However, this might change in the future, depending on Spotify’s lyric licensing deals, so don’t ignore Musixmatch all together because of this.Īs well as this, Musixmatch has several benefits, in that it integrates better with music distribution companies, can let you add lyrics to Instagram, it links with Amazon Music and the Amazon Echo to improve their music search functionality, is used by Google in their lyric search, and is used by Spotify to provide real-time lyrics to users in other countries.įor these reasons you should definitely add your full lyrics to both of these services. It’s still worth doing the following steps however, so you are prepared for when that time arrives.Īs mentioned above, in most of the English speaking world the only way your lyrics will show to users on Spotify is if they’re being brought in from Genius. The first thing to note is that even if you do the following steps your lyrics aren’t likely to show on Spotify unless you’re a popular artist, or your track gets significant traction. There are two main ways to get your lyrics on the Spotify streaming platform: through Genius or Musixmatch. This will likely shift about as Spotify likes to test many different variations on things before rolling a change out to everyone. We’ve also seen instances of Spotify trying out multiple different formats for the lyrics on Android, with a lyrics button sometimes being displayed in the mini player and main track player. Spotify has also been providing lyrics in Japan since 2016 through a different provider. Spotify has recently started testing real time lyrics in these countries using the lyric provider Musixmatch.
However, the situation is different if you’re in a one of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. This way, if you’re in an English speaking country listening to a song in English you’ll see lyrics provided by Genius, and should see the ‘Behind the Lyrics’ feature as well. It’s also important to note that licensing lyrics is a tricky business ( just ask Google) and tends to be done on a country by country basis using different providers. Lyrics aren’t available for all tracks, so you may not always have the option to view them.įor those songs where they are available you can view them by clicking on the ‘now playing’ bar at the bottom of the screen, which will bring up a tab with the lyrics, or lyric information.
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