Become a Spotify Artist
If you’ve ever dreamed of being a musician and making it big on the music scene, there’s no better time than now to get started. With streaming sites like Spotify and Apple Music making it easier than ever for people to find new music, there’s no better time than now to get started with your dream of becoming a musician.
But how do you become a Spotify artist? It’s easier than you might think! We’ve put together this guide so that anyone can follow these simple steps and get started on their path toward musical stardom.
First things first: You need to create an account with Spotify or Apple Music. Both services are free, but they require you to sign up before they will allow you access to their catalogs of music. Once you’ve signed up and created an account, it’s time to start uploading your own work!
There are two ways that artists can upload songs onto these sites: by uploading them directly from their computer or by uploading them from another site such as SoundCloud or YouTube. If you’re using another site like SoundCloud or YouTube, make sure that the song is public before uploading it onto Spotify or Apple Music because only public songs can be added
How To Become A Spotify Artist
Since we launched Spotify for Artists, one of the top requested features has been the ability to upload music directly onto Spotify. You’ve told us time and time again that sharing your work with the world should be easier. In the past few months, we’ve been testing an upload tool within Spotify for Artists, because we believe getting new music to your fans should be simple. Starting today we’re inviting more artists to participate in the beta
We worked with a handful of independent artists and labels — like Noname, Michael Brun, VIAA, and Hot Shade — to make sure we kept your needs in mind. Their feedback was instrumental in shaping the feature, and now we’re ready to see how a wider range of artists will put it to use.
How it works.
You’ll be able to deliver music straight to Spotify and plan for the perfect release day. You’ll see a preview of exactly how things will appear to listeners before you hit submit. And even after your music goes live, you’ll be in full control of your metadata with simple and quick edits.
Just like releasing through any other partner, you’ll get paid when fans stream your music on Spotify. Your recording royalties will hit your bank account automatically each month, and you’ll see a clear report of how much your streams are earning right next to the other insights you already get from Spotify for Artists. Uploading is free to all artists, and Spotify doesn’t charge you any fees or commissions no matter how frequently you release music.
Want in?
Right now, upload in Spotify for Artists is only available by invitation to a few hundred US-based independent artists, but we’re excited to bring upload to even more artists, labels, and teams in the future.
Over the next few months, we’ll ask more of you to participate — make sure to join our mailing list so you’ll be the first to know about any new announcements. Remember, you don’t need to wait for an invitation to release your music — this is just one of many ways you can get your music on Spotify. You can learn more by checking out the Spotify for Artists guide.
