Luminate acquires artist identification service Quansic

Operating out of France, Quansic maintains the world’s largest artist identification database, which includes over 2.5 million ISNIs (artist identifiers) and 200 million asset identifiers. The deal was made as part of Luminate’s continued efforts to unify data for the entertainment industry, and more specifically due to Quansic’s expertise in the harmonisation of metadata across record labels, streaming platforms, song publishers and artist services within the music ecosystem.

Effective immediately, Quansic’s team will join Luminate, remaining under founder and chief scientist François-Xavier ‘FX’ Nuttall. Nuttall, who has more than 20 years of success constructing solutions to metadata discrepancies within music, most recently at YouTube, will report directly to Luminate CEO Rob Jonas.

Speaking about the announcement, Jonas said: “Quansic has earned the trust of many key leaders in the music data space, which is no surprise given the quality of the product and service FX and his team have built. We warmly welcome them into the Luminate family and look forward to collaborating and taking our music data offerings to the next level, especially as we close the gap between the disparate data that labels and publishers have historically relied on to drive their businesses forward.”

Nuttall said: “We are grateful to Rob and the Luminate team for seeing the value in what we’ve created at Quansic. Combining our unique data quality with Luminate’s scale, capabilities and influence is essential for advancing our vision to unify data within the music industry. We are eager to scale that work with Luminate and look forward to bringing unprecedented value to the music industry.”

Within Luminate, Quansic will continue operating its data enhancement services, which include improving the quality of identifiers within recording artists’ discographies and simplifying the process of claiming earned song royalties.

Quansic’s clients will have the option to access Luminate’s streaming and sales data. In addition to standalone products and services, Quansic’s data will be incorporated into Luminate’s new data platform, announced last year. The platform is being launched in several phases over the coming months and currently serves record labels, artist management, music publishers and many other clients within and beyond the global music industry.

Luminate provides access to the essential information across music, film and television, with data compiled from hundreds of verified sources. The company powers the Billboard music charts, while also acting as a central database for the TV and film industries.