Work with an Apple Music Preferred Distributor

Our preferred distributors are hand-selected partners who share our commitment to giving Apple Music users a premier listening experience. When choosing a music distributor, it's important to find a partner that meets your needs, while also meeting Apple’s high-quality standards. Our Apple Music partner directory highlights a collection of our top-performing providers who make it easy for you to get your content on Apple Music. They can also elevate your content with advanced features such as: immersive audio, detailed release credits, motion artwork, and lyrics.

Selecting a music distributor

Your distributor is part of your team. They can help manage your content, offer marketing tools and strategy, and help manage your sales and streaming data—all wrapped into one service. Not all delivery partners provide the same services, so it’s important to explore our list of partners—both standard and preferred distributors—and their offerings to ensure you’re getting the most out of what you need.

Moreover, music distributors manage the relationship between artists and streaming services, such as Apple Music and the iTunes Store. Apple communicates directly with your distributor about any of your music’s metadata or asset issues, and they help handle all of your streaming, financial, and royalty information.

We work directly with labels and distributors that have extensive music catalogs and technical prowess to offer their users advanced tools for delivery and data reporting. If you’re an independent artist or a label with a smaller catalog, we encourage you to work with an Apple-preferred Distributor to submit your music to Apple Music and the iTunes Store.

Preferred distributor qualifications

We vet all of our open platform distributors to ensure your content is accurately reflected on Apple Music and reaches the widest audience with the newest, most exciting features at scale.