Resources
Get it right before you submit.
Guides for distribution, the checklist, metadata, artists, and a help centre when you would rather ask.
Distribution Guide
What happens from the day you open an account to the day a release is out.
- Create an account, then submit the release with its files and credits
- The team reviews it. Approval is what clears it for delivery
- Approved releases go to major and regional platforms on the agreed date
- Performance is read afterwards, next to the release itself
- Singles need 21 days’ notice; EPs and albums need 28
- Release days are Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
Release Checklist
Have these in hand before you start, or the form will stop you.
- WAV and/or MP3 of every track — WAV is the preferred master
- Cover artwork, square, 3000×3000 or larger, JPG or PNG
- A lyric file for each track
- At least one promotional picture
- Full legal names of the composer and the producer
- Split percentages and emails for featured artists and producers
Metadata Guide
Credits are checked before delivery. Getting them wrong is what holds a release.
- The composer is a full legal name, not a stage name
- Mark the collaborator as "featuring" on the artwork. If "x" is used instead, they will be registered as a primary artist.
- Keep spelling consistent across releases — it is how your artist page is built
- The name and title on the artwork must match the submission exactly
- No URLs, social handles or prices on the cover
- Explicit content is flagged per track, not assumed for the whole release
Artist Resources
How an artist account is meant to be used.
- One account for every release you send
- A release stays a private draft until you submit it
- You can leave a draft and finish it later
- Splits record what you agreed. Dvpper Digital does not hold or move the money
- Only you and the team can open unreleased files
- Labels and sub-distributors keep their artists on separate catalogues
Help Centre
The short path to an answer, and a person when the page is not enough.
- Submitting, lead times and files are answered in the FAQ
- Review status: Submitted, Under review, then approved, changes, or rejected
- Support from a signed-in account, or by email if you are not
- Sales, distribution, partnership and general questions each have a contact path