Stages is designed to take your music to the next level

What is Stages? As your career advances, our full range of artist services moves with you, unlocking new opportunities for your music. Artists who qualify can receive exclusives like playlist pitching and expedited release inspection. And the best part is these additional services are absolutely FREE.

Melody Federer

With promotional campaign support and placements on YouTube's "Coffee Shop Blend" and "Best New Indie" playlists, CD Baby helped singer-songwriter Melody Federer grow her audience 850% in 2020, inspiring Amazon Music to make her the face of its Breakthrough Alternative Playlist in September of last year.

Who it's for

Emerging artists with up to 20k followers or monthly listeners.

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If you're an emerging artist, our standard services will give your career a powerful boost with global distribution, free promotional tools, and other essential services.

Global distribution to the world's top music platforms
Social video monetization on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook
Publishing administration
Sync licensing
Analytics and weekly payments
CD and vinyl manufacturing and fulfillment
Free music-promo tools

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Who it's for

Rising artists with more than 20k followers or monthly listeners.

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As your music career accelerates, CD Baby Plus lets you move even faster with expedited distribution and other special perks.

Everything above, plus:

Expedited service, inspection, and delivery to DSPs
Playlisting on CD Baby-owned playlists
First access to new DSP features
Applying for verification on Instagram, TikTok

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Who it's for

Established artists with over 60k monthly followers or monthly listeners.

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CD Baby Label Services offers you personalized, hands-on support, including editorial pitching and full customization privileges on select music platforms.

Everything above, plus:

Editorial pitching for new releases
Promotional pitching for DSP high-visibility playlists
Fast-tracked Pandora Radio approval

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Glassio

CD Baby's Label Services team saw growth in Glassio's streaming numbers and helped pitch a string of singles to playlist editors over several months. Editorial support from DSPs like Spotify, Apple, and Amazon boosted Glassio's streams and earnings almost 10X, and helped land him an advance deal for his next album release.

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Stages is designed to take your music to the next level

Melody Federer

Who it's for

Who it's for

Who it's for

Glassio

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