MétaMusique

What MétaMusique does

MétaMusique is an independent Canadian non-profit organization (organisme à but non lucratif) founded in 2020 and headquartered in Montréal. It operates a web-based platform at portail.metamusique.ca for the management, indexing, and dissemination of music metadata across works, sound recordings, and releases. The platform is built on DDEX interoperability standards and is designed for the Quebec and Canadian music industry, serving creators, performing artists, songwriters, publishers, producers, labels, studios, technical contributors, and rights managers.

The platform's core technology combines structured metadata capture, identifier validation (ISNI, IPI, IPN, ISWC, ISRC, UPC), and direct integrations with Quebec and Canadian collective management organizations — SOCAN for works catalog import, Artisti for performer declarations, SOPROQ for producer/label releases, and Panorama for role validation — plus the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) for digital legal deposit since August 2025. MétaMusique is also designated as Canada's first ISNI music agency. The product surface includes bulk account creation for organizations, Excel-format metadata exports, and a French-language tutorial and training resource library.

MétaMusique is governed by a board composed of representatives from its nine founding consortium members (ADISQ, APEM, ARTISTI, CQM, GMMQ, SOCAN, SOPROQ, SPACQ-AE, UDA). The service is provided free of charge to all users and is funded through grants from the Government of Quebec (since 2020), the Government of Canada, and the Conseil des arts du Canada. The organization operates with a small team of 1–10 employees led by Director General Pierre B. Gourde and Technology Development Project Manager Tanya Bouvrette.

Name

MétaMusique

Legal name

MétaMusique

Website

https://metamusique.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MétaMusique is a Montréal-based Canadian non-profit that operates a free, web-based music metadata management platform for the Quebec and Canadian music industry, serving creators, performers, producers, labels, publishers, and rights managers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Metadata Management Software

NAICS

Music Publishers (51223), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAIAKAF

Rights Data, Metadata, Identifier & Repertoire Management (ISWC/ISRC/IPI, Matching)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Music Rights & Royalty Services (PROs, Collection, Royalty Accounting)

SECONDARYMPAIABAC

Copyright Registration & Catalog Management (Metadata, ISWC/ISRC Linking)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Music Publishing (Songwriting, Rights Administration, Licensing)

SECONDARYMPAIAAAD

Music Aggregators & DIY Distribution Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Recorded Music (Labels, Master Rights, Distribution)

Keywords

• Music metadata management
• Music rights administration
• Royalty declaration platform
• Music industry software
• DDEX metadata standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Free Platform Service: MétaMusique is a non-profit organization (OBNL) that provides its metadata management platform free of charge to all users. The service is funded through government support from Quebec and Canada governments, as well as the Conseil des arts du Canada.
2. Government Funding: MétaMusique receives ongoing support from the government of Quebec since its founding in 2020, and from the government of Canada. Additional support from the Canada Council for the Arts for development in 2024.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MétaMusique provides a free, web-based music metadata management, indexing, and distribution platform for the Quebec and Canadian music industry. The platform enables artists, producers, labels, publishers, and rights holders to document musical works, sound recordings, and releases with complete credits and unique identifiers, submit declarations to collective management societies (SOCAN, Artisti, SOPROQ), and submit digital legal deposits to BAnQ. It operates as Canada's first ISNI music agency and is built on DDEX standards for interoperability.

Product overview

MétaMusique is a single unified web-based platform (portail.metamusique.ca) for managing, indexing, and distributing music metadata in Quebec and Canada. The core MétaMusique Platform enables documentation of works, sound recordings, and releases with all contributor credits and unique identifiers (ISNI, IPI, IPN, ISWC, ISRC, UPC). The platform integrates built-in declaration connections to Artisti (for performers), SOPROQ (for producers/labels), and BAnQ (legal deposit), plus SOCAN catalog import and ISNI validation/assignment. Key features include bulk account creation for organizations, Excel metadata exports, and a French-language tutorial and training resource library. All services are provided free of charge.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MétaMusique Platform A web-based music metadata management, indexing, and distribution platform enabling artists, producers, labels, publishers, and rights holders to document works, sound recordings, and releases with complete credits and identifiers (ISNI, IPI, IPN, ISWC, ISRC, UPC), submit declarations to collective management societies such as Artisti, SOPROQ, and SOCAN, submit digital legal deposits to BAnQ, and export standardized metadata in Excel format for digital distribution and discoverability. The service is provided free of charge to all users in Quebec and Canada.

