:
56:
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
1051:
1067:
779:
700:
669:
511:
293:
288:, published in 1992, was a 1,200-page reference book, packaged with a CD-ROM, titled
31:
980:
591:
346:
277:
with a goal to create an open-access database that included every recording "since
250:
230:
141:
349:(known as Macrovision at the time of the sale, and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016).
724:
218:
922:"The Story of AllMusic, the Internet's Largest, Most Influential Music Database"
855:
297:
262:
226:
485:
All Music Guide to the Music of 2003: Your Guide to the
Recordings of the Year
479:
All Music Guide to the Music of 2002: Your Guide to the
Recordings of the Year
1061:
278:
30:
This article is about the online database. For the album by Warne Marsh, see
976:"Rock Stock: A book report on the best tomes to consult before buying tunes"
704:
409:
All Music Guide to
Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music
405:(1st edition: 1992, 2nd ed: 1994, 3rd ed: 1997, 4th ed: 2001, 5th ed: 2008)
254:
632:
353:
301:
882:"Blinkx Acquires Website Owner All Media Network For Undisclosed Amount"
421:
All Music Guide to
Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music
948:"AllMusic.com Folding Into AllRovi.com for One-Stop Entertainment Shop"
332:
427:
All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The
Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop
360:
258:
234:
130:
82:
441:
All Music Guide to Rock: The
Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul
526:
521:
266:
94:
516:
447:
All Music Guide to Soul: The
Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul
415:
All Music Guide to
Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music
371:
324:
1009:"Top 100 Classic Websites – AllMusic – Slideshow from pcmag.com"
668:. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. p. 209.
473:
All Music Guide Required Listening: Old School Rap & Hip-hop
88:
896:"BLINKX ACQUIRES ALL MEDIA NETWORK, LLC – Newsroom – RhythmOne"
549:"BLINKX ACQUIRES ALL MEDIA NETWORK, LLC – Newsroom – RhythmOne"
454:
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues
437: (1st ed: 1994, 2nd ed: 1996, 3rd ed: 1998, 4th ed: 2002)
198:
1013:
498:
367:
222:
1045:
152:
114:
for music albums, artists and songs; reviews and biographies
434:
All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music
720:"The Story of AllMusic, Which Predates the World Wide Web"
502:
included AllMusic in its "Top 100 Classic Websites" list.
359:
In 2015, AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX, later known as
807:
345:
In late 2007, AllMusic was purchased for $ 72 million by
225:
entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on
467:
All Music Guide Required Listening: Contemporary Country
403:
All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music
292:. Its first online version, in 1994, was a text-based
366:
The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of
665:
Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store
398:
is the president and the main editor of the series.
356:' info from the site per a request from the artist.
689:
1059:
913:
657:
655:
461:All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock
338:In 1999, All Music relocated from Big Rapids to
766:
739:
652:
377:
315:framework, and recruited his nephew, writer
711:
1050:
457:(1st ed: 1996, 2nd ed: 1999, 3rd ed: 2003)
443:(1st ed: 1995, 2nd ed: 1997, 3rd ed: 2002)
87:
81:
939:
1093:Mass media companies established in 1991
772:
717:
281:gave the industry its first big boost".
1088:Internet properties established in 1991
661:
621:
619:
617:
615:
613:
611:
609:
580:
578:
576:
574:
14:
1060:
1006:
879:
800:
697:Formats and Editions of All Music Gude
221:. It catalogs more than three million
945:
919:
745:
559:from the original on November 3, 2017
384:All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide
269:to create a music guide. In 1990, in
973:
946:Bruno, Anthony (February 28, 2011).
773:Weisbard, Eric (February 23, 1999).
662:Herbert, Daniel (January 24, 2014).
625:
606:
584:
571:
307:Erlewine hired a database engineer,
36:
920:Smith, Ernie (September 16, 2016).
836:. Inside Arbitrage. October 1, 2012
746:Smith, Ernie (September 20, 2016).
626:Bowe, Brian J. (January 24, 2007).
382:The All Media Network produced the
24:
794:
718:Nosowitz, Dan (January 30, 2015).
25:
1109:
1098:Online music and lyrics databases
1073:1991 establishments in California
1037:
1007:Heater, Brian (August 13, 2007).
830:"Focus Article: Rovi Corporation"
352:In 2012, AllMusic removed all of
41:
1000:
967:
888:
873:
848:
822:
880:Unsted, Sam (April 16, 2015).
541:
27:American online music database
13:
1:
974:Toon, Jason (July 21, 1999).
534:
801:Powers, Ann (June 3, 2015).
585:Wolf, Gary (February 1994).
