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Search the Store: Music
You can search for music in two ways: Quick Search and Advanced Search. If you don't know exactly what album you are looking for, Browse Styles includes selections from our editors, Top Ten lists, and other features. On the Charts includes great music for all tastes and all occasions.
General Search Tips
Quick Search, Advanced Search both search our entire music catalogue. Quick Search is a single-field search. The Popular Advanced Search will limit your search to nonclassical music, and the Classical Advanced Search will limit your search to just classical music. Advanced Search allows you to search on multiple fields and apply search filters.
Searching by Artist
Enter all or part of the artist name you are looking for. If you are entering the name of an individual rather than a group, you do not need to enter a first name, but if there are a lot of albums by artists with the same last name it may help to limit the results. If the search engine finds more than one artist with the same name, a page with a list of all matching artists, along with representative albums, will be displayed. Select the artist whose album listing you want to see.
Searching by Title
Enter all or part of the album title you are looking for. You can leave out words such as "a," "an," or "the." The search engine will try to find albums that have all the words you entered in the title. If no albums are found with all the words, the search engine will try to find albums with some of the words.
Searching by Song
Enter all or part of the song title you are looking for. You can leave out words such as "a," "an," or "the." The search engine will try to find albums on which the song you are searching for appears. If no songs are found with all the words, the search engine will try to find songs with some of the words.
Searching by All
On the music Quick Search you can also search by "all." This search will look for your query in the title, artist, and song name categories, and return all matches. Be aware that if you select "all," your search results may be very long. You should choose title, artist, or song if you know that is what you are looking for.
Formatting Your Search
It is not necessary to use any special characters in formatting your search. Simply enter the words you are looking for. Quotation marks, plus signs, or Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) will be ignored by the search engine. The search engine is case-insensitive. You can enter your search in all capitals, all lowercase, or mixed case.
Quick Search
1. Go to the search field at the top of most pages in the Music Store.
2. Type the desired artist, title, or song in the text field as described in the General Search Tips.
3. Select artist, title, song, or all from the pulldown menu to indicate the type of search you want and click on the "Search" button.
4. The search results will display a list of albums that match your search criteria, arranged in bestselling order.
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search form allows you to search on one or more fields. Searching on more than one field may narrow your results to the exact album or albums you are looking for.
Search for Popular Music
1. Click on the Advanced Search link at the top of most pages in the Music Store.
2. Type the desired title, author, and/or keyword(s) in the text field as described in the General Search Tips. Additionally, the Advanced Search allows you to search for a particular type of instrument, or by a particular label.
3. If you are searching for albums with one or more artist, enter all the artist names you know, separating them with commas (for example, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins).
4. You can enter information into one or more fields. The more specific the information you enter, the more exact your search results may be.
5. If desired, you can narrow your search further by selecting a particular style of music.
6. When you have entered all the relevant information, click on the "Search" button to start your search.
Search for Classical Music
1. Click on the Advanced Search link at the top of most pages in the Music Store.
2. Type the desired artist, title, and/or keyword(s) in the text field as described in the General Search Tips. Additionally, the advanced search allows you to search for a particular type of instrument, or by a particular label and catalogue number as well.
3. Enter the artist name in the appropriate text field.
Composer Name(s) -- the name(s) of the person(s) who wrote the composition.
Performer and Ensemble Name(s) -- the name(s) of the person(s), orchestra(s), ensemble(s), etc. that perform on the album.
Conductor Name(s) -- the name(s) of the person(s) who conduct on the album.
4. If you are searching for albums with one or more artist, enter all the artist names you know, separating them with commas (for example, Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo).
5. You can enter information into one or more fields, but it is not required. The more specific the information you enter, the more exact your search results may be.
6. If desired, you can narrow your search further by selecting a particular style of music.
7. When you have entered all the relevant information, click on the "Search" button to start your search.
Search Results
The search results page displays information about the album(s) that match your search. If the search engine isn't able to find any exact matches for your search, the page will display information about albums that may be close to what you were looking for. Click on the title of the album to read more about that album, listen to sound samples, or to order the album.
Search results are presented in bestselling order. To view your results in alphabetical order or in order by date released, re-sort the list by clicking on "A to Z" or "Date Released."
Search Results Questions
You can narrow the list of search results by clicking on "Advanced Search" and entering more information, or by using a search filter as described in the Advanced Search section.
The list of results is too short. How can I get more results?
If you have entered too much search information, it is likely that the search engine was not able to find many albums that met all your search criteria. You can remove or change some criteria by clicking on "Advanced Search."
I didn't get any results. What did I do wrong??
