Music Distribution
API
Deliver releases to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TIDAL and 150+ DSPs worldwide through a single RESTful endpoint. DDEX ERN 4.3 compliant, OAuth 2.0 secured, sandbox-ready.
Built for record labels, music distributors, and aggregators who need infrastructure they can ship on without rewriting it. The ToneGrid Music Distribution API covers ingestion, delivery, royalty accounting, and analytics in one developer-friendly platform.
POST /v1/releases
{
"title": "Midnight Echo",
"artist": "Amara Cole",
"stores": ["spotify", "boomplay"],
"territories": "worldwide"
}
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Developer-friendly RESTful API built to handle millions of requests. Scale from indie labels to enterprise distributors without changing a line of code.
Flexible
Easy-to-use modular architecture lets you pick only the capabilities you need. Integrate distribution, royalties, analytics, or payments—individually or together.
Secure
Protected cloud-based infrastructure with OAuth 2.0, encrypted payloads, and role-based access controls. Your data stays safe at every layer.
Digital
Supply Chain
Streamline music distribution across all platforms with one API. Automate metadata management, release scheduling, and DSP delivery. Distribute seamlessly to 150+ stores using ToneGrid’s agreements or your own, all from a single integration.
- check_circle Automated metadata validation & enrichment
- check_circle Release scheduling with territorial controls
- check_circle Real-time delivery status tracking per DSP
- check_circle Bring your own DSP agreements or use ours
Analytics
Integration
Integrate advanced analytics into your platform. Get real-time insights on streaming performance, revenue trends, and audience demographics for data-driven decisions. Easily generate reports and embed custom dashboards for streamlined analytics management.
- check_circle Real-time stream counts across all DSPs
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- check_circle Embeddable dashboard widgets
- check_circle Exportable reports in CSV, JSON, or PDF
Royalty
Processing
Automate royalty calculation and reporting directly within your application through our API. Generate accurate, cloud-based royalty statements, manage contracts and revenue splits, and streamline payouts—minimising operational friction and errors.
- check_circle Automated royalty calculation engine
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- check_circle Multi-currency support with audit trails
Payment
Distribution
Automate and manage global cross-border payments with our API. Ensure your artists and partners receive timely, accurate payments with support for multiple currencies and compliance with international payment standards.
- check_circle Global cross-border payout support
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- check_circle Compliance with international payment regulations
- check_circle Scheduled and on-demand payout triggers
Customisable
Solutions
Tailor our API to fit your unique business requirements. Whether you need a completely custom solution or a white-label interface, our API’s flexibility allows you to build, scale, and innovate as your business grows.
- check_circle Full white-label branding per tenant
- check_circle Modular endpoints—use what you need
- check_circle Custom workflows and webhook events
- check_circle Dedicated support for enterprise integrations
Custom Branding
Your logo, colours, domain—on every touchpoint.
Configurable Flows
Adapt approval, ingestion, and payout workflows.
Multi-Tenant
Run multiple labels under one integration.
Rapid Scaling
From startup to enterprise without re‑architecting.
Music Distribution API,
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Quick answers to what teams ask before integrating with the ToneGrid Music Distribution API.
What is a music distribution API?
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A music distribution API is a programmable interface that lets labels, aggregators, and distributors deliver releases, manage rights, ingest audio, pull analytics, and process royalties on streaming platforms without uploading manually. The ToneGrid Music Distribution API exposes every step of the digital supply chain, from release creation to DDEX delivery to royalty payout, over a single RESTful endpoint.
Which DSPs does the ToneGrid Music Distribution API deliver to?
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The ToneGrid API delivers to 150+ digital service providers including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Boomplay, Anghami, JioSaavn, NetEase Cloud Music, KKBox, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Audiomack, Napster, and every other major streaming or download store. Delivery uses DDEX ERN 4.3 with real-time acknowledgement tracking.
Is ToneGrid's API DDEX compliant?
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Yes. ToneGrid's distribution pipelines use DDEX ERN 4.3 (the current industry-standard release notification schema) for all DSP communication, with DDEX ERN 4.4 readiness on the 2026 roadmap. The API accepts both DDEX XML deliveries and a simpler JSON release model that ToneGrid translates into DDEX automatically.
Can I white-label the ToneGrid Music Distribution API?
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Yes. The Music Distribution API is multi-tenant by design. Labels, aggregators, and sub-distributors can operate their own branded distribution product on top of ToneGrid's infrastructure, including their own domain, mailers, and pricing, while ToneGrid handles the DSP commercial relationships, DDEX delivery, royalty pipelines, and compliance.
Does the API include royalty accounting and payouts?
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Yes. The Royalties API surfaces ingested DSP statements, computes splits across writers and rights holders, supports cross-currency conversion, and triggers payouts via the same call. Per-stream reporting and territory-level breakdowns are available through the Analytics API.
Is there a sandbox environment?
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Yes. A sandbox is available at api-sandbox.tonegrid.pro with mock DSP delivery responses, isolated databases, and reset-friendly state. Sandbox keys are issued separately from production keys so you can build and test integrations without touching live releases.
How does authentication work?
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The API uses OAuth 2.0 with scoped access tokens. Tokens are issued per integration and can be restricted to specific endpoints (e.g. releases.read, analytics.read, royalties.write). All requests are TLS 1.2+ and rate-limited per tenant. Full reference lives in the API documentation.
Ship Your First Music Distribution API Integration
Get a Music Distribution API key, deliver releases to 150+ DSPs via DDEX, and ship royalty & analytics endpoints into your product, without rebuilding the supply chain from scratch.