LyricWiki

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LyricWiki
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URL http://www.lyricwiki.org/
Commercial? No
Type of site Internet lyrics database
Registration Optional
Available language(s) Multilingual (9 active Main Page translations)
Owner Motive Force LLC
Created by Sean Colombo
Launched April 2006
Revenue from AdSense
Current status Active

LyricWiki is a lyrical database-oriented website run by a MediaWiki wiki server. It is the 7th largest wiki with over 670,000 pages, according to Wikimedia.[1]

The site allows programmatic access to the contents of its database through a webservice.[2] This API has been leveraged to create plugins for many media players including Winamp, Amarok, Windows Media Player, musikCube, foobar2000, and more.[3]

LyricWiki has also released a Facebook application called "LyricWiki Challenge" which is a social, competitive game based on identifying lyrics from popular songs in several genres.[4]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ List of largest wikis (html). Meta-wiki. Wikimedia (2008-05-02).
  2. ^ http://www.programmableweb.com/api/lyricwiki
  3. ^ http://www.lyricwiki.org/LyricWiki:Plugins
  4. ^ http://apps.facebook.com/lyricwiki_challenge/
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