Shazam

Shazam is Apple’s music recognition app. It identifies a song from a short audio sample, even when the audio is noisy or partial, and connects listeners with the artists they hear around them.

Shazam publishes charts by country and city, and its data appears in Apple Music for Artists, where you can see where listeners are discovering your music.

LabelGrid delivers your release to Apple Music with accurate metadata and an ISRC for every track, which adds it to Shazam’s catalog so it can be matched when a listener uses the app.

To make your music recognizable on Shazam via LabelGrid, prepare your audio and metadata according to our specifications and select Apple Music when scheduling your release. Shazam builds the audio signature from your delivered master.

Processing times vary by platform, so submit at least 2 weeks ahead. LabelGrid reviews your release and delivers it to Apple Music, which adds your recording to the Shazam catalog so it can be identified. From then on, a Shazam match links listeners to your release on Apple Music. To check, use Shazam to identify your own track once the release is live.

LabelGrid provides the tools you need beyond distribution: catalog management for your metadata and releases, royalty accounting with artist statements and automated royalty splits from the Basic plan up, and promotion tools including smart links and Spotify pre-saves.

When your recordings are in the Shazam catalog, someone who hears your track in a shop, a restaurant or on the radio can identify it and go straight to your release.

• Instant music recognition from short audio samples

• Matches even noisy or partial recordings

• Matches link listeners to your release on Apple Music

• Public charts by country and city: Top 200, Viral and Discovery

• Shazam data in Apple Music for Artists

Shazam is Apple's music identification app, a bridge between hearing a song and streaming it. When someone Shazams your track, the match links them to your release on Apple Music.

Shazam publishes public charts by country and region: Top 200, Viral and Discovery, plus city and genre charts. In Apple Music for Artists, a Shazam chart appears on your profile when you have a top Shazam track in a country, region or city. Apple does not publish how Shazam activity feeds Apple Music recommendations or playlists.

Through Apple Music for Artists, you can see your Shazam Count, listener demographics in Trends, and the countries, regions and cities that Shazam you most in Places. This data shows where your music is being discovered.

• Shazam activity indicates organic discovery — high Shazam counts signal growing interest
• Avoid duplicate masters: a Shazam counts toward the version judged the best match, so identical audio on several releases can split your count
• Use Shazam data to identify geographic markets where your music is trending

Official tools, portals, and documentation for Shazam.

• Apple Music for Artists (Shazam data)
• Shazam in Apple Music for Artists