Artist Profiles and Recording Credits
Manage credited artists, linked contacts, performer roles, social links, and promo photos in Songkeeper.
Artists are the performer names credited on recordings and releases. They are separate from contacts because a credited artist can represent a solo act, group, label-facing name, or project while contacts represent the people behind it.
Artists vs Songs and Recordings
Artist credits live on recording versions, not songs, because the same can have different performers from one version to another.
| Record type | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Artist | Credited performer profile, bio, ISNI, social links, promo photos, and linked contacts. |
| Contact | A real person or company you communicate with, share with, or add as a contract party. |
| Recording version | The specific recording that carries primary or featured artist credits and optional artist royalty percentages. |
Artist Profile Fields
- Name - The credited artist or group name.
- Bio and location - Optional bio, city, and country for artist context.
- - A 16-digit identifier for the artist or organization.
- Social links - Full URLs for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, SoundCloud, and website.
- Promo photos - Image assets that can be uploaded or chosen from the media library.
Recording Credits
When editing performers on a recording version, each artist credit has a role of primary or featured. The form requires exactly one primary artist. If you enter artist royalty percentages, the total must equal 100%.
Linked Contacts
Artist profiles can be linked to contacts with optional roles such as manager, band member, producer, label contact, publisher, publicist, or collaborator. One linked contact can be marked as the primary contact for that artist.
Promo Photos
Artist promo photos are stored as media assets. You can upload JPEG, PNG, or WebP images, add existing media library images, reorder photos, choose a default image, preview images, and remove images from the artist profile.
Related Docs
- Use songs vs recordings to decide whether a change belongs on the composition or the recording.
- Use recording version metadata for performer, master owner, and recording details.
- Use media library for reusable image and file assets.
- Use release exports when artist credits need to flow into export files.