DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION DONE WITH PASSION FROM A TEAM OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS
We have direct agreements worldwide with digital music services that guarantee higher revenues, efficient digital distribution and speedy royalty reporting.
DANMARK is one of the leading distribution companies in Europe providing independent labels, established artists, newcomers and content owners with a powerful, scalable full service solution that maximizes sales in the global digital marketplace.
Our “Frontstage” catalog and metadata management solution has been designed for labels, established artists and digital aggregators and is a transparent and user friendly platform offering a quick release wizard, daily trends, detailed sales analytics and demographics, customized royalty reporting, rights management and marketing tools. This allows labels and artists to retain full control over their music.
Accurate, detailed and regular royalty reporting.
Artists. Apart from your monthly sales reports DANMARK offers comprehensive historical analytics of all your past sales. You will also have access to daily trending from Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and more. Demographic and geographic information about your audience, who listens to your music and where? All the information, that is making it easier for you to know how and where to market and promote your music..
Labels. With our unique accounting backbone and accounts structure we are able to offer an accounting service to customers with the following functions: White label Cover sheets and detailed statements branded with your logo based upon your contracts plus we can make these available for your artists within their own dashboard.
Unlimited amount of products, releases, contract sets, contract splits and royalty due payees with multiple currency support, payment administration, analysis, cover sheet and detailed reports in an excel compliant format utilizing the uncompressed detailed sales data from shops and services.
Upon agreement also the import and accounting of your physical sales and merchandising data is possible.
With over 1000 channels and a committed team of Youtube certified specialists we optimize, promote and manage your content across the YouTube platform.
Over 1 Billion unique users per month makes YouTube one of the leading music discovery platforms in the world giving artists the unique opportunity to generate revenue not only from their own YouTube channels but also from user generated content (UGC) containing un-licensed or illegally used music or compositions.
Our YouTube certified team identifies and asserts your rights across the YouTube platform, clearing disputes on your behalf.
Our dedicated team will assist you in promoting your channels and content across the YouTube network optimizing your channels performance, views, watch time and subscribers.
Our Multi Channel Network gives our customers the advantage of strategically featuring content on existing proven channels whilst retaining all of their rights and revenue.
SPANRA
SPANRA is Danmark Music Group’s sister company responsible for sync and publishing and neighbouring rights.. Via direct contracts with international collection societies and digital services we collect worldwide royalties from digital streams, downloads, video views, radio plays, cover versions, TV usage and manage digital rights across all platforms.
Sync: Synchronization, or “sync” for short, is a music license granted by the holder of the copyright of a particular composition, allowing the licensee to synchronize (“sync”) music with some kind of visual media output (film, television shows, advertisements, video games, accompanying website music, movie trailers, etc.). In order to ”sync” a sound recording you need to clear both the rights to the composition and clear the rights to the actual sound recording.
Publishing: Songwriters earn royalties when their compositions are downloaded, streamed, and used around the world. And it’s the job of a Publishing Administrator to register the songwriters’ compositions around the world, monitor when and where the compositions are used, license compositions for use, collect the royalties generated, and then distribute them to the songwriters. Neighbouring Rights: Neighbouring rights are a form of copyright linked to commercially released recordings. When a record is played on the radio, on TV or performed in public a royalty is due both to the owner of the master recording and the performing artist. Performing artists includes singers, instrumentalists and, if they play on the track, studio producers as well.
Spotify is the most popular streaming service for music in the world and offer various tools for both Artists and labels.
Spotify for Artists lets you customize and edit your Spotify profile. You can change profile picture, edit your biography, list concert dates, pin a playlist, song or album to the top of your profile, view analytics and see on which playlists your music is featured.
Spotify Analytics for labels and distributors is the free tool that gives labels and distributors the data they need from Spotify by providing streaming stats and understand performance across your entire catalog.
If you run a label that has music on Spotify, you can use Spotify Analytics to access a number of features that aren’t available in Spotify for Artists including album-level data, custom date ranges, playlist submission, and CSV export for every chart. In the coming months Spotify will be adding even more features, and we want you to be ready to take advantage.
Delivery Lead Times
Spotify requires that your music is delivered at least five (5) business days before earliest available date as specified in your release information.
NB. Since all music distributed through DANMARK go through Legality & Quality control, we recommend that you prepare and deliver your releases at least ten (10) business days before the date you wish to have your music available for streaming on Spotify!
For Updates and takedowns Spotify requires at least two (2) business days before expected update or removal of your music
NB. Also all updates and takedowns go through the Legality & Quality control, we recommend that you deliver your update or order your takedown at least seven (7) business days before the date you wish the update or removal of your music from Spotify!
Don’t Put Your Music At Risk
As your trusted distributor, we want to take a moment to warn you about some deceptive advertisements we’ve recently seen for illegitimate music promotion services.
Third parties that promise playlist placements or a specific number of streams in exchange for compensation are likely using illegitimate practices without your knowledge. These services can threaten your hard work, resulting in the potential withholding of streams or royalties, or even complete removal of your catalog from streaming services.
Our streaming partners work diligently to ensure streams are legitimate, meaning they reflect genuine user listening intent. If a service finds that you (or a third party hired by you or on your behalf) have boosted play counts through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent or other invalid means (digital bots, “click farms”, payment for placement on playlists, etc.), the service may permanently remove your entire catalog.
If you’re in the market for a music promotion service, make sure to do your research before you hire them. Please take some time to review the following articles provided to us by Spotify
https://artists.spotify.com/help/article/third-party-services-that-guarantee-streams
We have direct agreements worldwide with digital music services that guarantee higher revenues, efficient digital distribution and speedy royalty reporting.
