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Are you an artist, manager, or label employee looking to access an existing Spotify for Artists account?

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Choose a distributor

Music gets uploaded to Spotify via a distributor. For a fee or commission, distributors will handle the licensing and distribution to Spotify and other streaming services, and pay you royalties when listeners stream.

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Upload your music

Make sure your music is release-ready before uploading via your distributor.

  • Export the highest quality lossless files of your music and follow your chosen distributor’s guidelines for uploading.
  • Provide your metadata: album title, credits, release date, etc.
  • Upload cover art for your release.
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    Access your dashboard

    Give a face and name to your music by setting up your profile.

  • Once your music is on Spotify you can access your artist profile and your Spotify for Artists dashboard, where you can track performance and manage your content.
  • After verifying your identity, you’ll get full access to the profile and a verification check next to your artist name.
  • Customize your profile by adding photos, a bio, links to your social media, merch, and playlists.
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    Prepare for release

    Ahead of release day, make sure to:

  • Optimize your artist profile.
  • Pitch our playlist editors.
  • Upload a Canvas to your tracks.
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