LyricWiki

Infobox Website
name = LyricWiki



caption = Screenshot of the main page
url = http://www.lyricwiki.org/
commercial = No
type = Internet lyrics database
language = Multilingual (11 active Main Page translations)
registration = Optional
owner = [http://www.motiveforcellc.com Motive Force LLC]
author = Sean Colombo
launch date = April 2006
current status = Active
revenue = from AdSense
slogan =
alexa = 13.374 [cite web|url=http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/lyricwiki.org|title=lyricwiki.org - Traffic Details from Alexa|publisher=Alexa.com|format=html]

"LyricWiki" is a lyrical database-oriented website run by a MediaWiki wiki server. As of 2008-06-13, it is the seventh largest wiki with over 670,000 pages, according to Wikimedia. [cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_largest_wikis&oldid=982086|title=List of largest wikis|publisher=Wikimedia|work=Meta-wiki|date=2008-05-02|format=html|Meta-wiki contributors|]

The site allows programmatic access to the contents of its database through a webservice. [ [http://www.programmableweb.com/api/lyricwiki LyricWiki API - ProgrammableWeb Profile ] ] This API has been leveraged to create plugins for many media players including Winamp, Amarok, Windows Media Player, iTunes, musikCube, foobar2000, and more. [http://www.lyricwiki.org/LyricWiki:Plugins]

LyricWiki has also released a Facebook application called "LyricWiki Challenge" which is a social, competitive game based on identifying lyrics from popular songs in several genres. [http://apps.facebook.com/lyricwiki_challenge/]

External links

* [http://www.lyricwiki.org/Main_Page LyricWiki Main Page]

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