WHY LOOK BEYOND DISCOGS
Discogs is the reference for releases: pressings, labels, catalogue numbers. Its genres and styles sit on the release, so a compilation or a varied album gives every track the same tags.[1] For one track, look elsewhere.
WHAT THE GENRE!?
Each track gets its own subgenre, voted by listeners with a reason, no account needed. Release data comes from Discogs, credited on every page, so it sits on top of Discogs rather than against it. Compare: What the Genre!? vs Discogs styles.
MUSICBRAINZ
Genres can be voted onto single tracks, not only releases, as open data.[2] See the comparison.
BEATPORT
For electronic music it sells, a genre and sub-genre per track from its own list, chosen by the label.[3] See the comparison.
LAST.FM
Listener tags per track, free-form and weighted by use.[4] See the comparison.
SOURCES
- [1] Bogdanov and Serra, Quantifying music trends and facts using editorial metadata from the Discogs database, ISMIR 2017
- [2] Genre support, JThink (MusicBrainz genres at artist, release and track level)
- [3] Beatport distribution and metadata, LabelGrid
- [4] LastGenre plugin, beets documentation
Sources checked on 17 October 2026.
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