First up, it’s competition time! Following the success of our January giveaway, we’ve decided to launch another competition for independent artists. We’ll be giving away the ultimate marketing bundle to help give your next release the push it deserves. You could be in with a chance of winning:

• A full global playlist pitching campaign

• A digital press one sheet

• A custom EPK

• 50% off a global PR campaign

• 1 month free with Melodify Distribution

The competition will officially launch on Monday 5th August over on our Instagram. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is like the post, share to your stories, hit the follow button and tag your artist page in the comments. We’ll be announcing the lucky winner at the beginning of September. Good luck!

Spotify Delivery Delay

On Monday 29th July, Spotify are undertaking essential SFTP maintenance during 07:00 to 10:00 AM UTC. This means that during this time, we will be unable to accesses the SFTP sever to deliver content.

Once maintenance is complete and we have received confirmation from Spotify, we will be able to resume deliveries as normal.

This will mean that any releases you upload for distribution over the weekend or during the maintenance timeframe on Monday 29th July may be subject to delays in delivery and appearing live on Spotify. 

Please keep this in mind when deciding on your release date.

We thank you for your patience and co-operation with this matter and will aim to deliver your releases as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Introducing: New Release Experience

Earlier this month, Spotify launched a new release focused experience on Spotify for Artists home. The new release checklist gives artists and their teams a prioritised list of actions they can take in Spotify for Artists to optimise their presence ahead of their new music going live and make the biggest impact. 

• Checklist actions include: pitching, creating a Countdown Page, adding a canvas, scheduling a Marquee, considering Discovery Mode, and booking a Showcase.

• Each task will only be visible to Spotify for Artist users that are admins or editors. For features with limited access, only artists who are eligible for those tools will be prompted to take those actions.

The new release checklist is available now for Spotify for Artists users globally, exclusively on desktop.