Discogs
Also known as discogs.com
Discogs ( ; short for "discographies") is an online database and marketplace for audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in The New York Times as "Wikipedia-like", and users can purchase vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes, and other music formats from online sellers. Its specialty and innovation is to distinguish the specific releases of music (for example, over 400 different versions of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack).
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Discogs is an online database and marketplace where music fans can buy and sell physical music formats like vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, while also documenting detailed information about different versions of albums and releases. It's notable for its ability to catalog thousands of variations of the same album—such as different pressings, editions, and countries of origin—making it a useful resource for collectors and music enthusiasts who want precise details about specific releases.
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Key facts
- Website.name
- Discogs
- Website.screenshot
- Discogs website screenshot, February 12, 2025.png
- Website.caption
- Screenshot of Discogs home page on February 12, 2025
- Website.commercial
- Partially
- Website.type
- Music
- Website.language
- English, German, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.services
- Database, online shopping
- Website.industry
- Internet
- Website.owner
- Zink Media, LLC
- Website.author
- Kevin Lewandowski
- Website.country
- Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
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Discogs ( ; short for "discographies") is an online database and marketplace for audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in The New York Times as "Wikipedia-like", and users can purchase vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes, and other music formats from online sellers. Its specialty and innovation is to distinguish the specific releases of music (for example, over 400 different versions of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack).
While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created." As of 2026, its database contains over 19 million user-submitted release listings.