It is imperative for upcoming artists or teams/labels to sign up for ‘Spotify for artists’. Signing up to this crucial service enable users to claim their profiles and doing that gets your account verified with the highly respectable blue check sign/symbol.
Furthermore, signing up for spotify for artists makes provision of tools which assists artists in checking the statistics of their listening audience, promoting their music and managing their profiles. One of it’s highly praised feature is it’s geographical tracking of people listening to your songs and your regular listeners.
With a Spotify for Artists account, not only can you see who’s listening to your music across the world, but also pitch for official Spotify playlists and track your playlist features without the help of a third party curator.
How To Claim Your Profile On Spotify
First of all, you can only claim your profile on Spotify if your music is already available on Spotify.
If your music is live on Spotify, follow the steps below;
– Log on to artists.spotify.com and click ‘Get Access’
– Select ‘Artist or Manager’ & hit ‘Continue’
– Search for your Artist Name or copy & paste your Spotify Artist Link into the box
– Select your Artist Name & follow the instruction to verify your profile
(To find your Spotify Artist Link, head to your profile on Spotify and click the 3 dots underneath your artist name. The head down to ‘Share’ and click ‘Copy Artist Link’)
If you have submitted your song for release but isn’t live yet, here’s how to claim your profile.
Before your first release goes live on Spotify, you should request from your label or distributor the URI link to your Spotify artist profile (they’ll get this after they deliver your music to spotify). You can then claim your artist profile by requesting access to Spotify for Artists. Just paste the URI link into the Find yourself field.
Once your request is granted, you can start preparing for release day by choosing your profile’s images, bio, Artist’s Pick, and playlists. You can also then submit your unreleased music for playlist consideration.
