Streaming
How to Get Your Music on AWA
Japanese streaming service with editorial curation focus.
Visit AWA →AWA is a Japanese streaming service owned by CyberAgent and Avex, focused on editorial curation and J-pop catalog depth. It's a meaningful share of the Japanese streaming market.
Notes delivers to AWA so Japanese releases capture revenue across the Japanese DSP landscape.
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on AWA
- Deliver. Notes ships your sound recordings to AWA 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 AWA, plus the publishing royalties behind every play — performance and mechanical — are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken.
What you earn here
Royalties AWA generates
AWA
- Recording
- Songwriting
Your AWA 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, never a 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 AWA
- How do I get my music on AWA?
- Create a free Notes account, add your release, and Notes delivers it to AWA with your credits and ISRCs attached. You keep your masters and your rights — Notes never takes a percentage of your royalties.
- How long does it take for my music to appear on AWA?
- Most releases reach AWA within a few days. Setting your release date a couple of weeks out gives you time to line up pre-saves and pitch playlists before it goes live.
- Does Notes take a cut of my AWA royalties?
- No. Notes is a flat monthly subscription with a free tier to start, so your AWA royalties are paid to you in full — nothing skimmed off the top.
- Does Notes collect my songwriting royalties too, or just the recording?
- Both. Alongside your AWA delivery, Notes registers your songwriter credits with PROs and The MLC, so the publishing royalties behind every play get collected as well.
More streaming platforms
Notes delivers to all of these
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- Amazon Music
- YouTube Music
- Tidal
- Deezer
- Pandora
- SoundCloud
- Audiomack
- iHeartRadio
- Napster
- Anghami