Quantifiable outcome

• Make declarations in 4 clicks instead of manual processes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and planned.

• BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)coreTechnology or Integration · 12 August 2025Digital legal deposit partnership launched August 2025. Producers and labels can complete BAnQ legal deposit directly from MétaMusique. Generates documents for physical deposit as well.
• ADISQcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Association queébeécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo. Represents record labels, artists, and industry professionals.
• APEMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Association des professionnels de l'édition musicale. Represents music publishers in Quebec.
• ARTISTIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices de spectacles. Manages rights for performers in Quebec.
• CQMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Conseil quééécoique de la musique. Provincial music industry association.
• GMMQ (Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Musicians' guild representing professional musicians in Quebec.
• SOPROQcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Société de gestion des intérêts communs des producteurs de phonogrammes. Manages rights for sound recording producers in Quebec.
• SPACQ-AE (Société professionnelle des auteurs et compositeurs du Québec)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Professional society for authors and composers in Quebec.
• UDA (Union des artistes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Founding partner - Union representing artists and performers in Quebec.
• PanoramacoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration for producer validation and back catalog retrieval. Enables initiation of music catalog declarations (completed on Octave platform). Members can validate producer and/or record label status.
• ArtisticoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration for performer validation and IPN retrieval. Enables direct declaration of new catalogs for performing artists. Retrieves group names, stage names, and back catalog.
• SOCANcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration for importing SOCAN works catalog in CSV format. IPI-validated users can update their catalog. Members can import works declared to SOCAN.
• ISNI International / QuansiccoreTechnology or IntegrationFirst ISNI music agency in Canada. Retrieves and validates public digital identifiers (ISNI, platform IDs, Wikidata) associated with user activity.
• ÉvangélineplannedTechnology or IntegrationPlanned integration for retrieving lyrics of musical works.
• MusicMatch / LyricFind / CopibecplannedTechnology or IntegrationPlanned integrations for sending lyrics of works included in sound recordings.
• MusicBrainz / Wikidata / JaxstaplannedTechnology or IntegrationPlanned integrations with music databases for metadata enrichment and interoperability.
• Bibliothèque et Archives CanadaplannedTechnology or IntegrationPlanned Canadian legal deposit integration in a future phase.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BMAT: Music identification, fingerprinting, and metadata matching company serving rights organizations and platforms globally. Comparable as a metadata infrastructure layer for the music industry with a focus on rights-holder identification and matching.
• Jaxsta: Music credits and metadata database connecting creators, contributors, and rights holders with verified professional data. Directly comparable to MétaMusique's goal of comprehensive contributor identification; Jaxsta is also listed as a planned integration partner for cross-referencing.
• Audiam: Music rights administration and royalty collection platform focused on ensuring songwriters and publishers get paid for uses of their works. Comparable to MétaMusique in solving the fragmented metadata problem that causes lost royalties for music creators.
• Songtrust: Music publishing administration platform that helps songwriters and publishers register works and collect royalties globally. Directly comparable to MétaMusique's music publishing metadata and rights documentation capabilities, though operating commercially across geographies.
• MusicBrainz: Open music metadata database focused on documenting music recordings, releases, and contributors. Directly comparable to MétaMusique as a metadata-centric platform serving music industry professionals; MusicBrainz is even named as a planned integration partner for MétaMusique.

Regional players

• SACEM: French collective rights management society serving music authors, composers, and publishers. Comparable as the French-language equivalent to the rights organization ecosystem that MétaMusique integrates with in Canada; relevant as a model for national-level rights infrastructure.
• PRS for Music: UK-based collective management organization representing songwriters, composers, and publishers. Comparable to SOCAN (MétaMusique partner) in serving as a national PRO with which metadata must be coordinated; serves as a model of an advanced national rights ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• ASCAP: Major US performing rights organization with a comprehensive music rights and metadata infrastructure. Comparable to SOCAN as a large PRO that operates across the full music rights value chain — a structural analogue to the Canadian rights organizations that founded MétaMusique.
• BMI: Major US performing rights organization representing over 1.3 million songwriters, composers, and publishers. Comparable to SOCAN (MétaMusique partner) as a much larger PRO with established metadata infrastructure and rights administration that dwarfs the Quebec-focused scope of MétaMusique.

Emerging players

• DistroKid: DIY music distribution platform used by independent artists and labels to release music to streaming platforms with metadata management built in. Comparable to MétaMusique's target customer segment of self-producing artists and indie labels needing standardized metadata for digital distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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