Via Spotify for Artists, Spotify offers the possibility to bring one of your tracks to be brought to the attention of the compilers of their official playlists. How does it work? – You have claimed your Spotify profile via Spotify for Artists. – Once we have delivered your release to Spotify, you will see it…
Unfortunately, it may happen that your artist name or the name of your band already exists. For the stores it is in most cases not clear in advance that it concerns different artists and so your releases are merged with those of your namesake. Fortunately, Spotify and iTunes / Apple Music offer the possibility to…
All releases that are shorter than 30 minutes and / or consist of 5 tracks or less are automatically mentioned by Spotify under “Singles and EPs”. Unfortunately this cannot be changed.
Spotify Windowing is the option to first make your release available exclusively for listeners with Spotify Premium and only then for Spotify users without a subscription and users from other platforms. If you choose Spotify Windowing, Spotify Premium users can stream your album 14 days before the release date. The album will be available to…
The “related artists” that Spotify displays cannot be changed manually. Spotify automatically generates this list of artists based on the listening behavior of users and data collected externally (e.g. on social media). This also applies to other stores that display “related artists” with your releases.
Apple Music Connect is the part of Apple Music where you as an artist can add extra content. Think of photos or videos that you want to share with your fans. Apple Music Connect only works on mobile devices with iOS8.4 or higher. You can find registration instructions here. Apple Music is a standard part…
Apple Music for Artists is Apple’s analytics platform, which gives you more insight into the statistics of your streams and downloads via Apple Music and iTunes. Apple Music for Artists is currently in the beta phase. You can register for Apple Music for Artists via this link. You need an Apple ID to sign up.…
Apple has its own “link maker” with which you can create links, buttons, widgets and banners. You can embed this in your own website, so that your fans can quickly click through to your release on iTunes or Apple Music. You can find the Link Maker here.
Songs that last ten minutes or more are automatically marked as “album only” by iTunes. That means that they cannot be purchased separately, but only as part of the entire album.