Spotify Artist Profile - Everything You Need To Know

[@CharlesCleyn]

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[@FabioPoianMusic]

Thanks for this vid Charles, filled with great info yet straight to the point! A question I have is can you see if your song has been picked by playlists before its release date?Like when you submit it to Spotify for being playlisted a few weeks before, do you find out if curators have picked it before the release? Hope I didn't make this too confusing and thanks in advance!

[@videokanakkanak2024]

How to instant acces spotify into distributor?

[@drexofficial376]

United masters put my music under different artists with the same name as me on Spotify and Apple Music :( how would I fix that?

[@nicolaslotz7499]

@@drexofficial376 Talk to your distributor, this almost happened to my band as well, but luckily we noticed it early enough

[@farhansadikfahim]

i have changed my avatar but every time i share my profile on facebook then old avatar image(album image) appears !! any suggestions ??

[@EmilyRose1]

Yaaayyy so smaller artists can see my playlists I put them into??

[@CharlesCleyn]

Yes they should definitely be able to see that in their Spotify for artists analytics.

[@xxkidxxrodriguez3809]

Hey can we calab??

[@smtonlinevideos]

Thanks for this video, Charles. It was a huge help. I just set up my artist profile! Also checked out your song Skeletons In Your Closet. Really great track. I like the arrangement and your songwriting style. Great job!

[@thecommongroundofsouls7935]

do you need to sign up for a regular Spotify account to upload music and create an artist profile?

[@claireelise9758]

This is so helpful, Charles! Thank you so much 😊💖

[@CharlesCleyn]

You're very welcome

[@bond773]

Great video Charles! Thank you very much!!! Really helpful!

[@CharlesCleyn]

You’re very welcome. Glad to help!!

[@Fedbo]

Hi Charles! How do you actually claim the profile, I mean once I will upload my first single, how would I "prove" that that's actually mine and I'm the owner of the artist page?

[@jonahanema48]

Screenshot all ur profiles n shit and prove its in ur photos and that it’s ur iCloud just blank out the rest expect the name or something

[@ashadowoflight]

@@jonahanema48 what?

[@Bittamin]

@@jonahanema48 doesn’t let you send images just links. It would make sense if they would just put you in contact with a real person for this, I’ve already had to submit 3 times after my profile was auto generated

[@the_leo_mari-Reviewchannel]

So just got approved, looked here cuz I don't/can't find my profile nor music. I see my dist. Listed as a preferred one and its been approved for two days will it use the info from my distributor or will I have to manually make profile

[@Bittamin]

@@the_leo_mari-Reviewchannel did you not have any music posted already and tried to claim before releasing? I would say download the Spotify for artists app and try to log in and see what happens

[@AlderIsland]

Thanks Charles, This was very helpful!! Have a good one mate!

[@pimpfriedrice1034]

Great video! Thanks for the information. I loved the simple breakdown

[@BenEunyce]

I just subscribed! Thank you for your hard work it's really helpful🙏

[@musicby_nicolas]

So do i first need to have a song out on spotify to make a “spotify for artist” profile?

[@Lea99Jones]

My professional and emotional lives are better having been here. Thank you.

[@neoconnor4395]

Yay six minutes for something that should literally only take me 2 seconds.

[@laurutas]

Does it matter when I claim my profile that I have shared plan with my family ? Or it is better for some reason to create new account ?

[@best4businesswrestling]

so helpful thank you so much i hope you are doing well! you are a blessing on earth. i truly appriciate what u do man!

[@prodbybs7885]

Thank you so much for this quick informartic video. I’ve got a question about claiming your artist profile: Do you have to upload music first on your basic profile to be able to claim and make your artist profile? Let me know thank you ;)

[@CharlesCleyn]

yes exactly. You first need to upload to your music distributor and then it will be an artist profile for you that you will need to go and claim

[@victorfredrikson6495]

Really appreciated this video, thanks charles!

[@jordanrazowskymusician8178]

Always a plethora of great info. Thanks for the vid.

