Introduction
General Information
As with any other distribution service, the content you send to stores goes through an internal review. Once you’ve filled out all the release information and click “Submit for distribution” in the final section, the status of your release will change to “Submitted”. If you later see the status “Finalized”, it means your release has passed our review and has already been sent to the stores. If we find any issues, the release will receive the status “Admin declined” and will be returned to you for revision along with notes. In that case, you’ll need to fix the mistakes and sign it again.
Terminology Notes
Sections in this guide refer to the main steps of creating and editing a release, shown in the left-hand menu of the release editor.
Tabs are the sub-sections within certain sections — for example, Tracks or Locales.
Album and release are used as synonyms throughout this guide. If you see the word album or release, it refers to the entire release, regardless of how many tracks it contains. If the word track is used, it refers to a specific track and the data related to it only.
Creating a Release
To create a new release, go to the My Albums page and click the Add Music button. This will create a new release and take you to the first editing section — Main information.
The left-hand menu, which you normally use to navigate the site, will turn into a list of sections inside the release editor. Each section in this guide has its own article explaining all the fields and buttons, along with examples of how to fill them out.
Please Note
While editing your release, do not close the browser tab or window. If you want to close the release without saving changes, click the “Cancel” button at the bottom of the page. If you want to save and exit, go to the last editing tab (“Apply”) and click “OK”.
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