
When a release is fresh, The Spotify For Artists app can show a live stream count on your new music, which is pretty cool. So What are the main benefits of using Spotify For Artists? Spotify Logo Why Use Spotify For Artists?įirstly, logging into Spotify For Artists will allow you to see much more up to date, accurate streaming data relating to your music released on Spotify.

Doing this has a lot of benefits for you as a musician, especially if a large portion of your audience are on Spotify.

I have my Spotify Artist URI.Accessing Spotify for artists through DistroKid is easy. Spotify will have likely ingested your release and it will be available for URI request on this page.

If this is the case, check back in the next few days. Your URI information will be available in the next day or so! Not to worry! It generally takes a day or so for Spotify to ingest releases. If your release hasn't been ingested by Spotify yet, you will likely come across this screen: If you have multiple artists on your release you are trying to claim profiles for, not to worry! All artist profiles and their roles will be listed under the "Artist:" section. If your release has already been ingested by Spotify, you should see your album, track, and artist URI's Note that if you are not seeing a release, it's possible that we may not have delivered it to Spotify quite yet, please check back tomorrow!Īfter you have selected your release, go ahead and click on the "What's the Spotify URI" button. I only have one release on this account so it has already been selected. When you are on the Spotify URI looker-upper, select your release from the drop down menu. To check which Spotify Artist Profile your release will be mapped to on release day prior to your release date, you can simply request your URI's via DistroKid's Spotify URI Looker Upper Tool! Great news! DistroKid has a tool for that! DistroKid's Spotify Looker Upper Tool Once you have uploaded your music to DistroKid and you can see that it has been successfully sent off to services, we will need to locate your Spotify Artist URI. In order to make sure you have enough time to claim your profile, make sure to upload your music at least four weeks in advance of the release date. It's totally possible to claim your Spotify for Artists profile prior to your first ever release with a given artist name.
