FAQ

There are many answers in Google, but a lot of them are just not what you are looking for. For starters, the songs in our results are always high-quality tracks that have received major awards and/or official credits.

Beyond quality, the database acts as an incredible time saver:

Instant & Accurate Filtering: Instead of spending hours sifting through search engine results or prompts, you can apply custom parameters and filters to get accurate, structured data in seconds.
Curated & Verified Context: General search engines and AI tools often mix unverified information or halluncinate details. Our database provides clean, pre-filtered data that eliminates endless browsing and double-checking.
Direct Access to Resources: Every query links you directly to essential information, audio media, and score sheets without the clutter of unwanted search results.

The app contains 1687 songs.

The app contains 1076 albums.

The app contains 696 artists.

In the app you will find 4 categories of content (in alphabatical order):
➊ Christian (767 songs)
➋ Crossover (17 songs)
➌ Instrumental (7 songs)
➍ Secular (896 songs)

Yes, that is automatically handled based on your user profile. When you log in, your account settings and profile configuration determine which content is loaded, ensuring that your dataset is filtered to display exclusively Christian songs.

The user needs to have a strong pro active attitude. Having the mindset to improve skillsets and keep learning is mandatory.
The app hands out tools that are major time savers. In the app you are directed to the media (Spotify, Youtube and Apple Music), to websites that contain lots of background information.

Also, in the app you are linked to the Score of many songs, that hold the chords and the melody line of the songs.

The app is an award-winning song app. Songs have earned recognition because:
➊ they won an award, or
➋ they were nominated, or
➌ they peaked at #1 on a major chart, or
➍ they achieved gold, platinum, multi-platinum, or even diamond certification.

For a comprehensive overview of topics, check the contents of the Index.

Yes, you can personalize your experience and explore songs using several interactive tools:
➊ Favorites: Save and organize your favorite songs for quick and easy access.
➋ Mode Checker: Analyze and explore the specific musical modes used in various tracks.
➌ Sus Chord Checker: Look up and verify suspended chord structures.
➍ Circle of Fifths Checker: Easily navigate key signatures and harmonic relationships.

You can combine up to 3 filters simultaneously to tailor the selection to your exact preference.

Yes, you can combine up to 3 filters simultaneously to tailor the selection to your exact preference. Furthermore, you can save your customized filter combinations as presets and effortlessly recall them whenever you return to the database.

If cold numbers and plain info represent a static database, then Award Winning Songs doesn't look anything like one. The app primarily focuses on unlocking a large number of dynamic and highly informative websites. In addition, there are many links to playlists that are constantly being updated.

And lastly: a powerful feature within the app is that many fields are clickable and work directly as a filter. In other words, clicking a field instantly opens a selection of records with an identical value. All with the goal of offering new perspectives, providing guidance, and expanding knowledge.

The Security Settings in your profile are designed to filter and customize the song catalog displayed across the entire platform. Their primary purpose is to let you tailor your browsing and database experience by choosing which lyrical categories of songs you want to see.

Within your profile, you can enable or disable specific content categories to match your preferences:
➊ Secular
➋ Christian
➌ Crossover
➍ Instrumental

Please note: These content preferences are managed directly within your user profile. Once you update and save your settings, the new song selection will become active across the entire site the next time you log in.

The Dashboard serves as the central hub of the platform, providing an overview of your music database activity through various dynamic widgets.

Key features and components of the Dashboard include:

Widgets & Content Filtering: The Dashboard displays several interactive widgets and charts. The specific content shown across all widgets is entirely determined by your active Security Settings, ensuring that you only see data belonging to your chosen lyrical categories (Secular, Christian, Crossover, or Instrumental).

Carousels: You can explore visual highlights through dedicated carousels featuring top Artists or Albums.

Dashboard Settings: Through the Dashboard Settings, you have full control over your layout. You can configure and customize which specific widgets are brought into view and decide which charts are displayed to match your workflow.

For more in-depth explanations and guides on setting up and utilizing these features, check out the following blog posts:

➊ Dashboard Overview
➋ Quick Navigator
➌ Dashboard Settings Guide

Yes, music theory is an integral part of the platform, designed to help you analyze, understand, and apply core concepts directly to real-world award-winning tracks.

Key theoretical features and resources include:
➊ Extensive Chord Progressions: We cover thousands of individual chord progressions. Where applicable, these progressions are organized into recognizable functional groups (such as I-IV-V-vi or I-ii-IV-V-vi) to help you identify repeating patterns across different genres.
➋ Chord Structures & Voicings: Detailed explanations demonstrate exactly how chords are constructed and voiced.
➌ Interactive Visual Lookups: Practical tools help you instantly visualize how any chord is played on both the piano keyboard and the guitar fretboard.
➍ Circle of Fifths Visualization: Using our Circle of Fifths Checker, you can dynamically observe how the chord progressions of a song map onto the Circle of Fifths.
➎ Practical Modal Applications: Features like the Mode Checker offer a hands-on approach to understanding and utilizing musical modes in your compositions and analyses.
➏ Comprehensive PDF Resource Library: You gain access to a vast library of downloadable PDFs covering a broad spectrum of topics—including instruments, modes, scales, songwriting, arranging, song analysis, and music production workflows.

Yes, absolutely! The platform features a dedicated "Suggest a Song!" option.

By filling out a submission form, your suggested track undergoes an automated validation check to ensure it meets our quality and award criteria before being added to the database. Additionally, you can track the review status and progress of your submissions at any time via the "Recent Suggestions" page.

In addition to individual track links, extended playlist integrations and specialized features are available:

➊ BPM Playlists: Dedicated playlists grouped by tempo (BPM) for both Secular and Christian content.
➋ Modal Playlists: Specialized playlists covering every musical mode (excluding Ionian), available on both Spotify and YouTube.
➌ String Arrangers Playlists: Over 100 dedicated playlists featuring songs where specific string arrangers contributed.
➍ Song Details Integration: All of these custom playlists can be accessed directly from the Song Details view.
➎ Timestamped Solo Navigation on YouTube: For tracks featuring instrument solos, YouTube links jump directly to the exact start of the solo—a precise navigation feature currently exclusive to YouTube.

The platform offers powerful tools and data structures designed to inspire, analyze, and elevate the songwriting process:

➊ Lyrics, Authors & Metaphors: Deep dive into song structures by examining full lyrics, identifying authors, and analyzing the underlying metaphors used in award-winning compositions.
➋ Metaphors & Explanation: Gain creative insights through detailed explanations that break down why a song works lyrically and compositionally.
➌ Meta Tags & Advanced Filtering: Meta tags act as targeted keywords assigned to specific metaphors. Using the Filter & Find tool, you can filter songs directly by these meta tags. This turns the database into a practical workshop tool to help songwriters master the art of crafting and applying metaphors.
➍ Rhyme Schemes (In Development): Rhyme scheme features are currently under active development. Once fully implemented, you will be able to search and filter songs based on their structural rhyme patterns.

BPM Playlists need to be added for Writing Inspiration: The tempo-specific BPM playlists are a powerful creative tool for songwriters. When you want to write a track at a specific tempo, you can explore the corresponding BPM playlist to draw direct inspiration from existing award-winning songs.