How to Claim Your Account on Apple Music for Artists 

Hey Matt, just wanted to say thank you for this video! Huge help. As my way of saying thank you I am streaming all your songs on soundcloud right now! Thanks man! You nailed the Mr Bojangles cover!!!!!

I like how u are replying to everyone amazing stuff brother

Just recently changed my artist name and therefore I'm making a new account to drop my new stuff under. Ideally, I would like to already have my new tracks on the profile with my profile pic as soon as I drop them. VS having to wait a week for them to review everything while my new track is on a profile with a blank pic for the first week . Do you know a way to work around this? I cant verify a profile or albums cuz I haven't dropped under my new name yet

Good man. Thanks

Wow thank you so much. I'm just trying to get my url link. Once mine is approved, will I be able to grab my url? You have taught me something wow

I’ve been tryna find myself in the search bar but it says no results…. 😔. I’m on an iCloud account do I need to be on a Gmail account in order to to create an apple? I can’t have an iCloud?

Thank You your help! I just released my first single. I'm so happy :)

Thank you very much, this was awesome. I really needed a good explanation and you explained it perfectly! :)

It doesn’t let me add Distrokid as my distribution it keeps saying session id mismatch

Hii can you also guide me how to Merge 2 of my Artist Profiles that have been created on Apple Music and Resso ??? Both the Artist Profiles name is same and both have my different songs on the profiles due to which I haven't been able to select one of them and get my profile verified. So please help!!!

Thanks for this video. Just would like to ask if artist profile in Apple Music can be claimed thru Android phone? Bec. When I searched in Google how to claim it, it says you should use iphone... But I don't have iphone, what I have is Android

My name and single shows up in the search bar but when I select it, it says "there are not albums for this artist" and it doesnt let me select it. However, my song is already on apple music so I am confused. Please help.

Hey! I recently uploaded one of my first singles on apple music but there is a problem. When i try and claim my artist page it just says (Can’t Add Artist You’re only able to add artists who are the primary artist on at least one song in Apple Music. The artist you’re looking for may only be a featured artist on all available songs and albums.) I have tried pasting the links and when i do it says that they cant search for artists right now. I am very confused since this is my first time uploading through distrokid and apple in general. I am the only artist on the song. It is a lofi instrumental. So i am the only artist for the track yet it says that i might be a feature so thats why i cant claim my artists profile. Any chance you might know a solution to this?

How long does it usually take for you to get a response on if you’re approved

Excellent. Best video I've found to claim my apple Music account.

I tried to claim my artist page but its been so long apple music didn't response. Before I tried to claim my artist page there was only one page with my artist name but now I can see two. One empty artist page has been created. Really confused

Hey Matt, this was great. I do have a follow up question. Don't know if you know of this branch of request but I am currently trying to claim my artist profile as well, however my initial request has gotten rejected. The already release one song of mine that I featured on is the one I had linked for their verfication but hey said I wasn't the primary artist of that song. Do you know what would be best as a next step? Should I upload a song where I AM a primary artist and let CD Baby create the itunes profile for me. Once that is out, then I can request access on that one..... what do you think?

Hey, I got a question. So I have already released my song on Apple Music through RouteNote, but there's no RouteNote option in distribution contact. What sould I do?

Hey, so once i upload my music to Cdbaby or tunecore , i should be able to search my artist Profile from those sites on Apple Music’s search bar? In other words, will Apple Music be able to find my music from other distributors even tho I’m searching for my music on Apples search bar?

Would a single need to be released first on Apple Music before you claim your profile?

What if someone created a profile without your permission on all music platform ( apple music, Spotify etc), how can you claim ownership of your music and collect the earnings from each platform? Please give me some insight because I really need help with this.

It has been a while since I request for my page and I haven’t gotten it accepted what should I do?

It say I’m experiencing a outage what does that mean

my music is on apple music but i do not pop up in the apple music for artists name when i search myself

Hey Matt ..I don't use an iphone but my music got distributed through tunecore...how do I claim it without an id?

My distrokid does not have an goodies option. is this because i just made my user?

Hey so what do we do if we can’t get access? I’ve been trying since my song released

Only helpful video thank goodness, so this is basically how I will log into my account right ? Awesome

Hello. Please Do I upload my music directly after claiming my apple music account or I still go through distributors?

if you an artist do u still have to pay

I have an apple music account but everytime i put the link in or type my name to find my artist profile i dont pop up can you help?

I just uploaded a new song under a brand new artist name through distrokid, so Apple Music and Spotify have already created my artist profiles. Do I need to create a new Apple ID using my new artist email to claim my artist profile on Apple Music? Or should I use my existing Apple ID to login?

How do you do this if you don't use apple products, though????

I’ve done all this but for some reason someone else is still posting they’re songs on my account

Do you know why it is saying “ artist isn’t accepting requests”? Does someone have access to my account?

