Artist roles are identifiers you can use to indicate to services what role a given artist played in the creation or performance of a given release. These roles can be indicated on the track level or the album level. Services accept the following artist roles from DistroKid:
Album Artist
An Album Artist or "performer" is the major artist at the album level. For example, on Kendrick Lamar's album DAMN., "Kendrick Lamar" is the Album Artist for this album.
If you have a few songs on your release with multiple artists, but most are by one artist, please list only the artist that will appear on every track in the "Artist/band name" Field. This will indicate your Album Artist for the release. For individual tracks with more than one artist, you will list the additional artists (Featured, Remixer, Additional Primary Artist) at the track level.
Primary Artist
A primary artist is the main artist for at the track level. The track can include the Album Artist and other additional collaborators credited as primary artists. For instance, on Moore Kismet's album Vendetta for Cupid, Moore Kismet is the Album Artist. On the track Rumor, both WYN and Moore Kismet are Primary Artists, making that track a collaboration.
Featured artist
A featured artist is any artist assisting in the performance of a track but not at the fundamental level of a primary artist. Featured artists usually feature for a verse or as a vocalist on a track. For example, for SOS (feat. Aloe Blacc) by Avicii, "Aloe Blacc", who sings on the track, is the featuring artist for this track, where as "Avicii" is the Primary and Album Artist.
Remixer
A remixer is an artist who remixes original works. For instance, in Love That Never (IMANU Remix) by TOKiMONSTA, "IMANU" is the remixer, while "TOKiMONSTA" remains the primary artist of the original song.
Producer
The role of a producer has diversified recently, but on Spotify, producer credits are listed under track details. For instance, in the song Buddy Holly by Weezer, "Ric Ocasek" is credited as the producer. To view producer credits on Spotify, right-click a song in the desktop app and choose "Show Credits."
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