Identification & Monetization
How to Get Your Music Recognized by Shazam
Apple-owned music identification service used billions of times.
Visit Shazam →Shazam, owned by Apple, is the dominant music-identification service — used billions of times to identify songs from a few seconds of audio. Being identifiable in Shazam is a discovery channel that funnels listeners to streaming and download stores.
Notes ensures your recordings are fingerprinted and identifiable in Shazam, and the resulting click-throughs to Apple Music and other DSPs are reconciled across the catalog.
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on Shazam
- Fingerprint. Notes registers your recordings with Shazam so they are correctly identified and credited anywhere Shazam-powered systems play, match, or monetize them.
- Register. Metadata, ISRCs, and rightsholder splits are submitted so downstream royalty matches resolve to the correct musician.
- Collect. Royalties or claim payouts flowing through Shazam-matched plays are reconciled in your Notes account.
Questions musicians ask
Common questions about Shazam
- How do I get my music recognized by Shazam?
- Notes registers your recordings with Shazam — including your ISRCs and rightsholder splits — so your music is correctly identified and credited wherever Shazam powers matching.
- What does Shazam do with my music?
- Shazam identifies your recordings so plays, matches, and monetization resolve to you instead of "unknown artist," and the royalties they generate can be claimed.
- Does this cost extra?
- No. Identification is part of your Notes subscription, and Notes never takes a percentage of the royalties matched plays earn.