I need some help, As I am signed to different labels Apple music made two artist profiles for me (Idk why) and now some of my music is in some other profile and rest on the other profile Is there a way to fix it?

I’m trying to make a new Apple artist account w Cdbaby and I have no clue how nothing is working it’s pissing me the hell off can you help please?

I don’t have any music on Apple Music yet is that why I’m not popping up ?

Hi Matt, Great Video!! Super helpful. My question is, I’m an Independent artist looking for distributing my album through distrokid. So, do you recommend creating s artist profile on Apple Music first and linking to the distrokid or claiming the account after distrokid create an account for me in those platforms?

Hi matt can you please help me? So, my distributor is distrokid, my first song is going to be released next month, so technically I only can edit my artist profile wen the song drops? For an example, Spotify already give me acess to my profile so i can manage and be ready for the release.

How can you write a bio/description of your project underneath it like some artists do?

So you cant claim an artist account until you have released a single or tape of some sort?

If you change distributors will your artist profile be transferred to the new distributor? profile being mainly Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music

My account still says pending

Everytime I copy my link it says we’re having trouble searching artist right now

Thanks for the help!

What do I do if my albums aren't showing up under my artist name and I can't proceed? It says "The Artist portal is currently experiencing an outage. Data may be unavailable." Not sure where to go from there. thanks!

hey I have a question I tried searching my name in the request an artist and I could not find my name, It kept saying no results and I am not sure why because I already have a song out and its been a couple of days now and I tried everything including copy and pasting the itunes link into. And no I do not have a mac computer but I don't think it should matter though.

Bro my thing has been taking like 2 weeks should I re submit it?

“THIS ARTIST IS NOT CURRENTLY GRANTING ACCESS TO NEW USERS” 🤕 Anyone know the fix?

thank you for this

I dropped my first song yesterday and I’m trying to claim it but when I search for my name or put the link it says nothing found

it always says “unauthorized” on the instagram part

What if u have no song to claim yet and the release date isnt here. How do I still claim the account

I'm having trouble claiming my name because it's been claimed by someone else already

Tysm

Where do i claim

I have a lot of remixes i did for various artists. So there are a few unclaimed artist pages. I would like to claim one of them and combine all the others to that one artist page so that consumes can see the remixes i did. i tried to claim one artist page but to verify i need an album. but i don´t have a album. but like 10 remixes. not quite sure how that will work.

What if your first song is only a feature? My vocals are featured on a song and it's saying I can't make an artist account yet unfortunately until I have a primary song.

I accidentally clicked “do not allow requests” on my Apple Music for artist account and now I can’t claim it Can you help please

Thanks Matt.... how long does it take to get verified?

Hi, I want access to my artist profile but there is no progress. Constantly appearing text: "Your connection request, sent Aug 21, 2022, at 21:13 PM, is awaiting approval from an administrator." Please help me.

I have come up with a problem with my distributer because it won't let me post the song unless I provide my Apple Music link. How can I give them the link if I do not have an artist apple account? And I already subscribed to that distributer, I paid $50 for the year. I would appreciate your help.

ThX Matt

How long does apple music for artists take to review?

Is this possible to do on Android bro?

I’ve been trying to get accepted for over a year now. Stuck on pending

I have music out it keeps saying can’t find anything

Thank you!!

How did you get your "matt steinfield" to be an artist that you can claim. I want to create one of those for myself so I can claim it.

What if ur account dosent pop up on the “request for artist access “ do you just request on someone else’s account , because my song is uploaded but it’s uploaded onto someone else’s apple account

Bro, I released my album last week. Do I have to wait a certain amount of time before my name will pop up in their search bar? Currently, when it says to locate the artists, my name doesn’t pop up

Hey matt, ive trued to do this and when i go to the music artists page it tells me that this music artists isnt accepting requests. Does my ditto email have to match my apple id? Please help

Hey man how long does it take to get access?

I have a question so do I have to wait until my song is released to claim my profile, I’m right of wrong?

Do you need to link your social media acoounts before they can approve your request? Bc I linked mine and they haven’t approve me for the past 1 month

Is amuse good?

Thank you man!

yo matt! what do i do if i dont have an apple-id?

It says we couldn’t find anything for ...

I am a Talent Coach with a company for talents. Would I be the distributor

Can you request for access even without releasing the song

How long does it take when your application is being reviewed?

very helpful

This was a big help in the process of connecting my account but i have one question. How long does it typically take for it to be accepted i did mine on 01/30/23 and it hasnt been accepted yet

Did you use your id from your music distribution company or your personal id?

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They say I forgot my apple music password but it never gave me an option to claim it,I know it's a lie , distrokid lying this music business is a lie , scam I'm truly heart broken

Do I need Apple ID or something like that, because I am not using any apple product?

Spotify is way easier. Apple do too muh

hi Matt, I need to claim my father's profile. I am the successor. How is that possible?

Hey man i like your music! You should check mine out and tell me what you think

hey what if i made the account using a gmail?