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CD Baby

CD Baby is an independent music distribution and publishing administration service for songwriters, performers, and independent record labels. Founded in 1998 and now part of Downtown Music Holdings under Virgin Music Group, CD Baby services over 50 million music assets from creators in hundreds of countries across six continents. The platform distributes music to 150+ digital service providers including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Pandora, Tidal, TikTok, Amazon, Shazam, and Deezer, and is a flagship member of YouTube's Preferred Distributor Program plus a preferred partner with Apple and Spotify. Services include digital distribution, physical CD and vinyl manufacturing, publishing administration, cover song licensing, sync licensing through CDB Boost, YouTube and social monetization, performing rights organization (ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN) registration assistance, and promotion tools via SymphonyOS, HearNow, Show.co, Managed Ads, Groover, Laylo, and Internet Radio Airplay. Pricing is a one-time fee ($9.99 single, $14.99 album) with artists retaining over 90% of earnings. CD Baby has paid out more than $1 billion to artists. CD Baby has no public developer API, SDK, or open-source release; all distribution and reporting workflows are exposed only through the artist member portal at members.cdbaby.com.

CD Baby is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Music, Music Distribution, Music Publishing, Publishing Administration, and Independent Artists.

CD Baby’s developer surface includes pricing, signup flow, support, engineering blog, GitHub presence, YouTube channel, and 18 more developer resources.

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13.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
MusicMusic DistributionMusic PublishingPublishing AdministrationIndependent ArtistsSongwritersStreamingSync LicensingRoyaltiesCover Song LicensingYouTube MonetizationPerforming RightsPhysical ManufacturingVinylDIY Musician

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 13.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cd Baby Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup
 MemberPortal
MemberPortal

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 8

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 Careers
Careers
 Twitter
Twitter
 Instagram
Instagram
 Facebook
Facebook
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

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Other 8

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

MusicDistribution
MusicDistribution
 Podcast
Podcast
 Discovery
Discovery
 HearNow
HearNow
 Manufacturing
Manufacturing
 ParentCompany
ParentCompany
 VirginMusicGroup
VirginMusicGroup
 TikTok
TikTok

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cd-baby
name: CD Baby
description: CD Baby is an independent music distribution and publishing administration service for songwriters, performers,
  and independent record labels. Founded in 1998 and now part of Downtown Music Holdings under Virgin Music Group, CD Baby
  services over 50 million music assets from creators in hundreds of countries across six continents. The platform distributes
  music to 150+ digital service providers including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Pandora, Tidal, TikTok, Amazon, Shazam,
  and Deezer, and is a flagship member of YouTube's Preferred Distributor Program plus a preferred partner with Apple and
  Spotify. Services include digital distribution, physical CD and vinyl manufacturing, publishing administration, cover song
  licensing, sync licensing through CDB Boost, YouTube and social monetization, performing rights organization (ASCAP, BMI,
  SOCAN) registration assistance, and promotion tools via SymphonyOS, HearNow, Show.co, Managed Ads, Groover, Laylo, and Internet
  Radio Airplay. Pricing is a one-time fee ($9.99 single, $14.99 album) with artists retaining over 90% of earnings. CD Baby
  has paid out more than $1 billion to artists. CD Baby has no public developer API, SDK, or open-source release; all distribution
  and reporting workflows are exposed only through the artist member portal at members.cdbaby.com.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cd-baby.png
tags:
- Music
- Music Distribution
- Music Publishing
- Publishing Administration
- Independent Artists
- Songwriters
- Streaming
- Sync Licensing
- Royalties
- Cover Song Licensing
- YouTube Monetization
- Performing Rights
- Physical Manufacturing
- Vinyl
- DIY Musician
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cd-baby/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cd-baby-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://cdbaby.com
- type: About
  url: https://cdbaby.com/aboutus/
- type: MusicDistribution
  url: https://cdbaby.com/music-distribution/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cdbaby.com/cd-baby-cost/
- type: Signup
  url: https://members.cdbaby.com/sign-up
- type: MemberPortal
  url: https://members.cdbaby.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.cdbaby.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com
- type: Podcast
  url: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/category/diy-musician-podcast/
- type: Discovery
  url: https://show.co
- type: HearNow
  url: https://hearnow.com
- type: Manufacturing
  url: https://duplication.cdbaby.com
- type: Careers
  url: https://cdbaby.com/careers/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://cdbaby.com/privacy-policy/
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://www.downtownmusic.com
- type: VirginMusicGroup
  url: https://www.virginmusic.com
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/cdbaby
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/cdbaby
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/cdbaby
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/cdbaby
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/cdbaby
- type: TikTok
  url: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdbaby
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cd-baby
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com