Choosing 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.