Now this is really important: Spotify genres can be a little different to those you might find on your other preferred music portals – so, for example, what might be House on Beatport or Funky House/Nu-Disco on Traxsource might well be LoFi House on Spotify. Make sure your track is a good fit! If not, don’t waste their time (and yours) – there’re more to choose from!

Clicking each lets you preview tracks on the list. Go to their free Spotify playlist submission page and select your track genre to see the appropriate playlists. One of the best tools for Spotify playlist submission is Soundplate. Playlist submission sites are built specifically to let you search for appropriate playlists and submit songs from one hub.

You could share a pre-release preview link, but you’re relying on the Spotify curator to make a note of your release date and search for the Spotify link when it’s available.

Unlike when you submit music to Spotify, you should wait until tracks are released and use direct Spotify links for independent playlist submissions, so you’ll need to factor this into your music distribution schedule.

Paid music submission could even prevent you featuring on official lists. Ignore any playlist curator who accepts payment to use Spotify playlist submissions.

Payment to feature on playlists violates Spotify rules.

Just a couple of notes before we dive in: First, there are two things to keep in mind when approaching Spotify curators. We suggest doing both, so we’ll look at them separately. There are two approaches to finding new lists: manually tracking down suitable curators/lists or using an aggregated free playlist submission site. If you have previous releases, check Spotify for Artists to see if any playlists are driving your streams – if you’re already on a playlist, it’s easy to get the playlist curator to feature you again.

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