MID: Music Information Database

This is the largest electronic archive of factual data regarding the history of popular music available anywhere in the world. Used by radio stations, television networks, magazines, newspapers, record labels and on-line media for custom research, or available to all media via subscription. The MID is divided into eight sections:

 Biographies
    the most detailed factual artist bios ever assembled on the most popular  and     influential artists of all time from Abba to ZZ Top, Hank Williams to Moby

 Chart Data
    every US and UK charting single, album and EP from 1952 to the present     day for every artist, a definitive resource

 Music Awards
    all major and minor music award nominees, winners, dates, locations,
    global, all-time

 Music Calendar
    a This Day in Music history for all artists for each day of the year

 "Births & Deaths" section
    comprehensively details over 16,000 artist birth/deaths with     day/month/year/location/real, full name/band affiliation etc.

 Gold, Platinum and Diamond Awards
    all UK, US, Latin and pan-European Singles, Albums, EPs and videos sales     certifications for all artists, ever

 Top 10 lists
    everything from seminal to trivial music-related/artist lists, not charts

 Music Trivia
    over 10,000 interesting, educational and trivial Q&As on artists and hits