Is there a free database or web service api for music information (albums, artists, tracks)?

Question

I need to look up artist/album/track information for song titles.

Is there a free database I could download or a open source web service/api I could use?

Answer 1

Try the last.fm api at http://www.last.fm/api.

If that doesn't work for you, you can look at the various APIs listed in this search result: http://www.programmableweb.com/category/music/api

This is a Silverlight tutorial, but since this is an HTTP REST API, it could seem agnostic to you to get started: http://www.devx.com/VisualStudio/Article/40158.