# API for lyrics / tracks

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-for-lyrics-tracks/135>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** webservice, lyrics, musicbrainz\
**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-for-lyrics-tracks/135 "2016-03-03T09:08:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![avmusic](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@avmusic](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/avmusic)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-for-lyrics-tracks/135/1 "2016-03-03T09:08:57Z")

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Hi guys,

I want to add to my Android app API for lyrics.  
Can I use this one:

> **[MusicBrainz API - MusicBrainz Wiki](https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Development/XML_Web_Service/Version_2)**

Does it support a real-time sync with the track? Can I get a word by word marking?

10x!

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**Author:** ![reosarevok](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/reosarevok/32/69228_2.png) [@reosarevok](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/reosarevok)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:16am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-for-lyrics-tracks/135/2 "2016-03-03T09:16:02Z")

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We don’t store lyrics at all, so you’ll probably need to license them somewhere else (they can be pricey, with [https://developer.musixmatch.com/](https://developer.musixmatch.com/) starting at $25k/year, but there might be places with cheaper plans for new users).

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**Author:** ![Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/freso/32/25_2.png) [@Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Freso)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-for-lyrics-tracks/135/3 "2016-03-03T13:20:04Z")

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In addition to @reosarevok’s answer, you should also note our data license:

> **[About / Data License - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About/Data_License)**

If you’re going to make money from the app (ie., has user payments or ads) and you end up using our data, you should really get in touch with @chrisskye to discuss licensing.

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**Author:** ![August\_Janse](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/august_janse/32/92_2.png) [@August\_Janse](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/August_Janse)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/api-for-lyrics-tracks/135/4 "2016-03-05T08:06:30Z")

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MusicBrainz does store [links to lyrics pages](http://beta.musicbrainz.org/search/edits?auto_edit_filter=&order=desc&negation=0&combinator=and&conditions.0.field=link_type&conditions.0.operator=%3D&conditions.0.args=271), so I suppose you could use MBIDs to find those, and then get the lyrics from the linked page. I doubt it would be a very useful approach, though.