Free music distribution for artists and labels

Your catalog stays yours.

Release your music on Spotify, Apple Music and the major stores. We collect your royalties and pay out monthly.

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How it worksandwhat the plans cost

Your way to the stores

Three moves, from your application to your first delivery.

ApplyTell us about you and your music. We review it and set up your account.
Choose your planFree is yours once your account is set up. Pro is coming soon. Partner talks to us first.
Upload and get paidUpload your release and pick your stores. We deliver it, collect your royalties and pay out monthly.

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We handle distribution. You make the music.

You keep all your rights

Recordings, songs and artwork stay yours. We only get the rights we need to deliver your releases and collect what they earn.

Monthly payouts to PayPal

Your share is credited in USD once the stores pay us. Payouts to PayPal run monthly from a $20 balance. New or small releases may earn nothing at first.

Support that writes back

Every question goes to one inbox: support@laydistribution.com. Free typically hears back within 48 to 72 hours, Partner within 24.

Where your music goes

We deliver your releases to the stores and streaming services where people listen. You pick the stores for each release.

Apple Music
Spotify
YouTube Music
Amazon Music
TikTok
Instagram
Deezer
Tidal

And the other major stores. Every store reviews a release at its own pace, so we never promise a go-live date.

Music distribution, plainly explained

What a distributor does, what Lay costs you and how the money reaches you.

What a music distributor does

To reach Spotify, Apple Music and the other big stores, you need a distributor. We deliver your release to the stores, collect what it earns there and pay you your share, so your time goes into the music.

Why every account starts with an application

Self-registration is closed. Tell us who you are and where we can hear your music. We read every application ourselves and set up your account by hand. Then you upload, pick your stores, and we deliver.

What Free costs you

Nothing up front. Lay earns only when your music earns: you keep about 70 percent of your royalties, Lay keeps about 30. There is no minimum term, so you can leave any time.

How the money reaches you

Once a store pays us, your share is credited to your Lay Credit Account in US dollars. From a $20 balance we pay out through PayPal once a month. New or small releases may earn nothing at first.

Which plan allows AI tracks

Free allows no AI-generated tracks. Pro is coming soon and will allow AI tracks you disclose, with no spam and no impersonation. On Partner, for labels, managers and artist teams, AI use and the revenue share are agreed with you.

Who is behind Lay

Lay Distribution UG (haftungsbeschränkt) is a music distribution company from Karlsruhe, Germany, founded by Philipp Börsig and Yelen Lüle. Every question goes to one support inbox, and your recordings, songs and artwork stay yours.

Pricing

Start free. Leave any time.

Free and Partner are open now, Pro is coming soon. Every plan pays out monthly in USD.

Free

Start releasing

$0after a short review

We review every application ourselves
You keep about 70 percent of royalties, Lay about 30
No AI-generated tracks

Apply for Free

Pro

For solo artists who do it all

Coming soonno price yet

AI tracks allowed if you disclose them. No spam, no impersonation
Email support, typically answered within 24 hours
Price and revenue share shown before you order

Apply for Free for now

Partner

For labels, managers and artist teams

On requestno public price

Built for catalogs and rosters
Revenue share agreed with you
AI tracks only by agreement
Email support, typically answered within 24 hours

Email us about Partner

What artists say

LayDistribution never ceases to amaze me with their outstanding support. Communication is uncomplicated, fast and reliable. As an artist, the dedicated team makes my everyday life much easier.

JULI3NTranslated from German

Before you pick

Straight answers before you sign up.

What is Lay Distribution?

We get your music into the stores and streaming services and collect what it earns there. Your music stays yours.

Free, Pro or Partner: which one fits me?

Free costs nothing, and you keep about 70 percent of what your music earns. Pro is coming soon, and Partner is for labels and managers who talk to us first.

When do I get paid?

Once a store pays us, your share lands in your Lay Credit Account in US dollars. From $20 you can cash out, and we pay out through PayPal once a month.