[@HESantos700]

In detail tutorials. Thank you so much brother.

[@CharlesCleyn]

My pleasure, glad it was useful to you :)

[@ricardoventuras]

Thank you for this. one question: how do I know wich profile is mine if I didn't choose a picture and there are many other people with the same name? :)

[@CharlesCleyn]

Good question. This can happen. You’ll need to get your specific artist URI code. You can get this from your distributor.

[@griffinfurlong]

Does your first single need to be LIVE on release date? Or can you claim it sooner? It’s been about a week since I’ve uploaded to Distrokid and is set to release in a week

[@pedrogarc1a]

Thank you, really useful

[@CharlesCleyn]

You’re very welcome

[@robertoburlacu7320]

Oops i was claiming my spotify name first next week i will upload my single with tunecore after i came to spotify/itunes artist. Thank you so mutch. I wish you a lot of blessings with yout carrer.

[@CharlesCleyn]

Thanks, good luck with your upcoming launch!

[@duqky6386]

Just a recommendation I'd rather use distrokid because it charges you only $20 a year for unlimited singles and albums.

[@RazielMusic]

My song showed up on another artist's profile, i dont have an artist profile and i guess i wont because the song already went to someone's profile. I tried creating one but you can only claim it. :(

[@comradepyang4530]

First of all, thanks for your technique explaination, slow, loud and clear. I would love you talk on earning money on audiomack if there's.

[@MEDARIMUSIC]

Thanks so much for this. You'd recommend a separate email for this, right?

[@distortionplayer1]

Thanks For uploading such an informative video dude. I have a question. I do not have any sort of Spotify account at all. I getting ready to upload my first album through distro kid. I am unsure if I need to create a Spotify artist account separately on my own first period. Then upload my album through distro kid. And then link the two/Claim it? Do you know if Distrokid will make an artist account automatically if I do not have one already? I'm so confused at the process and what to do first.

[@calebbilly9340]

Hi Charles, please I can't see the tap "Upcoming " in my sportify for artist profile. Please how can I see it? I need to pitch my music on playlist please

[@shereflute8681]

Hi Charles. Great video, thank you! I’m a new artist on Spotify. Have you any tips on how to create playlists on your Spotify Artist account?

[@ml9421]

I want to ask that should we make our account on Spotify, apple music, or shazam before uploading a song to digital distribution or that digital distribution( like cd baby) will make our account on Spotify on our behalf.

[@creativesamproductions]

Appreciate man!!

[@marksplacelive8149]

Charles you mention in the video the words 'After you upload your music to Spotify' but to be clear don't you mean 'After your distributor uploads your music to Spotify' [?] There is currently no way for an artist to upload their own music to Spotify.

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Mark, you're correct, there is no current way for an artist to get their music on Spotify themselves, you have to go through a third party. So yes, I mean your distributor.

[@pandemic7]

Do we have to link our spotify user account with a new artist account? If not, can we create a new free account that gives us access to everything as an artist?

[@TheIconLive]

Can it work with Amuse music distributior? First we need to release music on spotify with help of music distributior, then our spotify artist account will create right? Or may I wrong 😅

[@CharlesCleyn]

Yes, you have that exactly right and yes it will work with Amuse

[@niganools1501]

Thanks Charles

[@spencercademusic]

Thank you for this

[@jeowhi]

hey thanks for the video! i just have a question. does your music get checked over by someone that distributes it? (as in you can only upload certain songs?) thanks in advance!!!

[@nathaniel_nadus]

But how do you create a artist account

[@kirklavert]

Which is better Distro kid Cd baby Tunecore??

[@josen.9079]

Do you access it with your personal account?

[@musicmarketingtips4693]

Great stuff!

[@vivabeatrix]

Dear Crew, As an Artist- Jason Van Beatrix, In order to set up my page do I have to upgrade or not? love is for you, Thankxxxxx

[@freezedriedzombi8242]

SUPER HELPFUL THANKS

[@DM43685]

What if I don't want to use Distro kid, or Ditto etc.... can I not setup an account on Spotify and they pay me for my tracks ???

