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What is a UPC or EAN?

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A UPC (or EAN) is the barcode number of a whole release. There's nothing to enter: your release gets its UPC when it goes out to the stores.

ISRC and UPC A RELEASE UPC or EAN12 or 13 digits · one per release TRACK 1First song ISRC · one per recording TRACK 2Second song ISRC · one per recording
A UPC names the whole release. An ISRC names one recording, and stays with it wherever it appears.
  • A UPC has 12 digits and an EAN has 13. Both name a whole release, not a single track.
  • Moving a release with the UPC it already has, from another distributor, comes later, with a guided catalog move.
  • Once a release is out, its UPC stays as it is.

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