TuneCore

TuneCore is a Brooklyn, New York based independent music distribution and publishing administration company founded in 2006 (as YourTunes, Inc., rebranded TuneCore in 2008) and acquired by French music company Believe in 2015. TuneCore lets self-releasing artists and labels deliver recorded music to 150+ digital stores and streaming services — Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Tidal, Deezer, Beatport, and others — while retaining 100% of their rights and master ownership, in exchange for a flat annual distribution fee starting at $24.99/year for unlimited releases. TuneCore Publishing Administration registers compositions with performance rights organizations, mechanical rights societies, and digital service providers worldwide to collect songwriter royalties, sync, and neighboring rights income. Additional services include the TuneCore Accelerator artist development program, TuneCore Social (monetization on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts), TuneCore Direct Advance (royalty-backed capital, powered by RoyFi), mastering, and Splits for collaborator revenue sharing. TuneCore operates across 5 continents with local teams in 15+ countries through Believe's global network. There is no current public TuneCore developer API, SDK, or partner portal — an earlier white-label REST/XML "TuneCore Direct" partner API existed circa 2008-2012 (with a community Ruby gem `tunecore_direct`) but is no longer actively documented or promoted. TuneCore's public-facing surface is the artist web app at web.tunecore.com and the support/help center; any current B2B integrations run through Believe's enterprise partnerships.

TuneCore is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Music, Music Distribution, Music Publishing, Publishing Administration, and Royalties.

TuneCore’s developer surface includes signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, support, GitHub presence, YouTube channel, and 15 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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MusicMusic DistributionMusic PublishingPublishing AdministrationRoyaltiesStreamingIndependent ArtistsLabelsSync LicensingMasteringBelieveMediaEntertainment

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Composite quality — 10.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

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Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

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Signup

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GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

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YouTube

YouTube

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 8

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Website

About

Blog

TechBlog

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

Facebook

Facebook

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Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Application

Publishing

Accelerator

Social

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: tunecore
name: TuneCore
description: TuneCore is a Brooklyn, New York based independent music distribution and publishing administration company founded
  in 2006 (as YourTunes, Inc., rebranded TuneCore in 2008) and acquired by French music company Believe in 2015. TuneCore
  lets self-releasing artists and labels deliver recorded music to 150+ digital stores and streaming services — Spotify, Apple
  Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Tidal, Deezer, Beatport, and others — while retaining 100% of their rights and
  master ownership, in exchange for a flat annual distribution fee starting at $24.99/year for unlimited releases. TuneCore
  Publishing Administration registers compositions with performance rights organizations, mechanical rights societies, and
  digital service providers worldwide to collect songwriter royalties, sync, and neighboring rights income. Additional services
  include the TuneCore Accelerator artist development program, TuneCore Social (monetization on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts),
  TuneCore Direct Advance (royalty-backed capital, powered by RoyFi), mastering, and Splits for collaborator revenue sharing.
  TuneCore operates across 5 continents with local teams in 15+ countries through Believe's global network. There is no current
  public TuneCore developer API, SDK, or partner portal — an earlier white-label REST/XML "TuneCore Direct" partner API existed
  circa 2008-2012 (with a community Ruby gem `tunecore_direct`) but is no longer actively documented or promoted. TuneCore's
  public-facing surface is the artist web app at web.tunecore.com and the support/help center; any current B2B integrations
  run through Believe's enterprise partnerships.
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/tunecore.png
tags:
- Music
- Music Distribution
- Music Publishing
- Publishing Administration
- Royalties
- Streaming
- Independent Artists
- Labels
- Sync Licensing
- Mastering
- Believe
- Media
- Entertainment
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created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tunecore-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tunecore.com
- type: Application
  url: https://web.tunecore.com/login
- type: Signup
  url: https://web.tunecore.com/signup
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/pricing
- type: About
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/what-is-tunecore
- type: Publishing
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/publishing
- type: Accelerator
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/accelerator
- type: Social
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/social
- type: Mastering
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/mastering
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.tunecore.com/guides
- type: Support
  url: https://support.tunecore.com
- type: Parent
  url: https://www.believe.com
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/tunecore
- type: TechBlog
  url: https://tech.tunecore.com
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/TuneCore
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/tunecore
- type: TikTok
  url: https://www.tiktok.com/@tunecore
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/tunecore
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tunecore
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/TuneCore
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com