Triggering music answer boxes relevant to user search queries

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• maintaining a list of music sites, wherein a music site is a web site that provides access to music or music information;
• receiving a query;
• obtaining a plurality of search results responsive to the query, the search results being results from a search of web resources on the Internet;
• determining a count of the plurality of search results that identify resources on respective music sites that are in the list of music sites;
• determining that the query is a music query including determining that the count of the plurality of search results that identify resources on respective music sites satisfies a threshold;
• in response to determining that the query is a music query, obtaining music data for a song responsive to the query, where the music data comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of song content of the song on the Internet;
• generating a music answer box for the query, where the music answer box comprises the music data and a link to the URL of the song content;
• and
• providing the music answer box in addition to two or more of the search results.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving a search request to perform a search of web resources, the request comprising a query;
• maintaining a lyrics index database that associates song lyrics with lyrics resources that include the song lyrics;
• searching, by one or computers, the lyrics index database using the query to obtain a lyrics result having a score;
• determining that the query is a music query including determining that the score of the lyrics result from the lyrics index database satisfies a threshold;
• in response to determining that the query is a music query, obtaining music data for a musical work that matches the query, where the music data comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to content of the musical work;
• generating a music answer box for the query, where the music answer box comprises the music data and a link to the URI to the content of the musical work;
• and
• providing the music answer box as at least part of a response to the search request.

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that when executed by the one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a search request to perform a search of web resources, the request comprising a query;
• maintaining a lyrics index database that associates song lyrics with lyrics resources that include the song lyrics;
• searching the lyrics index database using the query to obtain a lyrics result having a score;
• determining that the query is a music query including determining that the score of the lyrics result from the lyrics index database satisfies a threshold;
• in response to determining that the query is a music query, obtaining music data for a musical work that matches the query, where the music data comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to content of the musical work;
• generating a music answer box for the query, where the music answer box comprises the music data and a link to the URI to the content of the musical work;
• and
• providing the music answer box as at least part of a response to the search request.