How to Claim Your Spotify Artist Profile BEFORE your first release (using Distrokid) | Step by Step

How to claim your Spotify for Artists profile before your first release is out (using Distrokid)

Feel free to leave a question in the comments, and I'll do my best to help out.

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[Ladywhisper]

Thank you Felix! I'm finally getting started with wanting to expose my music for the world to listen so this video of your was very helpful :) Have a great day!

[kalynnscompositions]

Nice and instructive video! (:
Had to go through this process a little while back.

[rom.antic.artist]

Thanks a lot! Currently at the first step of the process, waiting for distrokid to give me the Spotify URI.

[raycharles]

How do you get access to your artist account if you already published a song

[bubbyskittles]

Wait but if you've already submitted your song through Distrokid to streaming services, how will you be able to apply for editorial playlists? I guess you'd set the release date to at least 4 weeks in the future so you have enough time to go through these steps? Apologies if I'm missing something haha

[Daumat_]

Thanks alot man, this is very helpful <3

[TheCelestineProph]

Awesome video mate. Lifesaver. Cheers!!

[Wal-DarkWater]

Thanks, it might be worth noting (for folk like me) - you don't mention that you need a regular Spotify account to access this . I waited 2 weeks (as I did not have a Spotify account) & I'm patient - as soon a I registered for an account I got to the claim artist page. Without that is just asks you to log in so had thought it wasn't ready to claim

[Tamarijacobs]

This was the most helpfull vid thank you so much

[FelixSunMusic]

Hope that was helpful : ) Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll do my best to help out. Also, apologies for the shaky camerawork.

[andreita]

thank you for this video!!! you helped me so much

[Renekix]

Quick question I made a Spotify account inside distrokid so How to I get it to be in my account into my Spotify app to access it as my personal passwords and logins

[Machiavellia]

I submitted my music about 2 weeks ago and still don’t have a Spotify uri, what do I do? Distro just says “do it the old way” but it’s my first time so I have no idea what to do

[loganmcgranaghan]

Hi! So quick question, while i do have a Spotify account for listening to music, I have not made one for my actual music (im assuming this is the artist profile you talk about), does distrokid automatically create your profile when you distribute with them? Or is this video describing that once you distribute with distrokid (release music), and once spotfiy has processed your music, you can claim/create you're profile from the uri looker upper?

[christianlandaverde]

what happens if you have the same name in 1:08 how would you know if its yours?

[D-Street]

bro it won't let me do anything . on any browser . as soon as i hit artists or record label, it takes me to the sign in, when distrokid is the thing that made my spotify . this shit pissing me off because ishowspeed had me perform a song on his stream and now that it's posted i have 0 control over anything .

[Wompwomppp]

i dont see any of the uri link when i click on the link

[wazya]

Very helpful video mate, but what if my first song is a song where I’m the feature on it? How I do it then?

[PocketSunlight]

Yep. Really helpful. A new string to your musical bow, in 'how to' video's? Good move...;0). Just listened to your Spotify...Lovely. Sweet Dreams from a Cactus Field in the UK

[WhiteWizzard]

This stuff needs deep explanation so thanks. Currently about to release my first track of my solo album but I have just found out that my band page, with 5 albums on it, that I am the sole owner of and writer, has been claimed and there is literally zero info or help I can get on this. I find it maddening. About to join distrokid for my first single release and hoping I can resolve it once I am technically a spotify artist...curious if you have any tips. This all should not be this difficult. Going to be sure I get my solo page claimed.