To get your music on Amazon Music in India, you upload your track to a music distributor, fill in your song details and cover art, and the distributor delivers it to Amazon Music for you. You can't upload to Amazon Music directly as an independent artist — like Spotify and Apple Music, Amazon only accepts music through approved distributors. Once it's live, you claim your profile in Amazon Music for Artists to manage your page and see your stats.
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Why Amazon Music is worth including
Amazon Music reaches listeners through its app, the web player, and — crucially — Alexa devices, where people request songs by voice. When your metadata is clean, "Alexa, play [your song]" actually finds it. It's a smaller share of Indian streams than Spotify or JioSaavn for most artists, but it's part of reaching all 150+ platforms, and it comes free when you select all stores in your distributor.
What you need ready
- Your mastered track as a WAV file (16- or 24-bit).
- Square cover art, 3000×3000px, with no URLs, handles, or logos you don't own.
- Your artist name spelled exactly as on your other releases.
- Correct credits, language, and genre.
- A distributor account and a release date 1–2 weeks away.
Step 1: Upload to your distributor
Sign in to your distributor (this guide uses Grootin), start a new release, and upload your WAV file. Wait for the confirmation that the file is accepted.
Step 2: Add your details and cover art
Enter your song title, artist name, featured artists, genre, and language, and upload your 3000×3000px cover. Spell everything exactly — Alexa voice search and Amazon's catalog matching both depend on clean metadata.
Step 3: Select Amazon Music as a platform
Choose all platforms (the default) or tick Amazon Music specifically. While you're there, confirm the India-first stores like JioSaavn are selected too, so you don't miss local listeners.
Step 4: Set your release date and submit
Pick a date at least 1–2 weeks out and submit. Your distributor delivers to Amazon Music over the next few days, and your song goes live on the release date.
Step 5: Claim Amazon Music for Artists
Once your music is live, request access to Amazon Music for Artists to claim your profile, add a photo and bio, and see your streaming stats. This is also where you confirm the catalog is attributed to you — the same idea as claiming and verifying your artist profiles on other platforms.
How you get paid
Amazon Music pays per stream like other platforms. Your distributor collects those royalties and pays you 1–3 months later, alongside everything else. For how the money flows, see how artists get paid.
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