Everything Apple/iTunes

  • Uploading Your Music to Apple Music

    Uploading your music and getting paid from Apple Music through DistroKid is super easy.In addition to making it easy to get your music on Apple Music and iTunes, DistroKid also makes it incredibly easy to receive earnings from Apple. You'll keep 100% of your revenue from Apple Music/iTunes (and all other store partners we work with) when using DistroKid. Here's how you can get your music into Apple Music: Create a DistroKid account. Select your preferred DistroKid subscription plan. Keep in mind, the Musician Plus and Ultimate plans come with tons of awesome features, including daily stats...

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  • Finding Your Apple Artist URL or Apple Artist ID

    If you have uploaded a release via DistroKid and need to grab your Artist, Album, or Track Apple IDs (even pre-release), you can use DistroKid's Apple ID Looker-Upper. You can access it by clicking the Goodies icon in the upper right in DistroKid, selecting "Helpful When Needed," then "Apple ID Looker-Upper." You can also go directly to https://distrokid.com/uri/apple.If you didn't use DistroKid for your release or prefer not to use our Apple ID Looker-Upper tool, you can find the Apple Artist URL directly in the Apple Music/iTunes app.Your Apple Artist ID is a unique identifier Apple assig...

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  • Setting Up Pre-Add in Apple Music

    Pre-adds in Apple Music allow your fans to listen to one or more songs on Apple Music from an Album or EP before it is available for sale on iTunes. Pre-adds also automatically add the Album or EP to their library once it is available for sale.Pre-add is only available for EPs and Albums where at least one track has been opted into Instant Gratification. For more information on Apple's requirements for pre-add, check out this article: https://itunespartner.apple.com/music/articles/rights-and-pricing_pre-adds-for-apple-musicFor more information on how to opt into an Instant Gratification tra...

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  • Audio Badges in Apple Music and How To Get Them

    Apple offers a variety of audio formats and quality standards that they indicate to listeners by applying various badges to releases. Let's take a look at what each badge means and how you can qualify your music for Apple's listening features and standards.Lossless AudioAll releases with a lossless codec sent to Apple will feature Lossless Audio playback and a Lossless badge. To get this badge, upload a lossless audio file format to DistroKid when submitting your music. Supported formats include FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF.The Lossless Audio badge on Apple Music indicates that you are listeni...

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  • Delivering Apple Digital Masters Through DistroKid

    It's possible to distribute your Apple Digital Masters files through DistroKid.Apple Digital Masters, formerly "Mastered for iTunes," allows you to deliver high-resolution masters with the highest quality audio to Apple.If you have Apple Digital Masters files ready to distribute and want to enable the delivery Apple Digital Masters on your account, click here. Uploading Your Apple Digital Masters FileOnce Apple Digital Masters is enabled on your account, you'll see the "Apple Digital Master?" section on the upload form. If you're uploading your Apple Digital Masters file, select "Yes" here....

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  • I Submitted an Artist Name Change, But the Name Wasn't Updated in Apple Music

    If you submitted an artist name change request for your music and the artist name was updated in all services except Apple Music and iTunes, please reach out to our support team, who can assist in getting the artist name updated in Apple. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "headline": "I Submitted an Artist Name Change, But the Name Wasn't Updated in Apple Music", "description": "Learn what to do if your artist name update appears everywhere except Apple Music and iTunes.", "inLanguage": "en", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", ...

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  • My Album in iTunes Says "The Item You've Requested Is Not Currently Available in the U.S. Store."

    If you see "The item you've requested is not currently available in the U.S. store" when opening your iTunes release link, it means your album has been delivered and is being made available in iTunes stores worldwide. Releases sometimes go live in iTunes after a few hours, and sometimes a few days.If you see this message, hang tight! Your release is being processed by Apple, and DistroKid has done all it needs to do. If You've Set a Pre-Order in iTunesIf you've set a pre-order period for your release in iTunes, then you may also see the "The item you've requested is not currently available ...

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  • What is iTunes Match?

    iTunes Match is a service where music fans pay Apple to be able to upload their entire music collection to the Apple cloud and stream it from Apple's cloud to any device. They can even upload and stream music they didn't buy from iTunes.Then, artists like you get paid every time one of these iTunes Match subscribers streams one of your songs.There are two reasons why iTunes Match is great for artists:Artists get paid every time a fan streams their song, even if the fan already bought the song. In this case, the artist is getting paid twice (once for the download, once for the stream).In the...

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