Streaming
How to Get Your Music on Deezer
French-origin streaming service available in 180+ markets.
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Deezer is a Paris-headquartered streaming service with strong adoption across France, Brazil, Germany, and emerging markets. It offers HiFi tiers and was an early adopter of an artist-centric payout model that pays more for streams of music people actively choose.
Notes delivers to Deezer worldwide and tracks the artist-centric royalty calculations so the new payout model is fully accounted for in your earnings.
At a glance
Deezer at a glance
- Based in
- France
- Pays
- Monthly
- Audio formats
- MP3
- Territories
- Worldwide
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on Deezer
- Deliver. Notes ships your sound recordings to Deezer 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 Deezer, plus the performance and mechanical royalties behind every play, are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken.
What you earn here
Royalties Deezer generates
Deezer
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Your Deezer 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 Deezer
- What does a Deezer stream pay?
- A Deezer play earns recording royalties for the master plus a mechanical and performance royalty on the composition, collected separately through The MLC and the PROs. Deezer uses an artist-centric payout model that weights streams of music people actively choose; the exact value also depends on its revenue and the listener's market.
- Does being on Deezer collect my publishing royalties too?
- No. Delivering to Deezer handles the recording side. The composition's mechanical and performance royalties are collected separately through The MLC and the performing-rights organizations, and only if your songs are registered. Notes registers both sides.
- Does Notes take a percentage of my Deezer 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 Deezer pay?
- Deezer pays Mechanical and Performance royalties.
- What territories does Deezer cover?
- Deezer is available worldwide.
- How often does Deezer pay royalties?
- Deezer distributes royalties monthly.
- Where is Deezer based?
- Deezer is based in France.
- What audio formats does Deezer support?
- Deezer supports MP3.
More streaming platforms
Notes delivers to all of these
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- Amazon Music
- YouTube Music
- Tidal
- Pandora
- SoundCloud
- Audiomack
- iHeartRadio
- Napster
- Anghami
- Boomplay
