Upload Your Music to Spotify for Free
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Get your music on Spotify for free – the world’s biggest streaming service – to gain global exposure and earn revenue from your music.
Artists can upload their music onto Spotify for FREE via RouteNote. Artists keep full control over their music, there are no upfront fees and artists keep 85% of the royalties.
All artists need to do is head to RouteNote.com and sign up for an account. Once you have signed up, you are able to upload your music and choose the music services and social media platforms you would like to send your music to. It’s that easy!
How to get your music on Spotify:
- Create a free account at www.routenote.com
- Upload your music and format your metadata
- Send it to us to review
- Your music is uploaded to Spotify and any other services you choose!
Other distributors charge a lot of money upfront or they have hidden fees, which artists don’t realise until they are locked in. RouteNote offers completely transparent pricing for artists and labels.
Simply head to RouteNote.com and create your free account today.
How do I promote my music on Spotify?
Once you’ve uploaded your music to Spotify, you have a global reach to expand your career with.
To effectively promote your music on Spotify, claim your artist profile on Spotify for Artists. This is a crucial tool for artists with music on Spotify, giving you control over your profile and loads of promotional tools.
You can update your bio, add artist images, and add your artist pick to keep your page fresh. Keeping your profile up-to-date is key to appealing to new listeners and existing fans alike.
Make use of promotional tools like playlist pitching to present your new singles to Spotify’s editorial team for consideration in their huge playlists. A single playlist feature could expose your track to more than a million new listeners.
As well, you can add merchandise and tour dates. There’s so much to discover with Spotify for Artists, check out our article below to make the most of your potential.
How often does Spotify pay out?
Artists can expect to receive their Spotify payments monthly. At RouteNote, we pay artists their revenues every month between the 15th and the 20th of the month.
Payments are made 45 days after the end of the month. Meaning that earnings made in January will be paid in the middle of March. This is a standard processing timeframe for earnings from streaming services and online music stores.
Where will my music be available on Spotify?
When music is uploaded to Spotify, it becomes accessible to listeners in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide. This global reach greatly enhances the opportunity for artists to increase their visibility and discoverability to a vast audience across the planet.
You can choose which territories to make your music available in. When you upload your releases to RouteNote, you can choose which territories you want your music to be available in on each individual release or simply select the whole world.
How much does it cost to put songs on Spotify?
Uploading your music to Spotify is completely free when you use RouteNote. You keep 85% of the royalties you earn on all of your releases when you upload for free.
To keep 100% of your royalties on Spotify, simply upgrade your release to RouteNote Premium at any time. For a small upfront cost, Premium allows you to keep 100% of your earnings – perfect for established artists and big releases.