Add your own music to the Shazam catalog
If you’re an artist, you can add your own songs to the Shazam music catalog to connect with the app’s active users—millions of potential fans. Shazam doesn’t just identify your music—it can connect users to a place where they can hear more of your songs or add them to playlists, sing along to your lyrics, watch your videos, follow you, read your bio, and more.
You can also share your concert information and ticket links with Shazam so your fans never miss a show. See Make your concerts discoverable for fans in Apple Music for Artists.
Make your music discoverable
To get your music, lyrics, music videos, and more added to the Shazam catalog (and to Apple Music), work with an Apple-approved distributor.
After your approval and submission, you can verify your music is in the Shazam catalog in two ways:
Go to Shazam on the web, then search for your artist name and song title.
While your song is playing, identify it using Shazam.
Keep it real
Your music is the bridge that connects you with your fans. From the initial idea to the recording, mixing, and mastering process, it takes effort to get everything just right. That’s why Apple strives to present your music in its most authentic form.
For the best possible customer experience, Shazam, Apple Music, and iTunes may hide content for editorial reasons, including misleading content or copyright infringement. Examples of problem content include:
DJ mixes as a single audio file
Megamixes
Audio snippets of viral tracks
Mash-up tracks
Viral track edits from user-generated content platforms such as TikTok, Soundcloud, Instagram, or YouTube
For more information, see Editorial Hides in the Apple Music Style Guide.
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes infringement, see Claims of Infringement (DMCA/DSA) on the Apple Legal website.
Check out your Shazam data
To see your Shazam data and how your music is performing across Shazam, Apple Music, and iTunes, join Apple Music for Artists. In addition to key metrics such as number of Shazam matches, plays, purchases, and video views, you can see which Apple Music or curator playlists—or Shazam charts—a song may be included on. You can also view cities and countries or regions where your songs are discovered.
And you can use Apple Music for Artists to add and update your own custom artist image.