Instantly identify any song playing around you. Our powerful music recognition technology makes it easy for everyone to discover and explore music.
Identify songs in seconds with our advanced music recognition technology. Works with any audio source - from live music to videos.
Get comprehensive song details including lyrics, artist information, album art, and more. Everything you need to know about your favorite music.
Simple and intuitive interface designed for everyone. No technical knowledge required - just upload or paste a link to start recognizing music.
Music producers can schedule their newly created music beats and track if someone uses their track—helping protect your work and avoid losing money. ShazamAPI empowers you to monitor your music's usage across the web.
Upload an audio file or paste a link to a video containing music
Our AI analyzes the audio to identify the song
Receive detailed information about the recognized song
"ShazamAPI helped me catch unauthorized use of my beats. It's a must-have for any serious producer!"
"I use ShazamAPI every day to identify tracks at my gigs. Fast, accurate, and super easy!"
"As a label manager, ShazamAPI gives me peace of mind knowing our catalog is protected."
Shazam-API.com is an advanced music recognition platform built specifically for producers, DJs, and musicians. It allows users to upload or analyze audio snippets to detect whether their music is being used elsewhere online without permission. By leveraging powerful music identification algorithms, it provides metadata, match results, and potential copyright infringement insights.
If you suspect your track has been used without authorization, Shazam-API.com can scan massive databases and streaming platforms to find matches. It returns detailed results, including the platform where your music was found, timecodes, and even potential user-uploaded content containing your work.
Shazam-API.com supports a wide range of audio formats including MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, and OGG. This makes it easy for producers to upload high-quality stems or full mixes for identification.
Our system is powered by advanced fingerprinting technology that can identify songs even from noisy, short, or remixed clips. Accuracy rates are above 95% for standard-length clips and high-quality recordings.
Yes. With our proactive monitoring tools, producers can continuously scan for new uploads that might sample, remix, or repurpose their original compositions.
No, Shazam-API.com is an independent service not affiliated with Apple or the Shazam mobile app. We offer a more specialized service geared toward producers and copyright tracking.
Yes. Our system is designed to identify not only exact matches but also derivatives like remixes, slowed+reverb versions, or pitched variations—ideal for tracking unauthorized use of your creative work.
Unlike general consumer-oriented apps, Shazam-API.com is tailored for music professionals. It offers deeper analytics, custom search capabilities, and copyright alerts, which most consumer apps don't provide.
Yes. We provide robust developer APIs that can be integrated with third-party platforms, websites, or apps to enable music recognition and rights-checking functionality.
We scan a wide array of sources including YouTube, SoundCloud, TikTok, Instagram, and more. Our database is continually updated to reflect new uploads and streaming content.
We offer a free trial so producers can test our system. For continued and professional usage, we offer several affordable subscription plans.
Most results are returned within seconds to a few minutes depending on the file length and the depth of the search requested.
Yes. Our system can match audio from live performances, provided the quality is sufficient and your original track exists in our indexed fingerprint database.
We recommend weekly scans for active producers, especially after releasing new music. You can also enable auto-scanning features for real-time alerts.
Yes. Our API and automation tools let you schedule scans, set up notifications, and integrate with your digital rights management (DRM) systems.
Once a match is found, we provide links and evidence you can use to issue takedown notices, file DMCA complaints, or initiate copyright claims on platforms like YouTube or Spotify.
Yes. Our website is mobile-optimized, and we're currently developing mobile app support for both iOS and Android for on-the-go scanning.
For full functionality, including saving searches and receiving alerts, you will need to create a free or paid account.
Yes, even if the music is playing in the background of a vlog, game stream, or TikTok clip, we can often detect it and return match results.
Absolutely. We track global music usage across multiple territories and international platforms.
Shazam-API.com is ideal for independent producers, composers, beatmakers, sync artists, and even label owners. Whether you're distributing through DistroKid, BeatStars, or a major label, our tool helps safeguard your intellectual property globally.
Yes. Our music fingerprinting technology can identify unauthorized use even when it's chopped, reversed, or time-stretched. This is invaluable for hip-hop producers and electronic musicians frequently sampled without credit.
Once a match is found, we generate a detailed report including timestamps, URLs, and match confidence scores. You can use this as supporting evidence for DMCA takedown requests or legal consultations.
Absolutely. By uploading and registering an unreleased track, you create a digital fingerprint that can later be used to track leaks or early unauthorized uploads across the internet.
Manual searches are time-consuming and unreliable. Shazam-API.com automates the process, scans millions of uploads, and finds precise matches even when the original metadata (title, artist) is missing or changed.
While we do not offer a public music discovery database like traditional Shazam, our private search database is optimized for rights tracking and detection purposes.
Yes. Many producers find their beats reused or repackaged in YouTube "type beat" channels. Our engine can identify these matches even if your producer tag is removed or altered.
If your track appears in our results but you didn't license it or give permission, there's a high probability of unauthorized use. Our system provides URLs and time stamps to confirm and take action.
Yes. Our bulk upload and batch scanning features allow you to register and monitor dozens or even hundreds of tracks at once for continuous rights protection.
We create a unique acoustic "fingerprint" of your audio file using frequency and amplitude patterns. This allows us to recognize your track even in noisy, compressed, or low-quality environments.
Yes. Legal professionals and rights managers use our service to document evidence of usage, helping streamline copyright disputes and client protections.
Our platform can verify if a track is already in circulation or used online, which is crucial for licensing deals, sync placements, and avoiding double-licensing.
Content ID (used by YouTube) only works if your music is registered in their system. Shazam-API.com scans broadly across platforms, even where content ID isn't present or isn't accessible to independent artists.
Yes. If your music is played in a podcast, Twitch stream, or YouTube Live, our system can often detect and flag it post-broadcast, helping you assert your rights.
Simply create an account, upload a track, and initiate a scan. You'll receive a detailed report with any matching media across our supported platforms.
Yes. Our system includes real-time alerting and email notifications when your tracks are detected on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and SoundCloud.
We continuously update our data sources, often hourly, to ensure the most recent uploads and viral tracks are scanned for potential matches.
Yes. We offer enterprise solutions including white-label APIs and branding options for platforms needing in-house music recognition tools.
Our system can identify music playing in the background of gameplay footage or cutscenes, as long as the music is audible enough for fingerprinting.
While we can't always identify the individual user, we provide platform names, URLs, and timestamps so you can follow up with the hosting service or uploader.
Yes. Agencies can verify catalog uniqueness and detect prior use, which is essential for ensuring exclusivity and legal safety in sync placements.
We encrypt all uploads and store fingerprints, not full audio files, ensuring that your music remains private and protected.
Yes. Even if your music is on Bandcamp, Audius, or niche regional platforms, our scanning service can detect it through indexed third-party uploads.
We can detect audible tags and even help you determine if your watermark was removed or altered in unauthorized versions of your track.
You can file a DMCA complaint, contact the uploader directly, or take legal action. We provide the data and evidence you need to build your case.
Depending on your plan, you can scan from 10 tracks to thousands per month. Contact us for custom high-volume or enterprise solutions.
Yes. Our deep search and fingerprinting can assist in legal disputes or investigations involving music plagiarism or copyright infringement.
We provide insights into geographic and platform-based usage to help you understand where your music is gaining traction or being exploited.
Yes. By registering your pre-release music, we can alert you to early leaks or uploads that occur before your official drop date.
In today's digital age, protecting your music is as important as creating it. Shazam-API.com empowers producers to track, protect, and monetize their work by staying informed about where and how it's being used.
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