The Best Music Distribution Services in 2025

What is music distribution?

Up until fairly recently, many artists needed a record label to get their music out there. But now, with times changing, music distribution services have opened up new possibilities for artists. Taking your music and delivering it to digital platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, and Instagram has never been easier due to the music distribution services available today. Think of music distribution as the bridge between the music you make, and the people that listen to it.  

8 best music distribution companies in 2025

Because we believe in supporting independent artists no matter where they are on their journey, whether you use Amuse or not, we wanted to provide a list of the best music distribution services around the world to help you make the best decision for you and your career. 

At Amuse, we believe that anyone and everyone should be able to release their music, paving the way for a new generation of artists. That's why we offer different plans with features to support you as you grow.

But we'll let you be the one to decide which is best for you. Here's a list of some of the biggest music distribution companies in 2025.

1) Amuse

Amuse is your one-stop shop, providing easy and fast digital music distribution, tools for promoting your music, and flexible funding to the self-releasing and independent artist community around the world for as little as $23.99 per year. In terms of what you get for the money, we offer some of the best value plans in the market. Amuse distributes your music to all major streaming services and social platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Tidal, Amazon Music and Deezer. For the full list of stores available when you upload your music through Amuse, click here.

With our Artist, Artist Plus and Professional plans, you get unlimited releases, fast deliveries (using the ASAP Release option, your music can go live on Spotify in 24 hours or less of upload to Amuse), promotion tools, fast support, royalty advances, and so much more. With our mobile apps, you can upload your tracks, artwork, release info and credits in just a few minutes, all from the palm of your hand, giving you more time for what matters most… music!

Once your music is live, you can keep track of your streams, audience, playlist & UGC adds via our in-depth analytics, available across all our apps. As soon as the stores pay out your royalties, you can withdraw your money directly from the app.

The best part? You keep 100% of your rights and royalties!

2) Distrokid

Distrokid is a music distribution service that gets your tracks onto all the major music stores and streaming platforms. Users pay a yearly fee from $24.99 to upload unlimited albums and songs and artists always keep 100% of their rights and royalties.

However, certain features, such as distribution to UGC platforms ($4.95 annual fee per single, $14.95 annual fee per album) and ensuring your music stays live if you cancel your plan ($29 per single, $49 per album) are paid extras and mean that annual fee can quickly multiply.

3) CD Baby

CD Baby distributes your music to 150+ streaming and download services around the world for a fee of $9.99 per single or $14.99 per album, but they take a 9% share of your royalties. This might work for those who are only planning to put out one release and do not expect to receive many streams or royalties from their music.

4) Tunecore

For an annual fee of $22.99 per single or $39.99 per album, Tunecore distributes your music to over 150 digital stores and streaming platforms. In the case of albums, the $39.99 annual fee increases to $49.99 after the first year.

5) Ditto

Plans start from $19 per year, and Ditto distributes your music to over 150 stores, including all the major streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more. Ditto has three distribution packages available for music makers - Starter, Pro, and Labels. Those on the Starter plan lose some control over their distribution, such as the ability to set a release time. More expensive plans give you access to services such as monetization of your music via YouTube Content ID and setting up a YouTube Official Artist Channel, both of which are available on Amuse's entry Artist plan.

6) Record Union

Record Union is a distribution platform that charges an annual fee per release, and that fee depends on the number of tracks on the release and how many stores it's delivered to. Prices start at $14 per year to distribute a single to their seven most popular stores. If you are planning to release more than a couple of tracks and would like to make your music available to audiences around the world, their pricing model means your annual bill could quickly add up.

7) AWAL

AWAL is a distribution service that delivers your music to all the key stores and streaming platforms in over 200 territories worldwide. AWAL is free to join, but they take a minimum 15% share of all your streaming and download profits once your music is released. One major difference is that AWAL is also a gated service, so they don’t accept every artist who wants to join the platform. They believe that having a curated artist roster lets them support their artists with a higher quality of service.

8) United Masters

UnitedMasters plans start at $19.99 per year for their basic distribution package, however in today's music landscape, their minimum 5 business day release time might be a little too slow for some. Furthermore, certain features such as YouTube Content ID monetization are charged as an extra ($4.99 per release and 20% of related royalties).

Ready to get started? Try out Amuse to start releasing your music.