Google will show lyrics in results as well as Play Music app
LyricFind will add lyrics from over 4,000 publishers
Google started showing lyrics in search results in the US
Google will soon start showing song lyrics in search results thanks
to a multi-year licensing deal with one of the world's largest lyric
licensing services. The Toronto-based LyricFind announced on Monday that
it signed a deal with Google under which it will offer lyrics from over
4,000 publishers in Google's search results and within Google Play
Music app.
Announcing the partnership, LyricFind CEO Darryl
Ballantyne said, "We're happy to expand the depth and quality of lyrics
available on Google's services. We're working together to make lyrics
available to a larger audience in a faster and more efficient way."
The
partnership will provide new source of revenues for music publishers
and songwriters, points out Billboard. Under the partnership, Google
started showing lyrics in search results in the US from Monday and will
soon rollout the feature to more markets.
"LyricFind has been the
main driver behind creating a legal and global lyric infrastructure for
all platforms, and its partnership with Google further strengthens this
mission. LyricFind collects new royalties for songwriters and rights
holders, and benefits music fans who engage more easily than ever with
lyrics that inspire them," said LyricFind team in a blog post.
This partnership
means that now users won't be required to open third party apps or
websites for reading the lyrics of a song and can do the same in search
results only.
Ballantyne told Billboard, "It should be a significant revenue stream. I can't get
into the rates, but we expect it to be millions of dollars generated for
publishers and songwriters as a result of this. It's all based on
usage. Royalties are paid based on the number of times a lyric is
viewed. The more it's viewed, the more publishers get paid."
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