When releasing music on Sonomo, you can either release to your existing artist profile on Spotify and Apple Music OR you can create a new artist profile on these distribution platforms. Follow the steps below and if you need any help, just send us an email.
Artist Identifiers are unique codes that link to a specific artist page on a digital distribution partner (ex. Spotify, Apple Music). When using the correct Artist Identifiers, you are making sure that you are releasing products to the correct artist page.
Spotify artist identifier consists of “spotify:artist:” and the Artist ID that can be found in the Artist's page URI/link.
You may find it by copying the artist's Spotify URI. The last alphanumeric characters of the URI represent your Artist ID. For example, the Artist ID will be located between "artist/" and "?”
For our example, the artist identifier you'll add will be "spotify:artist:7BwnJhBJ3JC2TgThIcX7cw" This is the identifier that will need to be used when distributing through Sonomo (of course, with your own identifier instead of 7BwnJhBJ3JC2TgThIcX7cw).
Identifier for Apple Music and iTunes is located at the end of the Artist's URL:
To find the Artist ID using the iTunes/Apple Music app, you must copy the link, which will generate the same URL as the web browser. Your Artist ID is the last characters of the link:
For our example above, the Apple Music artist identifier you'll need will be "1673754203". And this is where you'd enter yours when distributing through Sonomo.
If you’re working on a new release for a brand new artist, you can mark it as 'New'. A new Artist profile page will then be created upon delivery of the release(on Spotify and Apple Music). The next time you deliver something by this artist, the correct identifier will be supplied automatically by our app.
That's it! Thank you for choosing Sonomo as your music distribution partner, and we look forward to helping you share your music with the world! If you have any more questions or concerns, you can contact us at support@sonomo.com