[@gr-pk8ko]

Thank you!!

[@ianhenefield6491]

hello...I don't see 'claim your profile' to click on..I see 'join your team' and 'see more features'

[@richardsanders2271]

Hi Charles, I am new to promoting my music. It is like a minefield. Is Spotify for artists a important platform for a music beginner. Thanks

[@Gam3rVR11]

What if I don’t have music out or distrokid? Do I use a stage name as the name that will appear on my page or my legal name? No one covers this in any video

[@Average_Bottle]

I cant uploud or have my name show up

[@unknxwnj]

If i make an artist profile will my playlists save?

[@user-on1ei4kl8o]

Hey! I have created a normal Spotify account where we can listen to music. So can I use the same account to claim my profile?

[@Pixel.officialmusic]

Does it cost money to make a spotify artist account?

[@mansibhardwaj25]

Hi, thanks for making this video. But i have some more queries- 1. I’ve accidentally deleted my user account from which i was able to access my artist account. Now i’ve created a new user account , but still don’t know how to get the access of my artist account, please help me if you can in this one. 2. When somebody search my name, with my artist account , my user account also shows. But i just want them to see and follow my artist account only. How is it possible??

[@lexcrawford3839]

so I can't make a profile before I release my song? I wanted to do some promoting for my first single but when I drops I won't have a good looking profile. ill have to quickly add photos to my profile after claiming the account since an uploaded song must come first. am I correct? is there a way to edit your profile that doesn't have a song yet?

[@gxthicbxy4612]

You have to upload a song in order to get an artist profile. Once your artist profile is up there you have to claim your account using “spotify for artist” app or the website. I think it takes a few days before you can actually get into your account but i’m not sure, I forgot. So in short, there’s no way for you to edit your artist profile without a song, as far as my knowledge goes. I tried explaining as best as I could, sorry if it sounds jumbled up, i tried.

[@mahkeemusic]

Very helpful video! Thank you!

[@CharlesCleyn]

You’re welcome!

[@KalBearMusic]

Im trying to upload my picture but it’s not letting me edit my artist profile pic, what should I do? What picture size and dimensions do I need?

[@RolliMedia]

i am confused i can't upload my song without a artist profile but to have a artist profile i need to upload a song?

[@alexisa6036]

i wanna do this, but i don’t have a song produced yet because i don’t know how to produce it can i still do it?

[@zuzaolszewska1492]

if you have a Mac book you can use GarageBand to created music

[@GamerFreddyandgangWTH]

What if I want to make a artist profile but I already have a Spotify account but don’t have any music

[@jonasbjornhager1046]

How do I remove the "explicit" icon on my release on Spotify Artist. Its doesnt content any explicit lyrics, so I want to remove it.

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Jonas, you'll have to do this with your distributor, this is a data point that they hold, not spotify.

[@lilsd5433]

Hi !! I have a question, do you have to pay to have an artist profile? Or do you only have to pay the distributer?

[@CharlesCleyn]

just the distributor

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

I know this is old but bro im having a HELL of a hard time "authenticating" my spotify for artists so I can get verified or wyf ever.. really to the point I'm bout ready to just give up honestly.. I got my apple music to go through no problem an waiting to hear back from KZbin support now about my channel but the artist support for spotify is giving me a CRAZY hard time over my email address, which I'm literally writing back an forth with them from... any idea how to help??

[@metrowestmusichouse8483]

Thanks for the video. I have a question. Yesterday I uploaded the banner/header/ main cover photo as you called it. It shows up on the desktop version but on phones the picture is the single release picture. Does it just take a bit longer for the banner/header picture to upload in phone version?

[@llcoolbeans28]

was wondering the same thing

[@JadenAMusic]

Thanks for this video Charles. Please tell me can I claim (Get access) and manage 2 Verified Spotify Artist pages with a single account ? (The reason is I have created a new Spotify artist page and I am going to discontinue my old Spotify artist page.)

[@zora1161]

can a artist see how often I listen to their music on spotify and how can I see if I belong to their top listeners ???

