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Paste a Spotify track link to retrieve the UPC barcode for its album. Useful for distribution, charting, and catalog management.
Find songs released in the year you were born. Enter any year from 1950 to 2025 and get a random selection of tracks from that year, pulled from Spotify's catalog. Includes the number one hit of that year.
X5 Music Group is a Stockholm-based music licensing company founded in 2003 and acquired by Warner Music Group. The company specializes in licensing and curating deep catalog music to create digital compilation albums and playlists for streaming platforms. Its portfolio contains over 400,000 recordings and 11,000+ digital albums across classical, jazz, blues, pop, and rock genres, distributed globally through iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and other major platforms.
Downtown Artist & Label Services is a US-based full-service music distribution and marketing company, part of Downtown Music Holdings. Now part of Virgin Music Group alongside FUGA, CD Baby, Ingrooves, and Songtrust after Universal Music Group acquired Downtown Music Holdings for $775M in February 2026. Offers distribution, bespoke marketing solutions, project management, and funding for entrepreneurial artists, labels, and their partners. Artists retain ownership of masters and full creative control. Provides white-glove distribution, DSP promotion, account management, hands-on A&R support, enhanced analytics, split pay, and complete audio and video asset management. Preferred partner status at all key DSPs. Not open-signup. Curated roster with application required. No public pricing. Downtown Music Holdings serves 1.7 million clients in 145+ countries with 23 million music assets in catalog. Best for established artists and labels seeking white-glove service with global reach.
EmuBands is a Scottish music distributor founded in 2005 and based in Glasgow. Offers a hybrid model with pay-per-release (one-time fee, music stays live forever) or Premium subscription ($120/year, unlimited releases). 100% royalties on all plans. Spotify Platinum Preferred Partner with all operations handled in-house. Human-led support with no automation for core operations. 20 years independent. No payout minimum threshold. Daily royalty payouts on Premium. Best for artists who want permanent catalog protection and human support.