Streaming
How to Get Your Music on Apple Music
Apple's subscription streaming and lossless audio service.
Apple Music is Apple's subscription streaming service: curated editorial, spatial audio, lossless playback, and tight integration across iOS, macOS, and watchOS. Its per-stream rates are among the highest in the industry.
Streaming and the store
Apple pays on a per-stream basis and also runs a download store, so your music can earn both streaming royalties and download recording revenue, each with a composition (mechanical + performance) royalty alongside it.
How Notes works with Apple Music
Notes delivers to Apple Music and the Apple download store, registers your ISRCs and credits, and reconciles the recording and publishing royalties Apple pays across both streaming and downloads.
At a glance
Apple Music at a glance
- Based in
- United States
- Pays
- Monthly
- Audio formats
- AACHi-Res/LosslessDolby Atmos
- Territories
- Worldwide
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on Apple Music
- Deliver. Notes ships your sound recordings to Apple Music as part of every release, with credits and ISRCs included.
- Register. Your songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC so the publishing side of every play is paid as well.
- Collect. Recording royalties from Apple Music, plus the performance and mechanical royalties behind every play, are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken.
What you earn here
Royalties Apple Music generates
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Your Apple Music recording royalties reach you through Notes, and we register you with The MLC and your PRO so the rest is collected too, all paid to you in full with no percentage taken.
- Recording RoyaltiesRecording royalties are what the master earns: the recording revenue your distributor collects, plus digital-performance royalties.
- Mechanical RoyaltiesMechanical royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers each time a composition is reproduced, including every interactive stream and download.
- Performance RoyaltiesPerformance royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers when a composition is performed publicly: on radio, TV, in venues, or via streaming.
Questions musicians ask
Common questions about Apple Music
- What does an Apple Music stream pay?
- A play earns on both sides at once: streaming royalties for the recording, plus mechanical and performance royalties for the composition, collected separately through The MLC and the PROs. Apple Music pays per stream; the exact value depends on its subscription revenue, the listener's market, and the period's total streams.
- Does Apple Music pay download royalties too?
- Yes. Alongside streaming, the Apple download store pays recording revenue on each purchase, each with a composition royalty alongside it. Notes delivers to both and reconciles your streaming and download earnings together.
- Does being on Apple Music collect my publishing royalties too?
- No. Delivering to Apple Music handles the recording (master) side. The publishing side, the mechanical and performance royalties the composition earns, is collected separately through The MLC and the performing-rights organizations, and only if your songs are registered. Notes registers both sides so the publishing half is collected too.
- Does Notes take a percentage of my Apple Music royalties?
- No. Notes is a simple $5/month subscription with no percentages and no hidden fees. The royalties from both the recording and publishing sides are paid to you in full.
- What royalty types does Apple Music pay?
- Apple Music pays Mechanical and Performance royalties.
- What territories does Apple Music cover?
- Apple Music is available worldwide.
- How often does Apple Music pay royalties?
- Apple Music distributes royalties monthly.
- Where is Apple Music based?
- Apple Music is based in United States.
- What audio formats does Apple Music support?
- Apple Music supports AAC, Hi-Res/Lossless and Dolby Atmos.
More streaming platforms
Notes delivers to all of these
- Spotify
- Amazon Music
- YouTube Music
- Tidal
- Deezer
- Pandora
- SoundCloud
- Audiomack
- iHeartRadio
- Napster
- Anghami
- Boomplay