[@vedtripathi3540]

Hey there Charles, I have a question. I have already claimed my artist profile, can I use my artist profile to log on to normal Spotify?

[@CharlesCleyn]

hey ved, yes, you can no problem

[@cjxtheninja8]

Very helpful thank you!

[@AudioAttacksback]

cool video and so i guess making a sportify and putting your music on it is the same way is soundcloud i guess ?

[@CharlesCleyn]

It’s a little different. On Spotify they pay you for streams. On SoundCloud it’s free to upload but they don’t pay you.

[@AudioAttacksback]

@@CharlesCleyn ohok i understand now thats cool

[@TheLillypillies]

Thank you.. very useful

[@KOOSHA-t3j]

Hello :) , thank you for your informative video. I just found out that my Spotify page was hacked. The hacker has uploaded songs from other artists so that my account is now completely blocked by Spotify. Do you have any idea how an artist can take action against Spotify ? Could you also create a new account as an artist ? Or is then the account locked forever ? Thank you in advance . Best regards

[@hydroxmusic]

When will I get Spotify Artist Radio?

[@franco5k]

Never ha

[@42enterta1nment]

Hey, Is it bad that most of my streams are coming from "othere" it about 75%

[@trulytexasyt3200]

How it long take see your profile on Spotify artist to it claiming

[@diion_tm2808]

Yeah. My thing is, it doesn't even tell me "Claim Your Profile" just "Get Access" . And when I click on that, a blank page just comes up. Doesn't give me any slot whatsoever to fill in my name or something. And I've tried it with not just my phone and my PC as well... Is there a solution to this?

[@MrAlifarrukh]

I uploaded my song through distrokid the small issue I have is a click sound on my song on Spotify, its good on other streaming platform but Spotify is giving a noise. How can I replace it only on Spotify? or correct it?

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Ali, you’d have to redistribute to every platform in order to have a clean re-upload.

[@MrAlifarrukh]

@@CharlesCleyn but why it’s fine on other platform and a glitch on Spotify😫 what if it happens again?

[@gocean4648]

need help! when I change my profile image it doesn't translate to my profile when I'm looking on mobile

[@matthewrose6618]

Hey man thank you so much for the video it helped a lot. Just 1 question. I’ve just released a song and it is showing up in the “releases” section but not in the “song” section do you know why that might be?

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Matthew, has it been 24 hours since your song has been live? Only when you start getting some streams will it show up in the songs section. hope that helps.

[@stikvidsyt1369]

Ive tried to do this but they couldn’t verify mines... Any tips?

[@rosswgaming]

Hey Charles, what if I want to upload music under an alias and not my real name? I'm using TuneCore have only signed up so far. Great video by the way, very clear.

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Ross, that’s no problem. I have some alias’ too. You would just make sure to put the alias as the artist name when you upload a song on tunecore. You can have your regular name as the sign up info.

[@JennySieck]

I am trying to upload a chakra balancing cd. So it isn't music. I see folks who have uploaded guided meditations etc. But there isn't a genre option for that. So any ideas about primary and secondary genre and sub genre would be super helpful. Thanks for this it helped too.

[@CharlesCleyn]

Are you using DistroKid? Usually just try to get it to the closet genre you can. For instance, if there's no guided meditation genre then perhaps use "world music" or "instrumental" instead.

[@JennySieck]

Is that the best audio distributor? I was researching them last night.

[@tejassharma6822]

Hey can I see who is following my artist profile....like apart from the number shown, is it possible to see their profile names ?

[@abstractmind6981]

How do I add nick names or aliases to my artist profile? That way if someone looks up your alias it sends them to your artist page.

[@applel]

I have claimed my profile many times but yet no profile pic i don't know what is the problem

[@zionherbert]

Thank you for the helpful tutorial

[@CharlesCleyn]

you're welcome Zion. Good luck with releasing your new music!

[@zionherbert]

@@CharlesCleyn Thank you.

[@NapodstawieBiblii]

why do I have to go to distrokid first?

