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Musixmatch launches Pro for Labels to help record companies manage and distribute lyrics at scale. September 2, 2026 Musixmatch has launched a new product built specifically for record labels. Musixmatch Pro for Labels is a hub designed to help record companies manage, enrich, and "distribute lyrics at scale to support music discovery and deeper fan engagement." Launched today (September 2), the platform is aimed at labels ranging from independents managing a small roster to organizations managing thousands of artists and releases. The launch comes as record labels compete for audience attention on DSPs, with MIDiA Research finding that 77% of record label respondents believe it is becoming harder to retain audience and fan interest, according to Musixmatch. Musixmatch says listeners who engage deeply with lyrics and music creation are nearly four times more likely to buy merchandise, and twice as likely to attend live shows. "You don't build lasting fan relationships simply by asking people to listen more - you build them by giving people more intimacy and emotion to connect with," said Rio Caraeff, Co-President at Musixmatch. "Lyrics turn a passing listen into something personal, and that connection can stay with you for the rest of your life. "That's why we built Musixmatch Pro for Labels, to help labels unlock more value from their repertoire and by giving fans more emotive ways to connect with the music and artists they love." "You don't build lasting fan relationships simply by asking people to listen more - you build them by giving people more intimacy and emotion to connect with." Rio Caraeff, Musixmatch For label teams, managing lyrics across thousands of tracks can involve significant manual work, according to the company. Compiling, synchronizing, translating, and distributing lyrics across multiple artists and releases adds to that load, and gaps across a catalog can be difficult to identify. Musixmatch says Pro for Labels brings "AI transcription and time-syncing, expert curation, global distribution and catalogue intelligence" together in one place. The hub's catalog audit identifies gaps and where action is needed across a label's repertoire, according to Musixmatch. Teams can create and synchronize lyrics - including ahead of a song's release - manage translations, and distribute lyrics across Musixmatch Pro's network of supported DSPs and social platforms. Those processes can be automated using Musixmatch's AI transcription and time-syncing technology, or managed by its team of professional curators. Labels can also create lyric-driven promotional assets for digital and social channels through Musixmatch Pro for Labels. An analytics dashboard lets labels centralize streaming information and compare artist performance by channel and geography, Musixmatch says. In addition, through catalog analytics and Music Lens - the agentic AI Musixmatch launched in November - teams can ask questions, surface insights, and identify opportunities across their music. More than 400 labels were onboarded during Musixmatch Pro for Labels' beta phase. The launch follows demand from more than 1,000 record labels already using Musixmatch Pro to manage their artist rosters. The company has developed music data and technology for the music industry for more than 16 years, and is based in Bologna. Musixmatch says its verified music database is trusted by more than 250,000 rights owners and music publishers, and nearly three million songwriters, across more than 250 languages. Musixmatch then launched Sentinel in March 2026, a service that detects when copyrighted lyrics are used in AI and user-generated content. For Suno, Musixmatch says that Sentinel will provide "greater visibility into copyrighted material within user prompts," informing the AI company's own moderation, compliance, and product decisions.Music Business Worldwide

Suno removes ACRCloud from latest industry update; Audible Magic and Musixmatch still listed as partners. Suno removes ACRCloud from latest industry update; Audible Magic and Musixmatch still listed as partners ashley king august 6, 2026. Suno sent out an update and then quickly issued a new press release that excluded a previously announced partner. The company says nothing has changed about the partnership. Earlier today (August 6), AI music company Suno sent out an industry update titled "How We're Building the Future of Music Responsibly," which Digital Music News covered here. Among its outlined plans and transparency-related guidelines, Suno emphasized its partnerships with song identification services Audible Magic and Musixmatch. But an earlier version of Suno's press release included a partnership that was omitted from the final draft. Initially, the statement mentioned partnerships with Audible Magic, Musixmatch, and ACRCloud, but the latter was strangely absent from the updated version sent to Digital Music News a few minutes later. When asked for clarification, Suno insisted that the partnership hadn't changed, even though the announcement had. "ACRCloud is very much still a partner; absolutely nothing has changed," a Suno spokesperson told DMN. They added that ACRCloud was dealing with an "internal restriction" that prevented them from being mentioned as a partner, but that it was not specific to Suno. It's also interesting that Suno has partnerships with three different detection systems, even if only two are publicly disclosed. But it's a crucial time for Suno to prove it's doing everything it can to toe the line in terms of copyright, as it battles multiple high-stakes copyright suits. Meanwhile, Suno is adding lots of new features such as "audio watermarking" and a "new downloads policy designed to limit the ability to mass distribute songs on streaming platforms." The company is shoring up to accommodate "a healthy music ecosystem" in the hopes of securing more licensing agreements beyond Warner Music Group. Suno is expected to unveil additional changes in "the coming weeks," while also rolling out new audio watermarking and fingerprinting tech. This, Suno says, will enable the company to "partner more closely with distribution platforms on combating fraud and misuse."

Musixmatch launches real-time music copyright detection service. Mar 27, 2026, 08:00 ET BOLOGNA, Italy, March 27, 2026 /CNW/ - Musixmatch, a global music data, technology and services company, today announced the launch of Sentinel, a real-time music copyright detection service designed for user-generated content (UGC) platforms. As generative AI and UGC platforms scale, copyright risk has become a core operational and legal challenge. Content that is uploaded, created or embedded within digital services can contain protected lyrics or other copyrighted content, exposing platforms to copyright infringement liability, compliance risk and reputational damage. There's a need for accurate copyright detection for live, high-volume environments where content is uploaded, created or shared continuously. Sentinel is a music fingerprinting service designed to address this shift by identifying in real-time, and with extreme precision, when copyrighted material has been used. The technology can detect even partial use of copyrighted lyrics in milliseconds, enabling businesses to make informed policy and product decisions. Sentinel is the latest addition to Musixmatch Pro, a suite of professional services and tools designed to help artists, songwriters, labels, publishers and enterprise customers manage, distribute, and monetise music content and lyrics. Rio Caraeff, Co-President Musixmatch, said: "AI and user-creation platforms are generating media at a scale the internet has never seen. The rapid acceleration of AI-powered content creation, when coupled with user-generated uploads to tech platforms, makes copyright detection and risk mitigation more critical than ever. We built Sentinel for modern content and technology platforms, helping them to detect and manage risk early, allowing our customers to build their best product possible and focus on scaling responsibly." Sentinel launches with comprehensive lyric fingerprinting, the most immediate area of risk, using the world's largest verified music and lyrics database, trusted by more than 200,000 music publishers across 250+ languages. The system integrates via API into existing platforms without requiring fundamental changes to core technology. Beyond identifying copyrighted material, the Sentinel technology is designed to distinguish between original, licensed, copyrighted, and public-domain content, enabling platforms to confidently open up new forms of creation while continuing to build in support of rights holders. While Sentinel today focuses on providing real-time lyric copyright detection for platforms, Musixmatch plans next to broadly extend Sentinel's capabilities beyond lyrics to support a wider gamut of copyright identification and rights management. SOURCE MusixMatch