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The primary performer (singer, instrumentalist, or artist) of the album.
- If the album has four or more main artists, please select "Various Artists" or use a collective group name (e.g., A Star Is Born Cast, ABC Band). On certain platforms, it will be displayed as "Various Artists."
- Since each music platform has different rules, on Apple Music, if a song lists more than five main artists, the album-level main artist will be displayed as "Various Artists."
- You must be listed as a primary album artist for the album to appear under your main releases on music stores.
Only if you are listed as a main artist of the album, does the album appear as one of your main releases on your music platform.
Track Primary Artist
Main singer/musician/performer of a track. “Various Artists” is not applicable.
Only if you are listed as a main artist of the track, will you be able to see the number of plays and other stats for the track on Spotify for Artists.
Featuring artist (optional)
A special guest who contributes his voice to a track.
If a guest artist is featured in a piece of music, most music platforms will add the name of this featuring artist to the track title (e.g., Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (feat. Da-Ming Wang). When selecting the featuring artist, you can preview the track title.
If you are listed as a featuring artist of a track but not as one of the main artists, you will not be able to see the number of plays and other stats for the track on Spotify for Artists.
How can I make albums I partially participated in appear on my Spotify/Apple Music (iTunes) artist page?
If you are listed as a main or featuring artist of any track on an album, this album will appear on your “Appears On” list on your artist page.
How can I make tracks I contributed to appear on my “Popular Track List”?
Spotify: You must be listed as a main artist.
Apple Music(iTune)：You must be listed as a main or featuring artist.
You must reach a threshold of a certain number of plays. Tracks with low number of plays will not appear on the “Popular Track List”.