![]() If you are verified on Twitter, you can fill out the Shazam artist verification form, and you should be verified shortly after. ![]() The easiest way to get verified on Shazam is by being verified on Twitter. It’s the same thing on Spotify to really make use of it you need 250 followers. If you really want to make full use of your profile, you need to get verified. The next step you can take is getting verified on Shazam. And of course, make sure that every song you have is registered with Shazam. For now, I want to make sure you’re at least making the most of Shazam on a basic level.įor one thing, you should have your Shazam artist profile populated with lyrics, biographies and pictures. In the future, we’ll come out with a full guide on marketing with Shazam. That said, it will eventually happen, so you might as well do it. It can take up to a couple months for this information to appear on AllMusic, Shazam, and the other sites/apps ROVI distributes to – especially since they prioritize submissions from labels and distributors. Thankfully you can also send them an email with all the promotional information related to the release. That seems very weird and annoying to me. Strangely enough, you can still send them physical mail with all your information. Shazam licenses their biographies through ROVI, who also populates AllMusic with their information. They also send your lyrics to Deezer, HTC, and various other digital services. All you have to do is submit your lyrics to LyricFind and they will populate Shazam with your lyrics. Shazam partners with LyricFind to source their lyrics. While it’s not absolutely essential that your songs have lyrics, if your songs are already on there, you might as well give an interested fan as much information about yourself as possible. The Shazam app has lyrics built right into it. It can take about a week for the song to be processed, and if there are any problems, you can always go through Shazam’s customer support. They do not accept CDs, emails, mp3s, etc. You now must go through a digital distribution service. In the past, you could manually submit your music to Shazam, but you are no longer able to do this. Simply make sure you select a distribution package that distributes to Shazam and a distributor that has a good reputation. On their website, Shazam lists the following distribution services as partners: Believe Digital, CDBaby, DistroKid, Ditto Music, CI (Consolidated Independent), finetunes, Fuga, Ingrooves, The Orchard, Tunecore, Zimbalam and then any major or independent distributor. Any one of these services is also capable of adding your song to the Shazam database. Pretty much everyone uses one of the standard distribution services to get their music on Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Getting your music on Shazam is, thankfully, easier than ever. Ensure You’re Making The Most Of Shazam.Especially if you’re running any sort of publicity or radio campaign. Have I made my case? If your songs aren’t Shazamable, you are losing out on potential fans and opportunities. Warner Music Group recently signed a deal with Shazam to allow them access to the data collected by the company. It makes sense that Shazam has become an A&R tool for labels and for radio stations. Shazam says that it only takes a handful of Shazams to detect a change in pattern, and potentially predict a hit. Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” was played on one American radio station, and was Shazamed so many times that she had an American record deal in 72 hours. Already, there have been a few notable examples of artists that received their “big break” after a label or radio noticing their song being Shazamed more often. The fact is, people don’t Shazam songs they don’t like. Artists that are being Shazamed more often have something that is making people want to find out who they are. Labels, radio stations, and industry around the world use Shazam to find artists that are catching on. However, there are bigger reasons to make sure your songs are “Shazamable”.
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