How to Claim Your TikTok for Artists Profile

Available in over 25 countries, including the United States, the UK, Canada, Brazil, and Japan, TikTok for Artists offers musicians and their teams access to powerful tools that can help drive visibility, deeper fan connections, and wider music discovery on the platform. 

Whether you're just starting out or already making waves in the online music scene, TikTok for Artists puts essential data and promotional features at your fingertips. 

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1. What is TikTok for Artists?

Just how claiming your Spotify for Artists profile is essential when releasing music on Spotify, signing up for TikTok for Artists is just as crucial, especially if you're aiming to create the next viral hit.

It’s another artist-focused space where you can access your real-time analytics, fan engagement metrics, and extra release tools to further elevate your music career. This time on TikTok. 

You can see exactly how your music is performing across the platform, and even invite your managers, label team members, or other collaborators to help manage your presence.

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2. Why should I sign up for TikTok for Artists?

TikTok for Artists is packed with loads of intuitive features designed to help you grow, connect, and thrive on TikTok.

Some key highlights include:

Tracking your insights

Dive into details and see exactly how each of your songs is being used, including metrics around video creation volume, total views, engagement trends, and more.

Detailed audience demographics

Check out in-depth metrics on your video content, such as how many people are watching, how long they're staying on your page, and how they’re interacting with your sounds.

You can also view exactly who’s engaging with your music, allowing you to fine-tune your strategy by age, gender, location, and language.

Pre-release tools

TikTok for Artists has also rolled out a pre-release tool allowing artists to promote upcoming music directly on TikTok. 

This tool enables fans to pre-save releases to their Spotify or Apple Music libraries, making your music instantly available to them as soon as it's released. It's a great way to build momentum ahead of your next drop by spotlighting future tracks and making it easy for fans to stay engaged. 

At the moment, TikTok for Artists pre-release campaigns are only available on Spotify and Apple Music, but keep an eye out for any updates rolling out within the near future.

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Check out how to sign up for other artist platforms here:

- Apple Music for Artists: How to Get Verified on Apple Music

- How to Claim Your Amazon Music for Artists Profile

3. How to join TikTok for Artists

Musicians can sign up and manage their presence directly via artists.tiktok.com, with options to invite team members to collaborate on analytics, strategy, and content.

For more info about how to join TikTok as an artist, follow the steps here and apply for your artist account.

If you don’t have an artist profile, you can also apply for blue check verification and access TikTok for Artists that way. There’s guidance on how to do this here.

If you’ve got all of this stuff sorted and already verified your TikTok account, head to artists.tiktok.com and click ‍Get started as shown below:

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When you get here, you’ll be able to select your role as an artist, log in and start viewing your own personal artist dashboard. 

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Navigate between the different tabs to see detailed analytics on each of your Posts, Songs and Followers - and check out the Pre-release campaigns section to start setting things up for your next drop.

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By clicking on the Resources icon in the bottom left corner, you’ll also unlock step-by-step guides, best practice tips, and creative toolkits to help you get the most out of TikTok’s music community. 

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If you’re uploading music to TikTok and not on TikTok for Artists, then you’re doing yourself a big disservice. It’s another super useful tool to help you navigate today’s competitive music landscape and better understand how to get your big break. 

By offering a one-stop hub for data, insights, and fan interaction, TikTok is empowering artists to go beyond the “viral moment” and build lasting, meaningful music careers.

So whether you're an indie newcomer or a global chart-topper, TikTok for Artists is here to help you unlock your full creative and commercial potential.

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