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Looking for a CD Baby
alternative?

CD Baby is good, but iMusician is better! With us, you keep your music online forever, maintain up to 100% of your revenue, enjoy no hidden fees, and get the best support in six languages.

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  • 500000 +
    iMusician artists and labels
  • 250000000 +
    Total monthly streams
  • 200 +
    Shops we distribute to

Why iMusician?

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    Hit the right platforms

    With iMusician, you can distribute your tracks to 200+ platforms, including YouTube Content ID, so your music reaches fans far and wide. We cover every genre, including classical music, and cater to shops like Traxsource and Beatport, essential for electronic music artists. CD Baby doesn’t distribute your music on Beatport or Traxsource.

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    Your trusted Swiss business partner

    Unlike most music distributors, we don’t charge any hidden fees, like withholding taxes. As a Swiss company, we are committed to transparency and ensuring your music is released right the first time without any unexpected costs.

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    Support in 6 languages and the guidance you need

    Our Artist & Label Relations team provides top-notch support in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. We’re here to guide you every step of the way.

  • Affordable promo tools for everyone

    With iMusician, you get access to a suite of promo tools, both if you pay per release or if you subscribe. In contrast, CD Baby requires subscription for smartlinks and artist pages and their pre-save feature is available with their Show.co subscription, starting at $39/month.

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    Effortless and transparent royalty management

    Our Revenue Splits automates the calculation of royalties between you and your collaborators, such as labels, producers, and featuring artists. It is a transparent and hassle-free way to share royalties and ensure everyone gets their fair share. CD Baby doesn’t offer revenue splits.

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    Get considered for top playlists

    Have a shot at landing on a leading editorial playlist to reach more listeners who love what you do. Submit your tracks and let our team share them directly with curators across major platforms, including Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Beatport.

iMusician vs CD Baby

  • Your music online forever
  • Support in 6 languages
  • Price per single
  • Price per album
  • Electronic music distribution on Beatport
  • Electronic music distribution on Traxsource
  • Revenue splits
  • Free smartlink
  • Pre-saves
  • Free artist page
  • No withholding tax
  • Editorial playlist pitching

FAQs

Having your releases online can take a while with CD Baby. iMusician is twice as fast! CD Baby typically takes 5-10 business days to review releases. After that, more time is needed for a release to go live.

At iMusician, releases are usually checked and delivered to selected shops within 4-5 days and they also reach shops faster

Yes, if your country of tax residency is not in the United States, CD Baby will withhold 30% of your earnings as tax. iMusician, as a Swiss company, does not charge it.

It’s very simple.

  1. Keep your ISRC codes and UPC barcodes of your releases distributed via CD Baby.

  2. Request the takedown of your releases on CD Baby.

  3. Create your releases on iMusician, your best CD Baby alternative, and insert the same UPC and ISRC codes where required so that you keep the same number of streams, downloads, playlists, etc.