[@nousername5601]

Thanks a lot ☺️

[@slatervance5135]

How long does it take for Spotify to update your profile?

[@CharlesCleyn]

It should happen automatically if you're just uploading photos and text

[@slatervance5135]

@@CharlesCleyn Oh... I see. Alright I probably did something wrong. 😅

[@Panicoapg]

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[@Panicoapg]

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[@marcopanichella132]

I've got a problem managing my Spotify for Artist. Actually 2 problems. First one - I can't log in on the Spotify for Artist Web page. I don't know why, even if my profile is already been claimed by me and verified (in fact, I can log in on my IOS Spotify for Artist app). As soon as I try to access Spotify for Artist Web it's asking me again to claim the profile... Why? The email address is correct. Second problem - using Spotify for Artist App I can't change the avatar image. I upload it, I can see it uploaded and then after a few seconds it disappears and the old image comes back. Can anyone of you help me please?

[@danaililiev8951]

hey, i got a question, i posted my song yesterday on distrokid and today my song is already on Instagram, but still not on spotify and i cant claim a profile, how long does it take ? Thank you very much, i watched a lot of your videos and you are really helpful

[@CharlesCleyn]

Hey Danail, thanks for watching. It could take just a couple more days for it to show up on Spotify but it shouldn’t take much longer than that. Keep checking, I’m sure it will come soon.

[@danaililiev8951]

@@CharlesCleyn hello again, the song got released today on spotify and apple musik, i send a request to apple muaic and just hast to wait for their email and thats fine but spotify worries me. I found my profile wanted to claim it but it sais that i should claim it from distrokid, distrokid sais that they still cant find my song on spotify, ist it normal ? Thank you again for the time you take for me

[@Idc.350]

@@danaililiev8951 did you ever fix the problem you were having

[@duqky6386]

What if someone somehow claims your artist name after you upload your song? Is there anything I can do about it?

[@CharlesCleyn]

That’s okay because there can be 2 artists with the same name

[@duqky6386]

@@CharlesCleyn Ok thank you for your help, glad you're still responding to comments 5 months after.

[@farhansadikfahim]

i have changed my avatar but every time i share my profile on facebook then old avatar image(album image) appears !! any suggestions ??

[@Kinstonuk]

When you claim your artist profile do you need ID or proof to log in

[@CharlesCleyn]

Yes

[@brodylaporte3658]

How do you make your own label if you can't upload the track

[@creativevybesstudio5960]

Thanks for the content. However my question is this. I've been trying to claim my artist profile for awhile now and everytime I try, they send me an email saying I'm trying to be added on an account thats already claimed or something like that. I know its me because I see my spotify song and everything. What do you think I'm doing wrong?

[@gilero6197]

Try clicking login instead

[@babstheoriginal]

Will ditto allow you to create a spotify for artist?

[@CharlesCleyn]

You can only create a Spotify for Artist profile on Spotify

[@houseofgraceworship]

Hi! Do you know if I can upload podcast episodes that my band created to our Spotify artist profile?

[@CharlesCleyn]

Yes of course

[@houseofgraceworship]

@@CharlesCleyn how? Through distrokid?

[@ankushsingh6476]

Is there any difference between Artist page and Spotify Profile?

[@CharlesCleyn]

They’re the same thing. You can Edit your Spotify profile when you are in your Spotify for Artists profile

[@elliotsforge1433]

I’m trying to use UnitedMasters, they haven’t helped me at all. I submitted the song nearly a month ago, and neither my song or artist profile exists on Spotify yet…

[@thealchemist01]

Try using Routenote. They have a great support team!

[@elliotsforge1433]

@@thealchemist01 okay!

[@semxiv]

Hey, i just send my song to ditto, so with the artist name i want etc etc, but don’t have any spotify artist profile yet, what do i have to do?

[@CharlesCleyn]

You have to release a song first

[@semxiv]

@@CharlesCleyn i’ve planned it for march 9th on ditto, but is it 100% sure it will release on march 9th?