DANMARK is one of the leading distribution companies in Europe providing independent labels, established artists, newcomers and content owners with a powerful, scalable full service solution that maximizes sales in the global digital marketplace.
Our “Frontstage” catalog and metadata management solution has been designed for labels, established artists and digital aggregators and is a transparent and user friendly platform offering a quick release wizard, daily trends, detailed sales analytics and demographics, customized royalty reporting, rights management and marketing tools. This allows labels and artists to retain full control over their music.
Accurate, detailed and regular royalty reporting.
Artists. Apart from your monthly sales reports DANMARK offers comprehensive historical analytics of all your past sales. You will also have access to daily trending from Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and more. Demographic and geographic information about your audience, who listens to your music and where? All the information, that is making it easier for you to know how and where to market and promote your music..
Labels. With our unique accounting backbone and accounts structure we are able to offer an accounting service to customers with the following functions: White label Cover sheets and detailed statements branded with your logo based upon your contracts plus we can make these available for your artists within their own dashboard.
Unlimited amount of products, releases, contract sets, contract splits and royalty due payees with multiple currency support, payment administration, analysis, cover sheet and detailed reports in an excel compliant format utilizing the uncompressed detailed sales data from shops and services.
Upon agreement also the import and accounting of your physical sales and merchandising data is possible.
With over 1000 channels and a committed team of Youtube certified specialists we optimize, promote and manage your content across the YouTube platform.
Over 1 Billion unique users per month makes YouTube one of the leading music discovery platforms in the world giving artists the unique opportunity to generate revenue not only from their own YouTube channels but also from user generated content (UGC) containing un-licensed or illegally used music or compositions.
Our YouTube certified team identifies and asserts your rights across the YouTube platform, clearing disputes on your behalf.
Our dedicated team will assist you in promoting your channels and content across the YouTube network optimizing your channels performance, views, watch time and subscribers.
Our Multi Channel Network gives our customers the advantage of strategically featuring content on existing proven channels whilst retaining all of their rights and revenue.
SPANRA
SPANRA is Danmark Music Group’s sister company responsible for sync and publishing and neighbouring rights.. Via direct contracts with international collection societies and digital services we collect worldwide royalties from digital streams, downloads, video views, radio plays, cover versions, TV usage and manage digital rights across all platforms.
Sync: Synchronization, or “sync” for short, is a music license granted by the holder of the copyright of a particular composition, allowing the licensee to synchronize (“sync”) music with some kind of visual media output (film, television shows, advertisements, video games, accompanying website music, movie trailers, etc.). In order to ”sync” a sound recording you need to clear both the rights to the composition and clear the rights to the actual sound recording.
Publishing: Songwriters earn royalties when their compositions are downloaded, streamed, and used around the world. And it’s the job of a Publishing Administrator to register the songwriters’ compositions around the world, monitor when and where the compositions are used, license compositions for use, collect the royalties generated, and then distribute them to the songwriters. Neighbouring Rights: Neighbouring rights are a form of copyright linked to commercially released recordings. When a record is played on the radio, on TV or performed in public a royalty is due both to the owner of the master recording and the performing artist. Performing artists includes singers, instrumentalists and, if they play on the track, studio producers as well.
Spotify is the most popular streaming service for music in the world and offer various tools for both Artists and labels.
Spotify for Artists lets you customize and edit your Spotify profile. You can change profile picture, edit your biography, list concert dates, pin a playlist, song or album to the top of your profile, view analytics and see on which playlists your music is featured.
Spotify Analytics for labels and distributors is the free tool that gives labels and distributors the data they need from Spotify by providing streaming stats and understand performance across your entire catalog.
If you run a label that has music on Spotify, you can use Spotify Analytics to access a number of features that aren’t available in Spotify for Artists including album-level data, custom date ranges, playlist submission, and CSV export for every chart. In the coming months Spotify will be adding even more features, and we want you to be ready to take advantage.
Delivery Lead Times
Spotify requires that your music is delivered at least five (5) business days before earliest available date as specified in your release information.
NB. Since all music distributed through DANMARK go through Legality & Quality control, we recommend that you prepare and deliver your releases at least ten (10) business days before the date you wish to have your music available for streaming on Spotify!
For Updates and takedowns Spotify requires at least two (2) business days before expected update or removal of your music
NB. Also all updates and takedowns go through the Legality & Quality control, we recommend that you deliver your update or order your takedown at least seven (7) business days before the date you wish the update or removal of your music from Spotify!
Don’t Put Your Music At Risk
As your trusted distributor, we want to take a moment to warn you about some deceptive advertisements we’ve recently seen for illegitimate music promotion services.
Third parties that promise playlist placements or a specific number of streams in exchange for compensation are likely using illegitimate practices without your knowledge. These services can threaten your hard work, resulting in the potential withholding of streams or royalties, or even complete removal of your catalog from streaming services.
Our streaming partners work diligently to ensure streams are legitimate, meaning they reflect genuine user listening intent. If a service finds that you (or a third party hired by you or on your behalf) have boosted play counts through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent or other invalid means (digital bots, “click farms”, payment for placement on playlists, etc.), the service may permanently remove your entire catalog.
If you’re in the market for a music promotion service, make sure to do your research before you hire them. Please take some time to review the following articles provided to us by Spotify
https://artists.spotify.com/help/article/third-party-services-that-guarantee-streams