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Apple Music
Apple Music for Artists:
→ Find more information here: Apple Music for Artists
Apple Music for Artists is a free tool for artists, labels and distributors. It provides real time streaming data, audience insights, playlist details and new Shazam chart data, so you can understand the performance of your whole catalog.
Access and setup
- Go to https://artists.apple.com/ and sign in or request access.
- Verify your artist profile to gain full access to streaming data, playlist details and audience insights.
- After verification you can manage users, upload your artist image, and use the mobile app to monitor performance.
What you can see
- Streaming and purchases - Plays and buys for each title.
- Shazam data - If your track charts on Shazam in a country or city within the last seven days, you will see this charting information in your profile.
- Title insights - Detailed playback behaviour for each title.
- Location data - Listener locations and city level insights.
- Playlist details - If your music is added to a playlist you can view playback numbers and the track’s playlist position.
- Mobile app - The Apple Music app gives an overview of listeners, music video plays, and most shared tracks and lets you manage users and upload your artist image.
Apple Digital Masters
Apple offers you the possibility to deliver special mastered versions of your songs, offering the Apple Music and iTunes customers the highest possible quality audio. Their latest encoder can take advantage of every bit of the high-resolution masters that engineers are creating especially for Apple. To request an Apple Digital Master, we need the following studio details and the mastered audio file according to Apple’s requirements.
- Studio name
- Studio location
- Engineer name
- Phone number
- Email address
File requirements
- Provide the mastered audio file following the Apple Digital Masters Guide: https://www.apple.com/de/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/
- Note: the studio must be verified before a release can be eligible for Apple Digital Masters.
How to submit
- Prepare the studio details and the mastered file in line with Apple’s specifications.
- Send both to labelrelations@digdis.de
