It's gonna be christmas soon!

Same procedure as every year, James:

The holidays are a busy period in any industry. Like every year, iTunes has published their holiday delivery deadlines in advance. If you plan to release new music on Apple Music and the iTunes Store in November and December 2018, make sure you are familiar with the following deadlines:

IMPORTANT: Please upload your music to recordJet as far in advance as possible, ideally MORE than two weeks BEFORE the dates in the Delivery Deadline column. If your release has incorrect formatting or there is information missing, we have to get back to you which will delay the delivery process. Music uploaded less than two weeks before the dates on the Delivery Deadline column cannot be guaranteed to be available in stores on time. All dates in the table refer to PST.