Prepare the master
Export the final mix as an uncompressed WAV file — the standard is 24-bit / 48kHz. Listen to the file all the way through, from beginning to end, on headphones and on a phone speaker. Check the start and the end for clicks, and don't leave extra silence at either end.
Cover art that passes review
Your cover art travels with the release to every store. The spec is 3000×3000 pixels, RGB. Keep text minimal and readable at thumbnail size, and avoid platform logos, account handles, prices and links — stores reject cover art that carries them.
Metadata and codes
Metadata is how the world finds you: an artist name spelled the same way on every release, the real title with no decoration, and the correct language and genre tags. The codes — ISRC for the recording and UPC for the release — are assigned during preparation; you don't need to buy them anywhere.
Choose the release date
Give yourself room. A date several weeks out leaves space for review, delivery and pitching before day one. Line the date up with anything you control — a video, a show, a run of posts — so the release lands with support behind it rather than alone.
Request your invite
Mazufa works by invitation only. Completed applications enter a human review queue as capacity allows. Submitting does not create an account; those accepted may receive a dedicated preparation invite.
After acceptance
After preparation, your release is packaged to spec and delivered to every platform, and its data is pitched to the appropriate editorial and algorithmic surfaces. From there, watch your dashboard: streams, saves and playlist adds, per platform and per country.
The fingerprint code every recording carries — it tracks streams and earnings worldwide.
Your release barcode — one per single, EP or album.
Digital service provider — Spotify, Apple Music, Anghami and every store on earth.
First: understanding how account linking works on Spotify for Artists
Spotify for Artists lets more than one person manage a single artist account through a system of roles: Owner, Editor and Viewer. When you give the producer editor or owner permission, they are not merging their account in the full sense; they are getting permissions inside your account. This distinction matters for understanding what can happen.
If, on the other hand, what is meant is releasing music under a joint artist name, that is an entirely different matter and comes down to who owns the distribution rights and the digital distributor agreement.
Second: the most common scenarios and what follows from them
In practice there are three scenarios:
- The producer as account manager only: If their role is just editor or viewer in Spotify for Artists, their departure does not affect the songs. The content stays as it is, and the revenue goes to the party that holds the distribution agreement.
- The producer as the account's primary owner: If the producer is the one who created the Spotify for Artists account and gave you permissions, you may lose control of the account when they leave. The songs will not disappear automatically, but you will lose the ability to manage them and to update your profile.
- The music distributed under the producer's name through their own distributor: If the producer is the one who distributed the songs from their account at the digital distributor, then technically they are able to pull those songs from the platforms.
Third: do the songs disappear from Spotify when the producer walks away?
The songs do not disappear automatically just because the producer steps away from managing the account. Spotify does not delete content because one party has ended a collaboration. But there is an exception: if the producer actually takes the songs down through the digital distributor, they will be removed from Spotify and the rest of the platforms within days, a situation that calls for documentation in advance.
Fourth: practical steps to protect yourself before the problem happens
- Set out distribution ownership in a written agreement: Before any collaboration, state clearly who owns the right to distribute the songs, who receives the revenue, and at what percentage.
- Use a distributor under your own account: Distribute your music from a distribution account in your own name, not from the producer's or the studio's account. That helps keep the decision to take down or keep up under your control, in line with the agreement, the account roles and the platform's policies.
- Take control of Spotify for Artists: Make sure the email linked to the Spotify for Artists account is your own personal email, and that your role is Owner.
- Only grant Owner permission to someone you trust: Give the producer the Editor or Viewer role only; that is enough for most day-to-day tasks.
- Keep a copy of the original audio files: You should always have a copy of the master files, regardless of who produced the song.
Fifth: what do you do if the problem happens?
- Contact your digital distributor immediately and tell them the situation, and ask to transfer distribution ownership if that is possible under the terms of the agreement.
- If the songs are taken down from the platforms without your consent and you hold documented rights, consult a specialist in intellectual property law.
- Contact Spotify for Artists support to recover the account permissions if you have lost access, providing documents that prove your identity and your connection to the content.
- Redistributing the songs is possible if you own the rights, but you will get new links and new ISRCs, which means losing the previous listening stats.
Summary
The safety of your music on Spotify does not depend on the platform itself, but on who holds the distribution agreement and the digital distributor account. Always distribute your music from your own account, and document every collaboration with a clear agreement, and you will avoid most of these problems before they start.