Album Extras are optional add-ons you can opt into on any one of your uploads. While not mandatory for store distribution (except for cover licenses), they can enhance your music's accessibility for fans.

Album Extras can be opted into on the upload form during the upload process, or from your "My Music" page after the upload process.

Some Album Extras are one time payments, while others are subscription based, just like our membership subscriptions.

Available Album Extras

Discovery Pack: $0.99 per song, per year
Discovery pack adds your release to the global databases that people use to match music and artist information. This includes recognition in millions of automobiles via Gracenote, and registration with SoundScan, which is used for Billboard charts. The Discovery Pack adds your release to discovery-based platforms such as ACRCloud, Jaxsta, Gracenote, and Luminate.

Store Maximizer: $7.95 per album, per year
The Store Maximizer will automatically deliver your release to new online stores and streaming services as we add them to our distribution network. We'll always give you notice before the Store Maximizer adds your music to a new service.

Social Media Pack: $4.95 per single, per year OR $14.95 per album, per year, + 20% of ad revenue
With the Social Media Pack, you will be notified and paid if your music is used in any YouTube or TikTok videos. We'll add your tracks to both the YouTube and TikTok databases, and continually scan for matches. When your music is detected in any YouTube video, you'll be notified—and ad revenue will automatically go to you, instead of to the person who uploaded the video.

Beatport: $9.99 per month

A subscription for the Beatport Album Extra allows for unlimited delivery of your releases to Beatport, which is a popular online store exclusively for electronic music. Note that your music must have an Electronic genre and subgenre to be delivered to Beatport.

Audiomack: free! (Audiomack Account Required)

Connect your DistroKid account to your Audiomack account here to enable the free delivery of your music to their service.

Cover Song Licensing: $12 per cover song, per year

A cover song license is required for every cover song that is uploaded to DistroKid. A cover license costs $12 per cover song, per year. For more information about DistroKid cover licenses, please see the FAQ article here: https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013648953  

Leave a Legacy: $29.00 per single, $49.00 per album of 2+ tracks (nonrecurring fee)

Opt into the Leave a Legacy extra to prevent the removal of your release due to lapsed membership payments, like rejected credit cards.

Additionally, releases with the Leave a Legacy extra will remain available in stores and streaming services even after account cancellation.

Adding Leave a Legacy to a release does not replace your annual membership fee if you have an active subscription. It is also not a one-time payment for all releases; each release requires this extra if you want to cancel your subscription and retain all of your releases in stores and streaming services.

Dolby Atmos: $26.99 per track (nonrecurring fee)

When opted into for a track, the Dolby Atmos extra designates the track as available for spatial audio listening on supported devices and streaming services including Apple Music, Tidal, and Amazon.

Please note that tracks must be properly mixed for Dolby Atmos when opting in to this extra. We'll check your audio files, and if isn't valid for Dolby Atmos, you won't be charged.

Loudness Normalization: $2.99 per track one time fee (nonrecurring)

When you select the Loudness Normalization extra, DistroKid will automatically adjust the level and headroom of your audio to Spotify's recommended settings: -14dB integrated LUFS with -1dB true peak maximum. Your newly adjusted audio will be sent to all streaming services you've selected.