Spotify for Artists Access Levels: What to Give a Manager or Bandmate

Your single has a delivery date. Your manager offers to update the profile, pitch the song, or check the release campaign, and you want the help without handing over your Spotify login. Spotify for Artists has team access for that job, but the labels are easy to mix up: Admin, Editor, Reader, and a separate Team Admin permission. Start with the work, not the title someone has on their business card.

Match the access to the work

Spotify gives each person an app access level for each team. If you belong to several artist or label teams, your access can differ from one to another. The current Spotify access-level guide lays out the dividing line: all three levels can see music and audience stats, the artist roster, and the artist profile. Only Admins and Editors can make changes inside Spotify for Artists.

• Reader: sees stats, the roster, and the artist profile. Choose this when a booking agent, publicist, or consultant needs to review performance but won't edit the page or manage a release.
• Editor: can edit the profile, add Clips and Canvas, pitch upcoming releases, create and edit campaigns, and add or manage Shopify merch. This is usually enough for a trusted manager or bandmate handling release work.
• Admin: can do the Editor tasks and add or edit payment methods. Reserve this for someone who actually needs that responsibility.

Reader means read-only. If a collaborator only needs to review how a campaign performed, that may be enough; access to the profile and stats doesn't grant permission to change them. Imagine a two-person act asking a freelance publicist to review audience numbers. Reader is likely enough. If that same person will replace profile photos or add campaign assets, the job has changed, so Editor may fit better.

Make the handoff concrete. Name the profile fields, pitch, campaign, or merch task the person owns, and agree who approves changes fans will see. That small division of responsibility avoids the vague arrangement where two people assume the other has checked a release detail. Access is not approval. The platform role says what buttons someone can use, while your own agreement should say what they may publish, submit, or spend without checking with you first.

The task list matters more than seniority. A manager may need Editor access to handle a pitch, while an outside analyst may only need Reader. If you're still setting up the page itself, the Spotify for Artists profile checklist covers the artist-facing details; this decision is about who can change them.

Team Admin is a different permission

This is where the names get confusing. Spotify's separate Team Admin status is optional and sits alongside a person's app access level. Team Admins can invite or remove team members, edit their access levels, and see team activity. They do not become Team Admins simply because their Spotify for Artists app role is Admin.

Think of the two settings as separate keys. App access controls what a person can do with the artist profile and its tools. Team Admin controls who can enter the team and what access they receive. Someone may be an Editor without being a Team Admin; that can be a sensible setup for a manager who needs to work on releases but shouldn't manage the roster.

If you handle the profile yourself, keep Team Admin with you or another person who is responsible for the team's membership. Don't grant it just to make an invitation easier. The extra permission is about other people's access, not about whether someone can write a bio or submit a playlist pitch. Team Admin is roster authority, not a more prestigious title. A trusted business partner may need it if they onboard editors or remove former contractors. If nobody else owns those decisions, don't widen access to make the role sound complete.

Titles don't map neatly to permissions. Before a rollout, write down who owns profile edits, release pitching, campaign reporting, and payment settings, especially if more than one person handles the same artist account. Keep the brief specific.

Send the invitation through Spotify Manage

Spotify's current invitation instructions put team management on the web. A Team Admin goes to manage.spotify.com/teams, selects the team, clicks Invite, then enters the collaborator's details and app access level. Spotify emails the invitee instructions to join. Use the person's own account and the invite flow rather than passing around your sign-in.

Before you send it, decide which task the person is taking on. If they only need to report numbers, set Reader. If they need to edit the page, prepare a pitch, or manage campaign tools, Editor covers those jobs. Choose Admin only when payment-method access is part of the assignment. For an upcoming submission, confirm the editor can reach the pitch form and leave time for the Spotify pitching window; a permission fix on release day is a needless scramble.

A team can include people who already have Spotify for Artists access elsewhere. The access level applies to each team, so a collaborator can have different permissions for different artists. Ask them to check which team they're viewing before they start making changes. That small check prevents the wrong profile from becoming the place where the work happens.

Change access when the job changes

Only Team Admins can change access levels. In Spotify Manage, go to manage.spotify.com/teams, choose the team and the person, then use Edit beside App access levels. The same area lets a Team Admin set or remove the separate Team Admin status. Spotify's access instructions describe both controls.

A freelancer's brief ending is a good time to review access. Remove someone who no longer works with the artist, or step them down if their job has changed from editing to reporting. If a new manager takes over, give that person the access needed for the next release instead of inheriting an old setup without a look.

If the artist profile has already been claimed, a collaborator can't request to join that existing team. Spotify's getting-access guidance says to ask the current team Admin for an invitation; if you can't reach that person, contact Spotify. That's different from claiming an unclaimed profile, which has its own review process.

Your music work can be collaborative without making every password a group project. Give each person the access their job needs, then keep the keys to the team with the people responsible for it.