491:
417:(1st ed: 1997, 2nd ed: 2003)
7:
505:
394:series, and Annual guides.
304:became more user-friendly.
181:; 33 years ago
10:
1114:
378:The All Music Guide series
240:
29:
245:AllMusic was launched as
194:
175:
167:
159:
147:
137:
126:
118:
105:
80:
50:This article needs to be
335:'s Yucaipa Equity Fund.
1078:American music websites
317:Stephen Thomas Erlewine
900:investor.rhythmone.com
775:"Conjunction Junction"
748:"The Big Data Jukebox"
553:Investor.rhythmone.com
386:(at first released as
296:site. It moved to the
628:"Make it or Break it"
219:online music database
209:(previously known as
884:. London South East.
271:Big Rapids, Michigan
190:(as All Music Guide)
834:insidearbitrage.com
640:on January 15, 2013
195:Current status
77:
555:. April 16, 2015.
392:Required Listening
388:The Experts' Guide
75:
1083:Gopher (protocol)
1021:on March 29, 2017
988:on April 30, 2015
780:The Village Voice
512:All Media Network
396:Vladimir Bogdanov
309:Vladimir Bogdanov
217:) is an American
204:
203:
119:Available in
71:
70:
32:All Music (album)
16:(Redirected from
1105:
1054:
1049:
1048:
1046:Official website
1031:
1030:
1028:
1026:
1017:. Archived from
1004:
998:
997:
995:
993:
984:. Archived from
981:Riverfront Times
971:
965:
964:
962:
960:
943:
937:
936:
934:
932:
917:
911:
910:
908:
906:
892:
886:
885:
877:
871:
870:
868:
866:
852:
846:
845:
843:
841:
826:
820:
819:
817:
815:
798:
792:
791:
789:
787:
770:
764:
763:
761:
759:
743:
737:
736:
734:
732:
715:
709:
708:
693:
687:
686:
684:
682:
659:
650:
649:
647:
645:
636:. Archived from
623:
604:
603:
601:
599:
582:
569:
568:
566:
564:
545:
496:In August 2007,
347:TiVo Corporation
311:, to design the
251:Michael Erlewine
189:
187:
182:
155:
142:Michael Erlewine
100:
91:
85:
78:
74:
66:
63:
57:
45:
44:
37:
21:
1113:
1112:
1108:
1107:
1106:
1104:
1103:
1102:
1058:
1057:
1044:
1043:
1040:
1035:
1034:
1024:
1022:
1005:
1001:
991:
989:
972:
968:
958:
956:
944:
940:
930:
928:
918:
914:
904:
902:
894:
893:
889:
878:
874:
864:
862:
854:
853:
849:
839:
837:
828:
827:
823:
813:
811:
799:
795:
785:
783:
771:
767:
757:
755:
744:
740:
730:
728:
716:
712:
695:
694:
690:
680:
678:
676:
660:
653:
643:
641:
624:
607:
597:
595:
583:
572:
562:
560:
547:
546:
542:
537:
508:
494:
380:
313:All Music Guide
286:All Music Guide
275:All Music Guide
247:All-Music Guide
243:
211:All-Music Guide
185:
183:
180:
151:
138:Created by
112:Online database
108:
101:
99:since July 2013
98:
86:
67:
61:
58:
55:
46:
42:
35:
28:
23:
22:
18:All Music Guide
15:
12:
11:
5:
1111:
1101:
1100:
1095:
1090:
1085:
1080:
1075:
1070:
1056:
1055:
1039:
1038:External links
1036:
1033:
1032:
999:
966:
938:
912:
887:
872:
847:
821:
793:
765:
738:
710:
688:
675:978-0520279636
674:
651:
605:
570:
539:
538:
536:
533:
532:
531:
530:
529:
524:
519:
507:
504:
493:
490:
489:
488:
482:
476:
470:
464:
458:
450:
444:
438:
430:
424:
418:
412:
406:
379:
376:
298:World Wide Web
263:Little Richard
242:
239:
202:
201:
196:
192:
191:
177:
173:
172:
169:
165:
164:
161:
157:
156:
149:
145:
144:
139:
135:
134:
128:
124:
123:
120:
116:
115:
109:
106:
103:
102:
92:
69:
68:
49:
47:
40:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1110:
1099:
1096:
1094:
1091:
1089:
1086:
1084:
1081:
1079:
1076:
1074:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1065:
1063:
1053:
1047:
1042:
1041:
1025:September 24,
1020:
1016:
1015:
1010:
1003:
987:
983:
982:
977:
970:
955:
954:
949:
942:
927:
923:
916:
901:
897:
891:
883:
876:
865:September 17,
861:
857:
851:
840:September 28,
835:
831:
825:
810:
809:
804:
797:
782:
781:
776:
769:
753:
749:
742:
727:
726:
721:
714:
706:
702:
699:. World Cat.
