12 Best music distribution services of 2024
Melodify Distribution is a free music distribution platform that launched in 2017. It was founded with a clear understanding of the challenges artists face in an industry where large corporations often take significant portions of their earnings. Many artists are also pressured to sign long-term contracts, relinquishing a share of their rights.
At Melodify, we’ve developed a sustainable business model that allows us to operate with just a 20% cut of royalties while providing free distribution and features. Our mission is to make a meaningful impact in the music industry by empowering artists and giving them control over their careers.
If you’re ready to distribute your music, click here to sign up and upload your tracks to major streaming platforms.
Our aim is to support independent artists in building their music careers. If you feel that Melodify isn’t the right fit for you, check out this list of some of the best music distribution services available to help you sell your music online.
Melodify Distribution
Easily upload your music to Spotify, iTunes / Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Napster, Google Music, Shazam YouTube, Tidal and many other stores using our latest technology. We will take care of the rest once we receive your tracks between 24/72 hours.
Gain access to our renovated analytics tool, easily collect data and insights about who is listening and where are they listening to your music. We also offer playlist analytics, view where you are being played on Spotify’s playlists and keep track of them.
Amuse
Another option is amuse, but this one is more like a traditional record label moved into an application. They offer free distribution as well and they are like a talent pool. If your project matches with their curators, then you could get signed by this label. For more information, go to amuse.io
OneRPM
ONErpm is a digital distribution service and fan engagement platform founded in 2010 by Emmanuel Zunz and Matthew Olim, the latter one of the co-founders of CDNow, a pioneer in digital music which was acquired by Amazon in 2000
Distrokid
Distrokid is a music distribution service that gets your tracks onto all the major music stores and streaming platforms. Users pay a yearly fee of $19.99 to upload unlimited albums and songs and artists always keep 100% of their rights and royalties.
CD Baby
CD Baby distributes your music to 150+ streaming and download services around the world for a fee of $9.95 per single, $49 per album and 15% of your royalties. CD Baby also gives you access to key demographic and geographic data when you distribute your music using their service.
Tunecore
For a flat fee of $9.99 per single or $29.99 per album, Tunecore distributes your music to over 150 digital stores and streaming platforms. TuneCore artists keep 100% of the profits they earn from sales, downloads, and streaming revenue.
Ditto
With unlimited releases starting from around $25 USD per year, Ditto distributes your music to over 200 stores, including all the major streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and more. Ditto has three distribution packages available for music makers at every stage of their career – Artist, Professional and Label. Ditto lets you keep 100% of your rights and royalties, has 24/7 artist support and lets you track sales and trending data with daily analytics reports.
Record Union
Record Union is a distribution platform that lets you register a free account and then charges you for every release. There are three distribution packages available depending on the amount of stores you want your track delivered to, with single releases priced from $7. Record Union artists are charged per year for every music store or streaming platform they want their track added to and take 15% of all artist royalties.
Spinn Up
Spinnup is an independent record label and music distribution service owned by Universal Music Group. You can sign up for free to use their social data dashboard and special artist features, but then you pay to release every track. Single releases start at $9.99 USD. SpinnUp delivers to 44 music stores and streaming platforms, artists keep 100% of their rights and royalties, and the top tracks uploaded from their platform are sent to the Universal Music Group A&R team, giving you a chance to be discovered and signed by their record label.
United Masters
While it’s free to distribute your music with UnitedMasters (they deliver your tracks to 30+ stores and streaming platforms, including all the majors like Spotify and YouTube), they do take 10% of the profit from your streams and downloads. Every artist has access to an analytics dashboard which tracks your real-time data.
Level
One of the newest distro services on the scene is Level, which is currently available in beta and lets you release your music on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Play, TIDAL, Pandora, Deezer and Napster. While still in Beta, you can distribute your music free of charge, but when the full platform is launched, Level will take 8% from each of your release royalties.
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