A complete guideline on how to create a Spotify profile

Creating your Spotify account is the first step into the mainstream music industry. You must create a Spotify for Artist profile in order to have full control over your music and the information you want to give your audience. Create an artist profile to get the full benefits of Spotify.

Spotify is the most popular music streaming platform for both budding and veteran artists. If you are a musician, you will know the significance of the platform in the contemporary music industry. It is the best medium to reach a vast online audience in a short time. You can get detailed information about your audience base, which will help you in the future to form a promotional strategy for your music. But the most important aspect is to create an artist profile to get the full benefits offered by the platform. Let’s discuss how to upload your music on Spotify the right way.

Uploading music on Spotify

Musicians cannot upload their music to Spotify directly. In 2018, they introduced a trial feature that permitted independent musicians to upload their work directly on the platform. But they revoked it in 2019. And they got paid whenever someone streamed their music.

Now musicians need to upload their creations through Spotify’s distribution partners. You need to use a digital service provider that will distribute your work on the platform. Here are the top 5 DSPs that can help you including the free ones. Sometimes record labels work as DSPs for their artists’ music. You have to pay a certain amount of fees to avail of their services.

But uploading through these mediums does not provide you with a profile on Spotify that you can manage. To solve this issue the platform has launched Spotify for Artists for musicians.

How to create an Artist profile?

If you are signed with a production house or a record label, they will take care of uploading your music on Spotify. But if you are an independent artist, you will have to do the distribution yourself.

• First, you need to have a Spotify account to create your artist profile. You can either sign up using your email address or Facebook account.

• Next, you need to search for your name. Once you have located it, you need to log in with your account that you want to link with the artist profile.

• There will be an option ‘Yes, claim it’. You have to click on it and then click ‘Yes, continue’.

• You have to link your profile with your website, Instagram, or Twitter account as a verification of your identity.

• Follow the next instruction to finish the process.

• After you are done, the Spotify team will review your request and give their feedback in 3 days.

• If everything is all right, you will receive the confirmation mail in a few days.

• After you get the mail, go to Spotify for Artist and log in.

• Once your profile is verified, you will b able to manage your account any way you want.

Why you should have a Spotify for Artist

Having your own artist profile offers you many facilities compared to others.

1. Edit profile

With an artist profile, you will be able to arrange your profile the way you want. You can upload both profile and cover photos for your account. You will be able to add a short description of yourself and add the social media links in the bio.

2. Get placed in Spotify playlists

You can submit your music to playlist curators with an artist profile. If you manage to get in the top playlists on the platform, you will get great online exposure. Have an artist profile increases your credibility to the playlist curators.

3. Announce your musical events

Spotify has an agreement with different third-party platforms that can display the dates of your concerts on Spotify. Keep the dates updated so that you never miss a chance to promote your live performances.

4. Sell merchandises 

You can create a brand out of your music by creating different products crafted based on your music. You can make them available to your fans through your Spotify for Artist profile. You can create a more lasting impression on your listeners with these unique products.

5. Know about your target audience

With an artist profile, you will have full access to the analytic of your listeners on the platform. You will know the number of the listeners, their locations, followers, and a lot more with it. It is a very useful service for musicians of all scales.