[FAQ]

Hello,

As a songwriter, I’m very familiar with the Spotify for Artists dashboard for tracking statistics related to my own recordings. However, I’ve recently heard about a separate portal called “Spotify for Publishers” and I’m trying to understand its specific purpose.

Is this a tool that an independent songwriter can or should be using? I’m curious to know what kind of data it provides that isn’t already available in the standard artist dashboard. For example, can it show me a consolidated view of all the different recordings of a song I’ve written, including versions by other artists? Does it offer more detailed analytics on the publishing side of the royalties?

I’m trying to assess if it’s a tool I should look into for a more complete picture of how my compositions are performing on the platform. Any insight would be appreciated.

[Jeff Bullas]

Understanding the different data portals is crucial for a complete business overview.

Short Answer: Spotify for Publishers is an analytics dashboard for publishers that tracks the performance of the musical composition, or the text-based song data, across every recording on the platform. Unlike Spotify for Artists which tracks a single audio file, this tool aggregates the data for all versions of your song.

Let’s distinguish the data you get by looking at the asset each platform is designed to track.

First, you must understand that Spotify for Artists is built to analyse the performance of a specific piece of audio content—your master recording. In contrast, Spotify for Publishers is designed to analyse the performance of the underlying intellectual property—the text-based lyrics and musical notes of your composition. Second, the key data you can see there, which is unavailable in the artist dashboard, is a consolidated view of every single version of your song on Spotify, including the original audio, acoustic versions, remixes, and covers by other artists. Third, it provides aggregated stream counts and playlist data for your composition across all of these different audio recordings, giving you a complete picture of your song’s overall cultural impact and publishing royalty sources. Access is typically for publishing companies, so as an independent, you would need to be operating as your own publishing entity to qualify.

Cheers,

Jeff

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