Your music release checklist, dated for your release day.
Pick your release day. Get every step from the master to the first-week numbers, with the date of each one. Add it to your calendar in one click. Free, no account.
- Free
- No account
- Calendar file
Most streaming services release new music on Fridays. Pick a day at least 4 weeks away to do every step.
- 4 weeks before
- A WAV master and a 3000 × 3000 cover with no text but the title and the artist.
- Set the release day. Write down the ISRC and the UPC that you get.
- 3 weeks before
- In Spotify for Artists, pitch the unreleased song. Do it early: the last day is 7 days before release day.
- Stories, posts, a countdown, a Canvas loop and reels in one look.Music24 makes it
- 2 weeks before
- Post the pre-save story and put the link in your bio.Music24 makes it
- 10 days before
- A short reel of the hook of the song.Music24 makes it
- 1 week before
- Today is the last day for the Spotify pitch.Music24 makes it
- 3 days before
- Remind your fans to pre-save.Music24 makes it
- 1 day before
- Tomorrow it is out.Music24 makes it
- Release day
- Share the SmartLink everywhere. The pre-saves land in the libraries of your fans.Music24 makes it
- 1 day after
- The short loop plays behind your song in the Spotify app.Music24 makes it
- 1 week after
- A new part of the song, for the fans who missed it.Music24 makes it
- Streams, saves, playlists and the SmartLink clicks.Music24 makes it
The ticks stay in this browser. The calendar file works with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and Outlook.
Why these dates
Three dates you cannot move.
- The distributorStores need time to take the song. Send it 4 weeks before release day, so the pre-save links and the Spotify pitch work.
- The Spotify pitchPitch the song in Spotify for Artists at least 7 days before release day. Then it can reach the Release Radar of your followers.
- Release weekPost on release day and in the days after it, and keep the SmartLink in your bio.
Questions
Release questions.
4 weeks before release day. The stores need time to take it, and the Spotify pitch needs the song in Spotify for Artists.
Friday. The music industry releases new music worldwide on Fridays, and the big new music playlists update that day.
As soon as the song shows in Spotify for Artists, and at least 7 days before release day.
No. The checklist is free and needs no account. Music24 makes the posts on it for you if you want.
Let Music24 do the posts on the list.
Add your song and Music24 makes the stories, the reels and the countdown, and puts every post on your calendar.
