Your DistroKid plan allows you to upload an unlimited number of releases for each artist on your account, but each unique primary artist (or collaboration) requires its own "artist slot." Once you successfully upload a release for a new artist or collaboration, an available artist slot is used on your account, and unlimited uploads for that artist name or collaboration are enabled moving forward.
The different DistroKid plans grant access to different numbers of artist slots. If you want to upload music for a new artist or collaboration on your account and do not have any available artist slots, you can upgrade your subscription for access to more artist slots.
Please note that once an artist slot is used on your account, it is permanently locked into your account and cannot be changed or removed. However, you are still able to submit an artist name change request for an artist if you have music that is live by submitting an edit request. For more information on submitting a name change request, please see this article: https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058358813.
To see the number of artists available on each plan or upgrade your plan, you can sign in to DistroKid and head to the plans page at https://distrokid.com/plan.
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