News from Apple Music - always up to date

In this article you will find all the latest news and existing information about Apple Music for Artists. To make sure you don’t miss anything, we regularly update the news and links to all other articles about Apple Music for Artists and provide you with all the necessary links. Just like other streaming platforms such as Spotify or Deezer, Apple is always working on new features and improvements to help you manage your music better.

What’s new?

• December 2023: Holiday Delivery Deadline
  All information about the delivery deadline before the holidays can be found here. As every year, please note that in your own interest, your release must be received in full by recordJet as far as possible before the Apple Delivery Deadline in the right-hand column, so that there is enough time for quality checks and any queries/extra correction loops. If a release is delivered to us less than 14 days before the delivery deadline, it may not be published on time.

• May 2023: Linkfire
  “Linkfire” has been available to all users since May of this year. Linkfire is a free music marketing and analytics platform used by labels and artists to create intelligent links and landing pages. Since then, you can use your Apple Music for Artists account to share Linkfire links with your fans around the world.
• March 2023: “Apple Music Classical” App
  Apple launched Apple Music Classical in March 2023. It is intended for classical music experts as well as classical music newcomers. The app includes the largest classical music catalogue in the world, with over 5 million tracks. From famous classical recordings to absolutely forgotten gems. The Apple Music Classical team has created over 700 playlists to date, taking listeners through 800 years of music history. The music is played back in Lossless Audio with a maximum resolution of 24Bit/192kHz.
• December 2022: Holiday Delivery Deadline
  All information about the delivery deadline before the holidays can be found here.

All updates at a glance

• Spring 2023: Artist profile
  There are three new sections. “Promote”, “Artist content” and “Account”. These sections help you promote your music, personalise your profile and interact. You can promote content on social media platforms such as Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram Stories, upload artist photos, evaluate your data and add more people to your account.