Apple Music is considered one of the digital stores that grant greater status and prestige to those who manage to enter their music, due to the complex and closed filters it has to maintain its quality standards.
There are certain guidelines that you must consider in order to upload your music to this store and be able to face its filters. If your song does not make it into the store, you can contact our support service to clarify the reasons for the rejection and try again to place your content in the store.
Cover Art (9 points to consider)
1. The quality of the cover art must be good and the image must be clear; Apple Music does not accept cover art with blurry or pixelated images. It is important that the artist's name and release are legible and well defined.
2. The size must be square with a minimum of 1700 x 1700 px and a maximum of 3000 x 3000.
3. Apple Music does not allow trademarks or their logos on the cover art, as well as content that is pornographic, racist, sexist, or offensive to any ethnicity or culture.
4. The cover and metadata information must match the information on the cover: both the artist name and the release name must match in accents, hyphens, quotation marks, characters, symbols, and script language, i.e., if the release name is Russian, it must be written in its native script. Apple Music will not allow data on the cover page that cannot be justified with the spelling.
5. Apple only supports one cover per occasion; it is possible to upload a cover for both EP and single, as long as the titles are different.
6. The PARENTAL ADVISORY is only allowed if the original logo is used, it must be legible, without language or structure modifications. It is possible to make an adaptation of the notice, however, it has to comply with the above-mentioned requirements. If the song is not explicit and the cover has a parental notice, Apple Music will reject the content submission as there will be no congruence between the cover and the metadata of the release.
7. Features will only be valid if there is a feat., ft., or featuring reference. If the cover says "X", "&", "//" and other symbols to specify the collaboration, Apple will take it as primary artist and not as features.
8. The cover image should indicate that this release is also available as a physical product, using elements such as a picture of the album or a scan of the cover.
9. There is metadata that Apple considers unnecessary and are not approved on the covers of the releases, such as:
- Names of the songs that appear on the album
- Dates (release premiere, year of creation, remix 2021, etc.)
- "Presented by", "X Studio presents", and similar information may be accepted as long as they are justified as collaborators, producers, or record labels in the written metadata
- Social Media
- Phrases or dedications
Metadata (2 points to consider)
1. It is important that the metadata match at all times with the data appearing on the cover page.
2. It is important to add the language in which the song is performed and to specify if the lyrics contain explicit content or not.
If you wish to obtain extra information on this subject or have specific doubts you can consult our guidelines here: https://bit.ly/3axTI5h
