Spotify Canvas: What It Is and How to Add One

Spotify Canvas: What It Is and How to Add One

A Canvas is the short looping video that plays behind your song in Spotify’s Now Playing view — and it’s a free,…

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Claiming and Verifying Your Spotify for Artists Profile

Claiming and Verifying Your Spotify for Artists Profile

Before you can pitch playlists, add a Canvas or see your stats, you need to claim your Spotify for Artists profile —…

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Growing Your Spotify Monthly Listeners (Without Bots)

Growing Your Spotify Monthly Listeners (Without Bots)

Monthly listeners is the number most artists obsess over — and the one most often faked. Real growth is slower but it…

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Discover Weekly and Release Radar: How Spotify’s Algorithm Picks You

Discover Weekly and Release Radar: How Spotify’s Algorithm Picks You

Editorial playlists get the attention, but algorithmic playlists are where most independent momentum actually comes from. Two matter most — and unlike…

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Spotify Pre-Saves: How to Set One Up (and Why They Matter)

Spotify Pre-Saves: How to Set One Up (and Why They Matter)

A pre-save lets fans save your release before it’s out, so it lands in their library the moment it drops. Done right,…

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Pitching Spotify’s Editorial Playlists: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Pitching Spotify’s Editorial Playlists: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Pitching Spotify’s editorial team is one of the few direct ways to ask for playlist consideration — and it’s free. It’s not…

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Getting Your Song on Spotify Playlists: The Three Types That Matter

Getting Your Song on Spotify Playlists: The Three Types That Matter

Landing on the right Spotify playlist can change everything for a release — but “Spotify playlists” actually means three very different things,…

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Releasing a Song? Your Complete Step-by-Step Checklist

Releasing a Song? Your Complete Step-by-Step Checklist

Releasing a song involves a lot more than hitting “upload.” A good release is planned in stages, and getting the timing right…

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