Streaming and your rights
How to get your music on Spotify and earn from it, and what licensing and copyright mean for your music before you upload it anywhere.
- Song licensing and copyright: what artists need to knowThe licenses that matter for your music, the rights copyright gives you, and why to sort both out before you upload to Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube.
- How to get your music on Spotify and earn from itYou can't upload to Spotify directly. How to release through a distributor, set up your artist profile, promote your music and earn from streams.
- Spotify's 2026 rules for artists: 1,000 streams and fake streamsSpotify counts a track for recorded royalties only after 1,000 streams in 12 months, and artificial streams cost money. What that means for your next release.
- Releasing music on Spotify for free: what free actually costsSpotify takes no uploads of its own, a distributor has to deliver them. What a free route includes, where the hidden costs sit, and when a yearly fee is cheaper.
- Music royalties explained: recording, publishing, and what reaches youTwo royalty streams, one distributor and a payout minimum. How streamshare works, why there is no per-stream rate, and what is left of a stream when it arrives.