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A lot of work goes into creating your music. Here’s how to help make sure it gets heard.

Pitch new music Create an Intro

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A lot of work goes into creating your music. Here’s how to help make sure it gets heard.

Pitch new music Create an Intro

Pitch new music
Create an Intro
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New release dropping soon?

Pitch a track for global programming consideration and unlock features to help you reach a wider audience on Amazon Music.

Pitch it.

Reach existing fans and followers with in-app activity posts, mobile push notifications, and Alexa alerts and prompts.

Reach a bigger, broader audience through genre-based browsing, Alexa hints, and curated playlists.

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Once your new music has been delivered to us, it will appear in ‘Profile & Tools’ under the header “New Releases” in the Amazon Music for Artists app. Any team member with Owner or Admin access will be able to submit one track per new release. One pitch will be accepted for each team type i.e. Artist team vs. Label team.

Ready to make a pitch? Jump into the app.

For more information, check out our infographic here.

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If it has been more than 24 hours since your new release was successfully delivered to Amazon Music and you still don’t see it under “New Releases”, try these troubleshooting steps:

Confirm with your distributor that your release has been successfully delivered to Amazon Music.
Confirm your new release is eligible for pitching - see following FAQ.
If by release date, you still don’t see your content appearing in “New Releases”, check to ensure your content is available for streaming from your artist profile on the Amazon Music app. Should you encounter a profile mapping issue, Report Issue within Amazon Music for Artists.

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Some of the most common reasons a release may be ineligible to be pitched are:

It has been pitched previously by another team member.
It is more than 14 days after street date based on album-level metadata.
It has been previously released on Amazon Music

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Shout out.

When you’ve got new music, let your fans know by creating a quick Intro.

New Release Intro

Fans can experience your 15-second Intro on your artist profile and via Alexa. (See the full fan details to learn where your Intro will be available.)

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Intros are short messages that set up an artist’s new release for fans. A Spotlight, on the other hand, is all about the narrative, giving artists up to 3 minutes to tell a story that provides fans with additional context behind any song, album, playlist, or station in the Amazon Music catalog.

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You can create an Intro for any new release at the album release level, whether they are full albums or single track albums. Instant gratification tracks (IG tracks) issued ahead of album release date are not eligible for Intros at this time.

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Pre-save. (For the real ones.)

A pre-save allows you to engage with fans even before your new release—which can help you build momentum for upcoming releases and boost first day streams.

Why it’s awesome

Fans who pre-save your new release will automatically become followers on Amazon Music. On your release date, they’ll get notifications to listen to the new music, which will automatically be saved in their Amazon Music library.

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Linkfire, found.ee and feature.fm have launched the pre-save function for Amazon Music. Get started with Linkfire here, found.ee here or with feature.fm here. Once you create a pre-save, you can link to the page from anywhere (eg. Instagram profile).

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Keep fans in the know on new music with an artist follow campaign

Easy as 1,2,3. Your fans can ask Alexa to follow you on Amazon Music, or simply tap the ‘Follow’ button on your artist page. As you release new music, we automatically notify your followers to give them a heads up that a new song or album is available. These alerts come either as a visual notification on their Echo, or in the case of mobile, as a push notification sent to their device.

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Refresh your look

Update your artist profile with imagery that reflects your current aesthetic in the Amazon Music for Artists app. Make sure to update your profile and background images at least two days ahead of street date.

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