Upload your music to the world
We deliver to the biggest streaming and download services and some of the most acknowledged niche platforms
About Spotify
Spotify is the biggest music streaming service in the world. Spotify has over 180 million paying subscribers who can choose from more than 82 million tracks. Including their ad-supported free tier, the platform has 406 million users in 184 markets.Record Union is a Spotify Preferred Partner which means that Spotify recommends us to music makers for distribution.
When you release your music through Record Union, you can get one-click instant access to Spotify for Artists.
About Apple Music
With more than 80 million subscribers and over 100 million tracks, Apple Music is a top player in the world of streaming.Apple Music offers all the key features you would expect from a streaming service, including curated playlists, internet radio stations, and new music recommendations based on listeners’ music taste. Artists and labels can set up artist pages from which they can connect and engage with fans.
When distributing to Apple Music, the release metadata has to meet the highest quality standards possible or release dates will be delayed. Record Union constantly score high when our deliveries are evaluated, which means that music is uploaded faster and artist pages are correct.
About TikTok
TikTok is a fast-growing social media platform specialized in video and music content. TikTok has more than 1.1 billion monthly active users.TikTok users integrate music into their video content and the artist behind the music gets paid. Artists can also use the platform for marketing and promotion efforts.
Learn how your music is used on TikTok and how to upload it.
About Instagram
More than 2.35 billion people use Instagram every month. They upload videos to their feed and stories and they add music to accompany the videos.When Instagram users integrate music into their feeds and Stories, the artists behind those songs get paid. Artists can also use Instagram for marketing and promotion efforts.
Learn how your music is used on Instagram and how to upload it.
About Facebook
Facebook is the world’s biggest social media and networking platform, available worldwide with more than 2.9 billion active users.Facebook users add music to their video and stories content and the artist behind the music gets paid.
Learn how your music is used on Facebook and how to upload it.
About YouTube Music
YouTube Music is YouTube’s subscription based streaming service for music. The platform has more than 80 million subscribers.About iTunes
iTunes is Apple’s store for downloads. With more than 100 million tracks iTunes is one of the biggest music download service in the world. iTunes is available in over 160 countries.When distributing to iTunes, the release metadata has to meet the highest quality standards possible or release dates will be delayed. Record Union constantly score high when our deliveries are evaluated by Apple, which means that music is uploaded faster and artist pages are correct.
About TIDAL
TIDAL is a high fidelity, lossless music streaming service with over 3 million subscribers in 61 countries. TIDAL offers more than 100 million tracks and 650,000 music videos.With their Rising Program TIDAL puts emphasis on upcoming artists through a wide set of benefits such as prominent placement in the streaming app, professional photo shoot, PR support, and more.
About Amazon Music
Amazon Music is a streaming and download service with more than 80 million subscribers and 100 million tracks.Amazon Music puts a lot of effort into curation and data analysis – thousands of playlists are updated continously and the most important ones on a weekly basis.
About 7digital
7digital is a streaming and download platform with more than 80 million tracks. They operate in over 80 territories.When delivering music to 7digital, artists’ music is uploaded to 7digital’s own consumer service as well as to their +30 partner services.
About Pandora
Pandora is a streaming service with more than 45 million monthly active users.With their highly ambitious Music Genome Project® Pandora is aiming to create the best personalized listening experience possible.
About Shazam
Shazam is a market leader within music discovery. People use the Shazam app to find out what track is being played in their surroundings by simply holding their smartphone to the sound source.Shazam has more than 225 million monthly active users and more than 450 million anually.
When a track is detected by the app,s Shazam presents links to the track on various streaming and download services. These links drives 400,000 downloads daily.
About Napster
Napster is a streaming service with 3 million subscribers in 34 countries. Their catalog of music contains 35 million tracks.In December, 2019, Napster revealed that independent artists on their top 100 most streamed artists had increased by 100% since 2015.
About Deezer
Deezer is a streaming service operating out of France. The service offers over 90 million tracks, has over 9 million subscribers and over 16 million active users monthly. Deezer focuses on a local presence and is currently avaliable in more than 185 countries.Deezer puts a lot of effort into curation with more than 50 editors and 100 million playlists.
About Anghami
Anghami is a streaming service with heavy focus on the Middle Eastern and North African music scenes. The service has more than 1.5 million subscribers and 21 million monthly active users in total. Anghami has more than 72 million tracks.
About Juno Download
Juno Download is a download service focusing on dance music and the Electronic genres. DJs are one of Juno Download’s main target groups. Their catalog contains over 5 million mp3 and wav tracks for download.For almost 25 years Juno Download has been building their reputation as a comprehensive source for new dance music as well as a vast back catalogue.
About Beatport
Beatport is a streaming and download service with an exclusive focus on the dance and Electronic genres. DJs is the main target group for Beatport.Beatport is highly acknowledged in the DJ community – among their 36 million users, around half a million are DJs.
Customers can download tracks in the mp3 and wav audio formats.
Do you represent a label?
Labels distributing music to Beatport first need to have their label name registered on the Beatport platform. Labels can apply using the application form below. Labels who don’t want to use their own name or don’t have a label name can mark the release as released by Record Union (use the Label input field in the Release info section when creating the release).
About SoundCloud
SoundCloud was launched in Berlin in 2008 by two Swedes; sound designer Alexander Ljung and electronic musician Eric Wahlforss. Since then, it has grown to become one of the largest audio streaming services in the world. SoundCloud allows users to upload, promote and share audio.SoundCloud is available in more than 190 countries and territories. The service has expanded its monetization program to more than 30 countries – including the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe – allowing musicians to earn royalties from streams in those markets.
About Qobuz
Qobuz is a French commercial music streaming and downloading service. It was founded in 2007 by Yves Riesel, expanded to a limited range of overseas markets, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain, and launched in the US in May 2019.
About iMusica
Created in 2000, iMusica is a pioneer in Latin America in distribution of digital media and sales of legally downloaded audiovisual content over the Internet, and more recently, via cell phones. It has over 2 million tracks licensed for legal distribution, and has secured agreements with Warner Music, Universal Music, Emi Music, Sony music, Som Livre, Deckdisc, Trama, Biscoito Fino and over 300 independent national and international recording companies.It has a network of music stores on the Internet in partnership with the largest e-commerce portals and sites, such as MSN.com.br, Yahoo.com.br, Americanas.com, Submarino.com, Som Livre, among others. Present in 18 Latin American countries, iMusica also acts as a content aggregator for the main digital services abroad, such as iTunes, AmazonMp3, eMusic.com, among others.
About NetEase Cloud Music
Launched in 2013, NetEase Cloud Music is a leading interactive music streaming service provider in China with more than 800 million registered users.NetEase Cloud Music provides personalized recommendations, promotes user interaction and creates a strong social community among its socially engaged music fans.
Its focus on discovering and promoting emerging musicians has made NetEase Cloud Music a destination of choice for exploring new and independent music in China.
