spotify for artists

Spotify is where most independent artists build their audience, and Spotify for Artists is the free toolkit that makes it possible. If…

The first 1,000 streams are the hardest you’ll ever earn — there’s no existing audience or algorithm working in your favour yet.…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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