What can I change after my release has gone out?
Short answer
Small fixes are updates: titles, genre, credits and songwriters, lyrics, a new cover (we check it first, like your other changes), and the date before the release is live. Another main artist, a new title, new audio or another track list is a new release. The UPC and ISRC codes never change.
An update
- A typo in the release title or a track title.
- The genre, the language, the label name.
- Credits and songwriters.
- The lyrics.
- A new cover: pick it in Edit release. It is checked like your other changes, and the stores keep the current cover until we have approved it.
- The release date, until the release is live.
A new release
- Another main artist.
- A substantially new title.
- New audio: a new recording or mix gets a new ISRC.
- Another track list: tracks added, removed or swapped.
A new release is made in Upload, like any other, and gets its own codes.
How to change it
- Open the release in My Music and choose Edit release.
- Change what needs changing. Everything that can't change is locked and says why.
- Choose Submit changes. You see what changed before you send it.
We check your changes first, then the stores get the update. Until then the release stays exactly as it is, and My Music says Changes in review. This works as soon as the release is on its way to the stores, before it's live too. The stores decide when they show a change.
A new split after release is a proposal: the people whose shares change get an email and are asked to respond. If someone refuses to reduce or remove their existing share, the whole proposal stops. If someone declines an increase or a new share, only that share drops and it goes to the release owner. It ends after 30 days without everyone's answer. The current split continues until the change takes effect; earlier months are not changed.
The UPC and ISRC codes never change, whatever else does.