Metadata
Learn how to correctly complete your release information, including titles, artists, contributors, credits, genres, languages, and other details required for distribution.
What information counts as metadata on a release, the difference between release level and track level, and why accuracy affects delivery and discovery.
What belongs and what doesn't belong in the artist name field, why featured artists aren't written into the name, and why the spelling must always match the profile.
The difference between the primary artist role and the featured artist (featuring) role, how to decide which one applies, and why you don't type "feat." into the name.
How to credit the people who wrote and produced the music, which roles the system requires on each track, and why composers, lyricists and producers need a legal name.
What the primary and secondary genre are, how the list is organized, and why the genre you pick changes which platforms are available.
What the primary language declares, the difference between the release language and each track's language, and what marking a track as instrumental means.
What the Clean, Explicit and Clean Version options mean, why the rating is set per track, and what happens if it's labeled wrong.
How to use the Version field, why you leave it empty for the original recording, and why the version never goes in the title.