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How to Claim Your Artist Profile on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and More

  • 05 Nov 2026
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How to Claim Your Artist Profile on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and More

Your music can be live on every store while your profiles still show no photo, no bio and no way for you to see who is listening. Claiming your artist profiles fixes that, and it only takes an afternoon. Do it as soon as your first release is delivered.

Before you start

  • Use exactly the same artist name everywhere, including capitalisation and spacing.
  • Have a square profile photo, a wide header image and a short bio ready.
  • Have links to your website or social accounts; several platforms use them to verify you.

Spotify for Artists

Sign up at Spotify for Artists, search for your profile and request access. You can request access once your first release has been delivered to Spotify, even before release day. Once verified you can edit your bio and images, pitch unreleased songs to editors, add Canvas videos and see listener statistics. Our Spotify for Artists guide covers the tools in detail.

Apple Music voor artiest

Sign in with an Apple Account, search for your artist page and request access. Apple verifies you through your distributor or your linked accounts. You get listener data for Apple Music and Shazam, and you can update your artist image.

Amazon Music for Artists

Download the Amazon Music for Artists app or use the website, claim your profile and verify. You get streaming statistics and can update your profile image.

YouTube: Topic channel and Official Artist Channel

When your music is delivered to YouTube Music, YouTube creates an automatic "Topic" channel for your releases. If you also run your own YouTube channel, the two can be merged into an Official Artist Channel. That gives you one channel with a music note badge, your releases and your videos in one place, and subscribers from both.

To qualify, your channel must represent only you and have no policy strikes, and your Topic channel needs at least three official releases. YouTube only accepts these requests from a distributor or label. SpaceMedia users can request the connection as a paid, one-time service from the YouTube Artist Channel page in the dashboard, by entering their channel URL and their Topic channel URL. The two channel names must match exactly.

Deezer, TIDAL and others

  • Deezer for Creators: claim your profile to update images and see audience statistics.
  • TIDAL Artist Home: claim your profile to manage your page and see data.
  • SoundCloud and Audiomack: if you also upload there directly, connect those accounts to the same artist name.

Fixing a profile that shows the wrong music

Artists with common names sometimes find someone else's song on their page, or their song on someone else's page. Do not try to fix this by uploading again. Contact your distributor with the release, the store and the correct profile link, and the release can be moved to the right page.

After you are verified

  • Add the same bio and photo everywhere, so listeners recognise you.
  • Check the statistics once a week: where listeners come from and which playlists add you.
  • Keep your profile updated before every release, not after.

No releases yet? Create your free SpaceMedia account, deliver your first song and claim your profiles the same week.

Music distribution in five steps

Hoe kan ik mijn muziek uitgeven?

Gratis muziekdistributie

  1. 01

    Registreer je op SpaceMedia

    Begin je muziekpublicatiereis door je aan te melden en een gratis account aan te maken op SpaceMedia.

  2. 02

    Kies het plan dat het beste bij je past

    Kies uit verschillende lidmaatschapsopties om degene te vinden die perfect aansluit bij jouw behoeften aan muziekdistributie.

  3. 03

    Stuur je muziek in voor distributie

    Maak een nieuwe release en upload je tracks om ze over verschillende platforms te verspreiden.

  4. 04

    Snelle recensie

    Ons team evalueert snel je geüploade tracks en zorgt ervoor dat ze aan onze kwaliteitsnormen voldoen voordat ze worden verspreid.

  5. 05

    Krijg betaald

    Zodra je muziek is verspreid en aan populariteit wint, zorgen wij ervoor dat je creatieve werk tijdig wordt betaald.

FAQ over muziekdistributie

SpaceMedia levert muziek aan een breed en veranderend netwerk van streaming-, download-, sociale en muziekidentificatieplatforms. Dit kan grote diensten omvatten zoals Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, SoundCloud, Tidal, Pandora, Boomplay, Anghami, iHeart, JioSaavn, KKBOX, NetEase Cloud Music, Tencent, Qobuz en andere ondersteunde partners.

Het exacte netwerk kan veranderen naarmate platforms territoria, regels en leveringsvereisten bijwerken. SpaceMedia geeft je toegang tot ondersteunde distributiekanalen, maar geen enkele distributeur kan garanderen dat elk platform elke release in elk land accepteert.

Most major streaming services do not let every artist upload music directly. A distributor like SpaceMedia delivers your audio, artwork, metadata, and rights information to supported platforms so your release can appear on services such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, TikTok, and others.

Create an account, choose the plan that fits your needs, upload the final release files, review the details, and submit. SpaceMedia reviews Free submissions within 5 business days, Premium submissions within 2 business days, and Label submissions within 1 to 2 business days. Store publishing happens afterwards.

Je kunt via Content ID in aanmerking komende muziek gelden op ondersteunde videoplatforms als je abonnement het bevat. Content ID is momenteel inbegrepen bij Premium en Unlimited, en niet inbegrepen in het gratis abonnement.

Dien alleen muziek in die je volledig hebt voor Content ID. Tracks met niet-goedgekeurde samples, niet-exclusieve beats, royaltyvrije loops die door veel makers worden gebruikt, opnames in het publieke domein of betwiste rechten kunnen worden afgewezen of kunnen leiden tot claims die moeten worden opgelost.

Dien je release in via SpaceMedia en kies distributie op sociale muziekplatforms waar mogelijk. In aanmerking komende releases kunnen worden geleverd op platforms zoals TikTok, Facebook, Instagram en andere ondersteunde sociale of korte muziekservices.

Zodra het is geleverd, bepaalt elk platform hoe de muziek eruitziet, hoe lang de verwerking duurt en welke functies beschikbaar zijn in elk gebied. Gebruik nauwkeurige metadata en schone audio om vermijdbare leveringsproblemen te verminderen.

Independent music distribution lets artists release music to streaming, download, and social platforms without signing to a traditional record label. You stay in control of your music while using a distributor to deliver it to supported services.

With SpaceMedia, you can manage releases, artist details, earnings, and payout information from your account. All standard plans let users keep 100% of standard DSP royalties.

The Free plan lets artists release music without an upfront distribution fee and keep 100% of standard DSP royalties.

This gives new artists a way to start releasing music before paying for a yearly plan. Premium and Label add more primary-artist capacity and tools. All standard plans include 100% of standard DSP royalties.

Ja. In veel gevallen kun je bestaande releases naar SpaceMedia overzetten terwijl je ze live houdt, zolang je dezelfde metadata, audio, artwork, UPC en ISRCs indien beschikbaar indient.

Houd de oude release live totdat de levering van de SpaceMedia live is en correct is gekoppeld. Het te vroeg verwijderen van de oude versie kan de beschikbaarheid onderbreken of ervoor zorgen dat winkels de overdracht als een nieuwe release behandelen in plaats van deze te koppelen aan de bestaande.

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