How To Get Music On Apple Music Classical

Learn how to get music on Apple Music Classical and release your recordings to listeners worldwide. Make your music available on Apple’s dedicated classical platform with rich metadata, detailed credits, and full control over your rights and royalties.

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Releasing Music on Apple Music Classical

Apple Music Classical is Apple’s dedicated streaming platform for classical music. It is designed to showcase recordings with rich metadata, detailed credits, and high-quality audio, giving classical releases the context and presentation needed to be properly discovered and understood. For classical music artists, being present on the platform means reaching listeners who actively search for composers, works, conductors, ensembles, and recordings. If you’re looking to get your music on Apple Music Classical, iMusician makes the process simple by helping you upload your releases and make them available to classical listeners worldwide in just a few steps.

Upload Music To Apple Music Classical in 5 Steps

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Start a Release

Open the iMusician Dashboard. Click on ‘Start a Release’ to choose the single, EP, or album you would like to get on Apple Music Classical.

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Upload Your Files

Upload your music files and cover artwork.

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Add All Data

Type in all relevant information about your release.

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Submit Your Project

Submit your project and lean back. Our Quality & Assurance team will check your release and let you know if anything’s missing. Once approved, your music will become available on Apple Music Classical on your desired release date.

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What Is Apple Music Classical?

Apple Music Classical is Apple’s dedicated streaming platform for classical music. Launched in March 2023 following Apple’s acquisition of Primephonic, it was built specifically to address the unique needs of the classical genre.

With a catalog of over 5 million classical tracks, the platform offers access to one of the world’s largest classical music catalogs and features a powerful search system designed around classical metadata, from complex works and long-form titles to detailed credits for composers, performers, conductors, and ensembles.

Apple Music Classical is available as a standalone app but is included with a standard Apple Music subscription. While it runs separately from the main Apple Music app, it is fully integrated into Apple’s ecosystem and focuses on high-quality audio, clear presentation, and discovery tailored specifically to classical music.

Why Upload Music to Apple Music Classical

Apple Music Classical gives classical music artists the tools to present recordings with rich metadata, detailed credits, and high-quality audio, so performances are accurately represented and easily discoverable.

Users can explore your music by composer, work, conductor, ensemble, instrument, period, or catalog number. Curated playlists, editorial selections, and specialized catalog sections further increase visibility and connect your music with the right audience. The app supports lossless audio and immersive Spatial Audio, making sure your recordings are experienced with clarity and nuance.

Since it is included with Apple Music, streams and listener insights appear in Apple Music for Artists, letting you track plays, playlist placements, and listener locations alongside your broader Apple Music presence.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Independent artists and labels cannot upload music directly to Apple Music Classical.

Distributors act as the bridge between artists and streaming platforms. They handle the technical, legal, and administrative work needed to make sure your recordings meet Apple Music Classical’s requirements, including proper metadata, credits, and copyright compliance.

Royalties can only be collected for music delivered through an official distributor like iMusician. Once your release is approved, it is tracked for royalty reporting, and payouts are sent from Apple to the distributor and then to you.

Apple Music is a subscription-based streaming service for millions of songs across all genres, offering playlists, offline listening, and music discovery.

Apple Music Classical is a dedicated app within the same subscription, built specifically for classical music. It highlights recordings with detailed metadata, composer and conductor information, ensembles, works, and versions.

While classical tracks are visible across Apple’s ecosystem, the Classical app provides specialized discovery and presentation tailored to classical audiences.

Yes. Music released on Apple Music Classical is part of Apple Music’s overall catalog, so it’s also available to listeners on the main Apple Music app. Non-classical music, however, does not appear on Apple Music Classical, keeping the platform focused exclusively on classical recordings.

Yes. While there isn’t a separate analytics tool just for Apple Music Classical, all streams and listener data from Apple Music Classical are included in Apple Music for Artists. This means you can see performance metrics, listener locations, playlist placements, and more for your classical releases alongside your other Apple Music content.