Discover the best way to get your music into TikTok streaming music service
This article explores the best way that music creators and publishers can get their music into the TikTok streaming music. Music creators and publishers should explore this music streaming platform that provides an opportunity for music revenue generation.
TikTok is a social media site that intends for users to play short-form mobile videos, usually 30 to 60 seconds long. TikTok encourages creativity and sharing of that creativity through videos.
The organization’s mission is to:
capture and present the world’s creativity, knowledge, and precious life moments, directly from the mobile phone (Similarweb, 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tanIEWqRSrM
Why should music creators and publishers stream their music into TikTok?
Music creators and publishers should stream their music into TikTok because it is highly trafficked and visually oriented. With videos being its lifeblood, there is much opportunity for music to thrive.
Another good reason is that TikTok produced a Creator Fund to pay creators who are influencers. This is a good opportunity to positively make an impact on people who visit the platform for entertainment and stress relief.
TikTok Statistics show that 5.44 million persons visited TikTok in November 2020 (Impac Jazz, 2021). Visit doubled by May 2021 to just over 1 billion.
There is very good engagement on the site, with persons viewing 8.72 pages per visit in 2021. TikTok is therefore a great location for artists to be heard.
Engagement of TikTok users with music creators
According to WallarooMedia (2020), statistics showing the engagement of TikTok fans with creators is not available. However, there are individual case studies showing that engagement is high.
However, the site pointed to a Jennifer Lopez case study showing a marked difference in Twitter versus Tiktok views on a recent video posted by Miss Lopez.
Miss Lopez’ statistics:
– Twitter followers 45 million.
– TikTok followers: 5 million.
Twitter views on a particular video – 2 million (4.4%)
TikTok views on the same video – 71 million.
If we theorize that all of her followers viewed that video, stats show us that Miss Lopez gained 66 million new views.
Possible reasons:
1. The video became viral and was shared multiple times.
2. Marketing on TikTok to increase views on the video.
3. The video was outstanding.
4. TikTok is designed for video sharing versus Twitter which is designed for shorter posts.
5. Twitter fans are not fully engaged with the music artists’ content.
How to easily get your music into TikTok through Distrokid distribution
Distrokid is a music distribution platform that quickly submits its member’s music to major online music stores, streaming platforms, online radio, and internationally.
TikTok is one of the platforms to which your music is submitted. In fact, Distrokid is an innovator in distributing their artists’ music to TikTok.
Mote, however, you need to create an artist profile in order to link your music to your name.
The cost to distribute your music with Distrokid as a single artist or band is $12.95 for the first year and $19.99 annually thereafter. Record label packages are available beginning with five artists on the label. You can upgrade your subscription if you add more artists.
My experience with Distrokid has been excellent and I have no complaints.
Register for Distrokid music distribution by clicking on the image below. Send a copy of your receipt to musicbizideas@gmail.com to have bonuses sent with your purchase
The cost is $12.95 for the first year and $19.99 annually thereafter for a single artist or band. Record label packages begin with 5 or more artists.
Distrokid’s will get your music into TikTok and major distribution platforms which include
Spotify
iTunes
Apple Music
Amazon.com
YouTube Music
Deezer
Pandora (For more info, click HERE.)
ClaroMusica
Saavn
TIDAL
iHeartRadio
Napster
Anghami
KKBox
TouchTunes (More info HERE.)
Soundtrack by Twitch
NetEase ( NetEase is a top Chinese streaming service. It’s brand new to DistroKid and still in beta.)
MediaNet, Dubset and other services (Distrokid.com. nd)
I got my artists’ song into TikTok thanks to Distrokid
I will now provide evidence that my artists’ song was submitted to TikTok via Distrokid. I am not sure of the royalty rates here, but I will check.
In fact, a TikTok business account is a great way to show up in the search engines for greater visibility. They have some great SEO over there.
Click on the image below to see more.
Click on the image to see Don’s Song by Lyndon Delano Moss on TikTok
How to link your song to your TikTok profile
Once your music is submitted to TikTok, you need to create an account and link your song to it. Once your song is published to TikTok, submit to Distrokid your verified TikTok artist profile AND the ISRC(s) of 1-2 songs to be linked. They will send the request to TikTok.
To submit the link request to Distrokid, log in and go to “Managing Music – Topic.” You will then select “Link Release to TikTok Profile”.
If you are a music artist, you can easily get your recorded music into TikTok without downloading the app, without creating an account or an artist profile, and without having to create videos. This saves time and energy initially.
However, I would recommend doing all of these things in order to engage with fans on the platform. Distrokid eases the pain of having to manually log in to the site to upload videos that you are distributing.
Register for Distrokid music distribution by clicking on the image below. Send a copy of your receipt to musicbizideas@gmail.com to have bonuses sent with your purchase
The cost is $12.95 for the first year and $19.99 annually thereafter for a single artist or band. Record label packages begin with 5 or more artists.