Streaming
How to Get Your Music on Spotify
The world's largest on-demand music streaming service.
Spotify is the world's largest on-demand music streaming service, with hundreds of millions of paid subscribers and free-tier listeners across more than 180 markets.
What a Spotify stream pays
A single play pays on both sides at once: the recording earns streaming royalties for the artist, while the composition earns mechanical and performance royalties for the songwriter, collected separately through The MLC and the PROs. Being on Spotify only handles the recording side; the publishing side needs its own registration.
How Notes works with Spotify
Notes delivers your sound recordings to Spotify directly as a Spotify partner, registers your ISRCs and credits correctly, and reconciles royalties from both sides, so the publishing half of every stream is collected, not just the recording half.
At a glance
Spotify at a glance
- Based in
- Sweden
- Pays
- Monthly
- Audio formats
- MP3WAVFLACAAC
- Territories
- Worldwide
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on Spotify
- Deliver. Notes ships your sound recordings to Spotify 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 Spotify, plus the performance and mechanical royalties behind every play, are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken.
What you earn here
Royalties Spotify generates
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Your Spotify 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 Spotify
- What does a Spotify stream pay?
- A single Spotify play pays on both sides at once: the recording earns streaming royalties for the artist, while the composition earns mechanical and performance royalties for the songwriter, collected separately through The MLC and the PROs. Per-stream rates aren't fixed; each play's value depends on Spotify's revenue, the listener's subscription tier and country, and the period's total streams.
- Does being on Spotify collect my publishing royalties too?
- No. Delivering to Spotify 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 with them. Notes registers both sides so the publishing half of every stream is collected, not just the recording half.
- How do I get my music on Spotify?
- Add your release in Notes and we deliver your sound recordings to Spotify directly as a Spotify partner, with your ISRCs and credits attached.
- Does Notes take a percentage of my Spotify 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 Spotify pay?
- Spotify pays Mechanical and Performance royalties.
- What territories does Spotify cover?
- Spotify is available worldwide.
- How often does Spotify pay royalties?
- Spotify distributes royalties monthly.
- Where is Spotify based?
- Spotify is based in Sweden.
- What audio formats does Spotify support?
- Spotify supports MP3, WAV, FLAC and AAC.
- Does Spotify have a developer API?
- Yes — Spotify provides developer documentation at https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api.
More streaming platforms
Notes delivers to all of these
- Apple Music
- Amazon Music
- YouTube Music
- Tidal
- Deezer
- Pandora
- SoundCloud
- Audiomack
- iHeartRadio
- Napster
- Anghami
- Boomplay
