Music on the Wrong Spotify Artist Profile: How to Fix It

You open Spotify for Artists after a release and see a track you didn't record sitting between your singles. A fan may have found your new song on a stranger's page instead. It's jarring. Start with the link, not a panic edit. The route to a clean profile depends on what went wrong: a profile match or the release data sent to Spotify. Those can look identical to a listener. They don't have the same fix.

Name the mismatch before you report it

The content-mismatch form covers three familiar situations: your music appears on someone else's artist page, another artist's release appears on yours, or your catalog has been split across multiple profiles. Submit the report in Spotify for Artists. Expect an email when the issue is fixed, usually within a few days. You can file before release, too.

A misspelled artist name, wrong release title, artwork, track order, role, or credit points to the delivery record. The metadata guidance routes those corrections through your label or distributor. That company delivered the information. It has to send Spotify an updated record; Spotify displays the data it receives and won't change those details manually.

The profile report and the delivery record are separate parts of the repair. One fixes what listeners see on Spotify. The other corrects the information that put it there. For a live mix-up, tell both sides instead of waiting for one request to solve the other half.

If the release is live, report it and contact your distributor

Sign in to Spotify for Artists. Open the content-mismatch form for the wrong page, incorrect release, or catalog split. Get two URLs: the artist page that belongs to you and the release sitting in the wrong place. The reviewer can see the route you want.

Send the correct artist profile link, the misplaced release link, and any release identifier you have to your label or distributor. Ask them to compare the mapping in the delivery with your profile and submit a corrected record if it points elsewhere; changing the artist display name alone won't fix a misdirected release. Role and credit errors need a provider-side metadata update too, because Spotify displays the information it receives rather than editing those fields by hand.

Keep the request narrow. Say what's on the wrong page and where it belongs. Clear requests are easier to route than a general note that something looks off.

Catch it while the release is still upcoming

If the music hasn't gone live, open Spotify for Artists, choose Music, then Upcoming. The Upcoming instructions show the release date, tracklist, and artwork for music your label or distributor has delivered. A release can appear there before it's public. If it isn't yours, select the control beside it, then choose Report incorrect release. Don't wait for release day. Spotify emails after the fix, usually within a few days.

The Upcoming view can take time to reflect a delivery. A release may take around 48 hours to appear after the distributor sends it. Check the date before raising a missing-release request. If yours still isn't there, ask the distributor to confirm it was sent to the right artist profile. A detail change also has to come through the distributor.

Report the problem before launch, and tell the distributor at the same time. Spotify's mismatch instructions warn that these errors can reach more than one service. The form fixes Spotify's listing only. If you see the same release on other platforms, tell your distributor; it needs to check what it sent to each service and correct the source record. One request won't fix them all.

Put the artist ID on the next delivery

Artist names aren't unique. Some providers listed in Spotify's support guidance let you send a specified artist ID with your release. If your distributor's form accepts the ID, compare it with the profile you manage before delivery, especially when a featured artist or a same-name act could make the display-name field ambiguous. The ID gives the delivery team a more precise match and can help prevent another mix-up.

Ask your distributor where that ID belongs in its upload workflow. Before you submit the next release, compare the selected profile with the artist page you manage in Spotify for Artists. If you handle more than one project, keep each profile link next to the release details instead of relying on memory.

That check won't repair a track that's already misplaced. It can make the next delivery clearer to the people and systems that route it.

Check whether Profile Protection is available

Artist Profile Protection is still in a limited beta. Not everyone has it. Some providers or releases may not support every option. Check the menu under your avatar in Spotify for Artists. If the feature appears, open it to review your settings.

The support page describes two modes. Open Music, then Review, to inspect new releases delivered with your name attached. The setting matters. Review releases lets you remove yourself from an eligible release before it appears or within 28 days after it goes live; Block releases requires approval before a release lists you, and a pending review can delay the Spotify launch.

Approvals can take up to 24 hours. If you decline an incorrect release, it won't appear on your profile or contribute to your stats and listener recommendations.

Protection is a useful checkpoint, not a replacement for fixing the delivery record. If the metadata still points to the wrong artist, the same problem can return on another release or service. For a separate walkthrough of getting access to your page, see our guide to claiming a Spotify for Artists profile. If you need to know which party can submit an update, start with what your music distributor handles.

Make the correction at both ends

For a live mix-up, report the Spotify profile problem and notify the distributor that sent the release. For incorrect titles, roles, or credits, ask the distributor to submit corrected metadata. For a release that hasn't appeared yet, check Upcoming and use Report incorrect release. If Profile Protection is available to your team, review the release before it goes live.

Spotify can correct the page listeners see. The artist ID in the next delivery helps keep the same mistake from coming back.

Sources: Spotify Support: Music mixed up with another artist; Spotify Support: Fixing problems with music metadata; Spotify Support: Unreleased music in Spotify for Artists; Spotify Support: Artist Profile Protection.