How can I earn more royalties?

Earning money from music streaming platforms, like Spotify and Apple Music, requires a large number of streams, so we encourage you to push the song to your friends and social media! 

There are many ways to enhance your release and maximize your streaming numbers, such as:

• Claim your Artist Profile

In order to claim your artist profile, make sure you have several social media accounts with your artist name. Spotify/Apple Music will check that it is indeed you that wants to claim your artist profile. The more information you give them, the faster the process will be.

How to claim your artist profile on Spotify

How to claim your artist profile on Apple Music

After you've successfully gained access to your artist profile, make sure to change your profile picture and personalize your profile with a paragraph (or more) about yourself. Listeners like to know who they're listening to, and a complete artist profile can do your streaming count wonders!

• Promote your playlist, not only one song

Add your song to a playlist with all your songs and promote the playlist. This way, you get to increase your chances for listeners to check out your other songs. If they listen to one song, they are more likely to listen to more, leading to doubling or tripling your streams instantly.

• Focus on one streaming platform only

In the early stage after the release of a song, it’s difficult to get a large number of streams on multiple streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, etc). It’s much better to choose only one and focus your efforts on growing it.

Adding a link to your Spotify playlist in your bio on all social platforms directs the traffic to one place and increases your chances of gaining more streams. It’s also important to be active! Spotify algorithms track your activity constantly and active users are more likely to get their music into top playlists. 

• Pitch your song to playlist curators

Curated Spotify playlists are usually owned by Radio Stations, influencers, content creators, and more. When pitching your song, make sure you target the playlists that match your song’s vibe. If you want to promote your pop song to a “Country songs 2022” you are wasting your time.

After deciding on your target, you need to approach the curator. Start with an introduction and let them know who you are. They get approached by a lot of people like you who want to get their songs in. Think about how you present yourself and your story. Tell them about the song’s creation process, what you stand for as an artist, or if anything crazy or funny happened while creating the song. Get them curious and interested. Think outside the box and be intentional about the way you tell your story. 

The curator’s job is to get people to listen to their playlists. Giving them a good story boosts your chances of being included in their playlists. 

• Share it on your social media platforms

Now it’s time to share, share, share! Tell everyone you know to stream your song. Use it on your next TikTok videos, share it on Instagram, and everywhere else. TikTok will also pay a small amount for every video that uses your song, so try to get as many people as possible to share it!