Spotify is the most popular streaming service for music in the world and offer various tools for both Artists and labels.
Spotify for Artists lets you customize and edit your Spotify profile. You can change profile picture, edit your biography, list concert dates, pin a playlist, song or album to the top of your profile, view analytics and see on which playlists your music is featured.
Spotify Analytics for labels and distributors is the free tool that gives labels and distributors the data they need from Spotify by providing streaming stats and understand performance across your entire catalog.
If you run a label that has music on Spotify, you can use Spotify Analytics to access a number of features that aren’t available in Spotify for Artists including album-level data, custom date ranges, playlist submission, and CSV export for every chart. In the coming months Spotify will be adding even more features, and we want you to be ready to take advantage.
Spotify recently updated the onboarding process to make it simpler and more secure for you to get access to your catalog in Spotify Analytics. To sign up, you’ll need a Spotify account, your work email address, and if you’re the first person from your organization to request access, the URIs of at least 3 albums or songs that you’ve previously delivered to Spotify.
Spotify requires that your music is delivered at least five (5) business days before earliest available date as specified in your release information.
NB. Since all music distributed through MUSIC LABEL GROUP go through Legality & Quality control, we recommend that you prepare and deliver your releases at least ten (10) business days before the date you wish to have your music available for streaming on Spotify!
For Updates and takedowns Spotify requires at least two (2) business days before expected update or removal of your music
NB. Also all updates and takedowns go through the Legality & Quality control, we recommend that you deliver your update or order your takedown at least seven (7) business days before the date you wish the update or removal of your music from Spotify!
As your trusted distributor, we want to take a moment to warn you about some deceptive advertisements we’ve recently seen for illegitimate music promotion services.
Third parties that promise playlist placements or a specific number of streams in exchange for compensation are likely using illegitimate practices without your knowledge. These services can threaten your hard work, resulting in the potential withholding of streams or royalties, or even complete removal of your catalog from streaming services.
Our streaming partners work diligently to ensure streams are legitimate, meaning they reflect genuine user listening intent. If a service finds that you (or a third party hired by you or on your behalf) have boosted play counts through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent or other invalid means (digital bots, “click farms”, payment for placement on playlists, etc.), the service may permanently remove your entire catalog.
If you’re in the market for a music promotion service, make sure to do your research before you hire them. Please take some time to review the following articles provided to us by Spotify
https://artists.spotify.com/help/article/third-party-services-that-guarantee-streams
https://artists.spotify.com/blog/what-is-artificial-streaming-the-latest-episode-of-the-game-plan-explains