698:
692:
677:
671:
667:
666:
658:
656:
639:
635:
634:
629:
622:
620:
618:
616:
614:
612:
610:
594:
593:
588:
581:
579:
577:
575:
558:
554:
550:
544:
540:
528:
525:
523:
520:
518:
515:
514:
513:
510:
509:
503:
501:
500:
486:
483:
480:
477:
474:
471:
468:
465:
462:
459:
456:
455:
451:
448:
445:
442:
439:
436:
435:
431:
428:
425:
422:
419:
416:
413:
410:
407:
404:
401:
400:
399:
397:
393:
389:
385:
375:
373:
369:
364:
362:
357:
355:
350:
348:
343:
341:
336:
334:
328:
326:
322:
318:
314:
310:
305:
303:
299:
295:
291:
287:
282:
280:
279:Enrico Caruso
276:
273:, he founded
272:
268:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
238:
236:
232:
228:
224:
220:
216:
212:
208:
200:
197:
193:
178:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
146:
143:
140:
136:
132:
129:
125:
121:
117:
113:
110:
104:
96:
90:
84:
79:
73:
65:
53:
48:
39:
38:
33:
19:
1023:. Retrieved
1019:the original
1012:
1002:
990:. Retrieved
986:the original
979:
969:
957:. Retrieved
951:
941:
929:. Retrieved
925:
915:
903:. Retrieved
899:
890:
875:
863:. Retrieved
859:
850:
838:. Retrieved
833:
824:
812:. Retrieved
806:
796:
784:. Retrieved
778:
768:
756:. Retrieved
751:
741:
729:. Retrieved
723:
713:
696:
691:
679:. Retrieved
664:
644:February 27,
642:. Retrieved
638:the original
631:
598:February 27,
596:. Retrieved
590:
561:. Retrieved
552:
543:
497:
495:
484:
478:
472:
466:
460:
452:
446:
440:
432:
426:
420:
414:
408:
402:
391:
387:
383:
381:
365:
358:
351:
344:
337:
329:
320:
312:
306:
302:web browsers
289:
285:
283:
274:
246:
244:
214:
210:
206:
205:
168:Registration
153:allmusic.com
133:(since 2015)
107:Type of site
72:
59:
51:
905:January 15,
633:Metro Times
587:"All Music"
499:PC Magazine
354:Bryan Adams
93:AllMusic's
1062:Categories
752:tedium.com
563:August 22,
535:References
333:Ron Burkle
284:The first
160:Commercial
1014:PCmag.com
953:Billboard
492:Reception
361:RhythmOne
340:Ann Arbor
257:replaced
235:RhythmOne
227:musicians
131:RhythmOne
97:and logo
62:July 2024
1068:AllMusic
992:March 8,
959:June 15,
931:July 20,
860:AllMusic
814:July 20,
786:July 22,
758:July 26,
754:. Tedium
731:June 22,
705:31186749
681:July 20,
557:Archived
527:SideReel
522:AllMovie
506:See also
267:metadata
207:AllMusic
176:Launched
171:Optional
95:logotype
76:AllMusic
517:AllGame
372:MongoDB
325:sadcore
241:History
184: (
122:English
52:updated
703:
672:
487:(2004)
481:(2003)
475:(2008)
469:(2008)
463:(2007)
449:(2003)
429:(2003)
423:(2001)
411:(2004)
321:Tedium
294:Gopher
199:Online
856:"FAQ"
592:Wired
368:MySQL
231:bands
223:album
127:Owner
1027:2013
994:2015
961:2013
933:2017
926:Vice
907:2019
867:2019
842:2017
816:2017
788:2017
760:2017
733:2017
725:Vice
701:OCLC
683:2017
670:ISBN
646:2014
600:2014
565:2019
370:and
229:and
213:and
186:1991
179:1991
808:NPR
327:."
300:as
259:LPs
255:CDs
249:by
215:AMG
163:Yes
148:URL
1064::
1011:.
978:.
950:.
924:.
898:.
858:.
832:.
805:.
777:.
750:.
722:.
654:^
630:.
608:^
589:.
573:^
551:.
374:.
363:.
237:.
1029:.
996:.
963:.
935:.
909:.
869:.
844:.
818:.
790:.
762:.
735:.
707:.
685:.
648:.
602:.
567:.
188:)
64:)
60:(
54:.
34:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
