When uploading your music for the first time, it's best practice to use an artist/band name that doesn't already exist in streaming services. Having a unique artist name will help your music and brand by making it easier to search for, and also help prevent your music from getting grouped together with other artists using the same or similar name.

Sometimes, having the same artist name as another artist can't be avoided. Having the same artist name as another artist will have no impact on how earnings are received for your music. If your music is on the incorrect artist page, you can use DistroKid's Fixer tool to get it moved to the correct page.

Earnings for Artists With the Same Name

If you share an artist name with another artist, this will have no impact on the earnings you'll receive from services for the music you deliver to them through DistroKid. Artist names are independent from how earnings are tracked and measured, and they will be received by DistroKid and sent to your DistroKid Bank at https://distrokid.com/bank.

Moving Music that is on the Wrong Artist Page

If you share an artist name with another artist and your music was mapped to their page (or vice-versa), you can use our Fixer tool at https://www.distrokid.com/fixer, where we can help get things fixed!