Everything you need to run distribution.
Guides, regional playbooks, developer documentation, comparisons and the policies behind the platform, in one place.
Guides
Long-form articles from the ToneGrid team, grouped by topic.
Distribution guides
Step-by-step playbooks for labels, distributors and aggregators.
Fraud and trust
How artificial streaming works and how to keep DSP trust.
Royalties
Statements, splits, payouts and the money flow behind a stream.
Industry
Market shifts, ownership moves and what they mean for independents.
DSP updates
Store policy changes, format updates and delivery requirements.
AI and technology
AI music policy, detection, APIs and agent-driven workflows.
Market guides
Delivery specifications and metadata rules for specific regions.
Greater China
Tencent Music, JOOX and NetEase delivery with Simplified Chinese metadata.
Asia
Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia, one market at a time.
Latin America
Regional genres, telco-tier stores and Spanish and Portuguese metadata.
Sweden
Nordic characters, lossless masters and a streaming-first market.
Product and developers
Everything you need to integrate with and build on ToneGrid.
Music Distribution API
RESTful JSON API with bearer API keys, sandbox and webhooks.
API reference
Endpoint-by-endpoint documentation, schemas and the OpenAPI file.
MCP for AI agents
Drive your distribution business from an AI agent over MCP.
Advanced features
DDEX, supply chain, custom routes and the deeper platform surface.
DSP partners
Direct delivery to 200+ DSPs, with a page for each store.
Changelog
Every release, in order, with RSS, Atom and JSON feeds.
Promo videos with Rotor
Canvas, lyric and motion artwork generated from a release.
Compare
How ToneGrid lines up against other white-label platforms, sourced from each vendor's own published pages.
Reference
Definitions, trust documentation and operational status.
Glossary
Music distribution terms, from aggregator to webhook.
Security and Trust
How ToneGrid protects tenant and artist data.
Help Center
How-to articles and support for tenants and their teams.
Status
Live platform status and incident history.
Newsroom
Press releases and partnership announcements.
llms.txt
A plain-text index of this site for AI agents and crawlers.
Policies
The rules every tenant and release on ToneGrid operates under.
Terms of Service
The agreement between ToneGrid Ltd and every tenant.
Privacy Policy
What we collect, why, and how long we keep it.
Cookie Policy
Every cookie this site sets and how to change your choice.
Content Policy
What a release must meet before it ships to a store.
Anti-Fraud Policy
How artificial streaming is detected and enforced.
AI Music Policy
Disclosure rules for AI-assisted and AI-generated music.
DMCA
How to file a takedown notice or a counter-notice.
Latest from the blog
How to Grow a Distribution Business Without Losing the Stores' Trust
Stores grade a distributor on what its releases turn out to be. How to vet signings, check every release and structure a roster so growth does not cost you your delivery relationships.
Royalty Statements Your Artists Will Actually Trust: A Guide for Record Labels
Artists rarely leave a label over one bad month. They leave over a statement they cannot read. What a trustworthy royalty statement shows, and how to get splits right.
Switching Distributors Without Losing Your Streams: A Catalog Migration Playbook for Labels
Your stream counts and playlist history belong to your recordings, not your distributor. Here is how to move a catalog without resetting it to zero.
Why Anghami and the MENA Region Need Their Own Delivery Playbook
MENA grew recorded music revenue 15.2% in 2025 with streaming at 97.5% of that total. Shipping to Spotify and Apple Music alone is not the same as being covered here.
Mobile Money, Not Cards: The Payout Infrastructure Independent African Labels Actually Need
Most distribution platforms assume an artist has a card and a dollar bank account. Across most of Africa, that assumption breaks before a single stream gets paid out.
Africa Is Not One Market: A Distributor's Map of Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Francophone West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa grew recorded music revenue 15.2% in 2025, per the IFPI. Treating it as one market is the most expensive assumption a catalog can make.
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