TuneCore

TuneCore, owned by Believe, is the leading independent development partner for self-releasing artists to build audiences and careers – with technology and services across distribution, publishing administration, and a range of promotional services. TuneCore is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, with offices in Los Angeles and Nashville, and operates globally through local teams based in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore across 5 continents. TuneCore’s mission is to best serve local artists and labels in the early stages of their development in the digital ecosystem, with fairness, expertise, respect and transparency. Helps artists, labels and managers sell their music through Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, TikTok and more than 150 download and streaming stores worldwide, while retaining 100 percent of their rights for a low annual flat fee. Assists songwriters by administering their compositions through licensing, registration, worldwide royalty collections, and placement opportunities in film, TV, commercials, video games and more. TuneCore Accelerator: Launched in 2023, TuneCore Accelerator – aka TCA – is the powerhouse platform that develops independent artists. Even in today’s crowded musical landscape, this report shows how Accelerator transforms artists' careers through global fan discovery, catalog optimization, and sustaining artist momentum. TuneCore is a team of creators, for creators. Our mission is to support our artists and labels at every stage of their careers. Our driving forces are respect, expertise, fairness, transparency and our values include collaboration and innovation. As global citizens, we believe that if we build more diverse, equitable and inclusive teams across our company, we will collectively create and offer more innovative solutions and better serve our artists, labels, partners, and employees. We strive to build a company that reflects the communities we serve and embraces the diversity of the world we live in, where each person’s unique perspective is valued, and where everyone has the same opportunities and is supported in their personal and professional growth. From our hiring practices to the culture we create and nurture, we are committed to listening, learning and evolving. Our goal is to make TuneCore an inspirational place that feels comfortable and familiar no matter how you look, where you call home, who you love, what you believe, or what’s on your playlist. In 2025, Believe and TuneCore partnered with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative , the world’s leading think tank studying diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, to produce the second Inclusion in the Music Business report which analyzes the gender, race, and ethnicity among executive leadership in the music industry. A total of over 100 companies and close to 3000 executives were evaluated across five main categories of the music business: 1) music groups, 2) labels/label groups, 3) publishing, 4) streaming, and 5) music distribution. Not surprisingly, the data revealed that white male executives still dominate the major music companies, while women and people of color continue to be underrepresented at the top. Shaping Music for Good is Believe and TuneCore’s global corporate social responsibility strategy, tagline, and core focus. This ambition is integrated at all levels of the company and within the heart of our business model. We strive to shape the music industry for good by building trusting relationships with artists and partners, investing in the growth and talent development of our local markets, and empowering our community to positively impact society. We work to achieve progress on our core priorities: