What ISRCs and UPCs are
- ISRC (International Standard Recording Code): one per recording, for example
QT8JA2500001. Stores use it to count streams and connect the same recording across releases. A recording keeps the same ISRC wherever it appears. - UPC (Universal Product Code): one per release, a 12- or 13-digit barcode number. It identifies the single, EP or album as a product.
New music
Leave each track set to New recording. When your release is approved, we assign an ISRC to every track that doesn’t have one, and a UPC to the release. You’ll see them on the release page afterwards. An ISRC we assigned shows as locked in the builder: “Assigned by us and registered to this recording.”Music that’s already out
If the release came out before, answer Released before? in the Release section with Yes, it’s been released, then add the Original release date and the Previous distributor or platform (for example another distributor, or SoundCloud if you released it yourself). The Release date field then becomes the day it’s available again; stores keep showing the original release date. You can also leave it as As soon as possible, so it goes back in stores the day it’s approved. If a track was released before, with us or anywhere else, use its existing ISRC.- Open the track in the builder.
- Under Previously released, choose Previously released.
- Enter the ISRC in the ISRC field.
If the recording is already on AMM Distro, click Or reuse a recording already on the platform instead. See Single, EP or album? for how this works.
A previously released track can’t be approved without its ISRC.
Where to find your ISRC
- Your old distributor’s dashboard usually lists the ISRC for each track.
- In Spotify for Artists or Apple Music for Artists, look at the song’s details.