Music Distribution 101: ISRC

Why ISRC Is So Important To Your Royalties？

ISRC, the International Standard Recording Code, is the internationally recognized identification tool for sound and music video recordings. It is a unique number that represents your track and sets it apart from every other track. It represents a recording’s distinct identity and allows the tracking of key details as sales, streams, radio station plays.

Most digital platforms need all the ISRC of a release for the calculation of royalties. Unfortunately, some artists may forget to provide all the ISRC to the platforms. In this case, the artist may lose those part of royalties.

In other cases, some artists may wrongly distribute the same track to a platform twice and offer different ISRC. The result is the release may be shown as two separate works. If so, the overall streams of the releases may get declined.

To avoid above situation, you can establish a sheet to record all the original ISRC of your releases. If you have to distribute a previous track or album again, remember to write down the original ISRC to avoid any possibility of royalty losses.

With us at Afrotunes, We are providing ISRC for free and auto insert them. However, if you want to use your own you can.

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