Genres
Use the most specific primary genre that applies to your music such as "Pop in Spanish y Tropical", instead of more generic genres such as "Latin" or "Pop". Music from Anime must use Anime as the primary genre. Fitness remixes and fitness cover versions of tracks must use the Fitness & Workout genreElectronic music sub-genres
LabelGrid offers an array of distinct sub-genres to help you fine tune your genre targetting and accuracy on your own portals as well as niche DSP's, particularlly in the electronic music space. While most DSP's do not support these niche sub-genres, we supply them to you to aid in your marketing efforts, and we will map these sub-genres to the most relevant genre supported by each DSP. For example, genres such as "Footwork" and "Juke" are available and targetted at the proper sub-genre, "Juke/Footwork" on Juno, and "Leftfield Bass: Juke / Footwork" on Beatport, who supports this genre via editorial request. For other DSP's that do not have this category, such as AppleMusic, "BASS-00 and DANCE-00" are targetted.Spotify
According to Spotify, they do not currently use genre information from providers, although it may be ingested and used in the future. Label Grid passes along the primary and secondary genres that you choose should Spotify decide to use this information in the futureChoosing the right genre for your music in LabelGrid is a critical step toward optimizing your digital distribution. Not only does it ensure your music is categorized correctly, but it also improves its visibility and discovery on various Digital Service Providers (DSPs). In LabelGrid, you can assign a primary genre and an optional secondary genre to your tracks. We highly recommend making use of both.
Accepted Genres on Juno Download and Beatport
While deciding on the genre of your music, it is important to be aware of the specific requirements of different DSPs. It's worth noting that specific platforms, like Juno Download and Beatport, only accept particular genres. If these platforms do not accept your selected genre, your music won't be acknowledged for distribution.
Beatport, for instance, favors electronic and dance genres, while Juno Download has an extensive list of acceptances, including Dance, Deep Dubstep, Drum & Bass, and others.
Reclassification on DSPs like Apple Music
In certain instances, platforms such as Apple Music may reclassify your chosen genre. This reclassification is generally towards broader, 'main' genres, primarily to match their own category structure.
For example, a track you've labeled as Deep Dubstep might be reclassified as Dubstep in Apple Music. While this doesn't change the nature of your track, it suggests that it's helpful to anticipate how different platforms might categorize your music.