General Search Tips
Quick Search, Advanced Search both search our entire music catalogue. Quick Search is a single-field search. The Popular Advanced Search will limit your search to nonclassical music, and the Classical Advanced Search will limit your search to just classical music. Advanced Search allows you to search on multiple fields and apply search filters.
Searching by Artist
Enter all or part of the artist name you are looking for. If you are entering the name of an individual rather than a group, you do not need to enter a first name, but if there are a lot of albums by artists with the same last name it may help to limit the results. If the search engine finds more than one artist with the same name, a page with a list of all matching artists, along with representative albums, will be displayed. Select the artist whose album listing you want to see.
Searching by Title
Enter all or part of the album title you are looking for. You can leave out words such as "a," "an," or "the." The search engine will try to find albums that have all the words you entered in the title. If no albums are found with all the words, the search engine will try to find albums with some of the words.
Searching by Song
Enter all or part of the song title you are looking for. You can leave out words such as "a," "an," or "the." The search engine will try to find albums on which the song you are searching for appears. If no songs are found with all the words, the search engine will try to find songs with some of the words.
Searching by All
On the music Quick Search you can also search by "all." This search will look for your query in the title, artist, and song name categories, and return all matches. Be aware that if you select "all," your search results may be very long. You should choose title, artist, or song if you know that is what you are looking for.
Formatting Your Search
It is not necessary to use any special characters in formatting your search. Simply enter the words you are looking for. Quotation marks, plus signs, or Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) will be ignored by the search engine. The search engine is case-insensitive. You can enter your search in all capitals, all lowercase, or mixed case.
Quick Search
1. Go to the search field at the top of most pages in the Music Store.
2. Type the desired artist, title, or song in the text field as described in the General Search Tips.
3. Select artist, title, song, or all from the pulldown menu to indicate the type of search you want and click on the "Search" button.
4. The search results will display a list of albums that match your search criteria, arranged in bestselling order.
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search form allows you to search on one or more fields. Searching on more than one field may narrow your results to the exact album or albums you are looking for.
Search for Popular Music
1. Click on the Advanced Search link at the top of most pages in the Music Store.
2. Type the desired title, author, and/or keyword(s) in the text field as described in the General Search Tips. Additionally, the Advanced Search allows you to search for a particular type of instrument, or by a particular label.
3. If you are searching for albums with one or more artist, enter all the artist names you know, separating them with commas (for example, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins).
4. You can enter information into one or more fields. The more specific the information you enter, the more exact your search results may be.
5. If desired, you can narrow your search further by selecting a particular style of music.
6. When you have entered all the relevant information, click on the "Search" button to start your search.
Search for Classical Music
1. Click on the Advanced Search link at the top of most pages in the Music Store.
2. Type the desired artist, title, and/or keyword(s) in the text field as described in the General Search Tips. Additionally, the advanced search allows you to search for a particular type of instrument, or by a particular label and catalogue number as well.
3. Enter the artist name in the appropriate text field.
Composer Name(s) -- the name(s) of the person(s) who wrote the composition.
Performer and Ensemble Name(s) -- the name(s) of the person(s), orchestra(s), ensemble(s), etc. that perform on the album.
Conductor Name(s) -- the name(s) of the person(s) who conduct on the album.
4. If you are searching for albums with one or more artist, enter all the artist names you know, separating them with commas (for example, Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo).
5. You can enter information into one or more fields, but it is not required. The more specific the information you enter, the more exact your search results may be.
6. If desired, you can narrow your search further by selecting a particular style of music.
7. When you have entered all the relevant information, click on the "Search" button to start your search.
Search Results
The search results page displays information about the album(s) that match your search. If the search engine isn't able to find any exact matches for your search, the page will display information about albums that may be close to what you were looking for. Click on the title of the album to read more about that album, listen to sound samples, or to order the album.
Search results are presented in bestselling order. To view your results in alphabetical order or in order by date released, re-sort the list by clicking on "A to Z" or "Date Released."
Search Results Questions
You can narrow the list of search results by clicking on "Advanced Search" and entering more information, or by using a search filter as described in the Advanced Search section.
The list of results is too short. How can I get more results?
If you have entered too much search information, it is likely that the search engine was not able to find many albums that met all your search criteria. You can remove or change some criteria by clicking on "Advanced Search."
I didn't get any results. What did I do wrong??
- Nothing. It may be that there are no albums that match your search criteria.
- Recheck your search. You may have mistyped your search, or put the search information in the wrong field.
- Broaden your search. You may have entered too much search information. It is likely that the search engine was not able to find any albums that met all your search criteria. Try using only one search type. Or try using fewer title words or keywords.
