Ditto Music is an online music distribution company. It distributes music to 160 digital music stores, including Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Vevo, Apple Music, Beatport, Deezer, and Shazam.[1][2] It currently operates from its head office in Liverpool, England. And, as of 2017 it has 22 offices across 19 countries.[3]

History

In January 2007, Ditto Music distributed "Blag, Steal & Borrow" by Essex band Koopa, which entered into the UK Top 40, making it the first chart hit by an unsigned band,[4] this achievement is in the Guinness Book Of World Records[5]

Services

Ditto's main distribution service offers unlimited releases to all major online stores on an annual subscription basis starting from £19 per year. The company claims to operate non-exclusive deals with artists keeping 100% of their royalty earnings.[6]

Alongside its core music distribution service, Ditto Music also offers record label services including PR, social media and playlist pitching to independent artists.[7] In 2021, Ditto added music publishing to its range of services for artists.[8]

Awards and nominations

Won the RECSS Customer Support Award in 2011 for 'Best Online Service Provider.[9]

Nominated for Best Distribution Team at the Music Week Awards in 2013.[10]

Nominated for Best Label/Artist Services Company at the Music Week Awards in 2017 and 2018.[11][12]

Named on The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list of Britain's fastest-growing companies in 2017[13] and SME Export Track 100 in 2018.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Sell your music at Ditto Music". Ditto Music. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. ^ "How to get your band on Spotify". Wired. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Ditto Music launches artist management company". Music Business Worldwide. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Entertainment | Unsigned band make chart history". BBC News. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ^ First unsigned band to reach the Top 40 on the UK singles chart. Guinness World Records (2007-01-14). Retrieved on 2015-09-26.
  6. ^ "Ditto Music pricing". Ditto Music. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Ditto Music promotional services". Ditto Music. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Ditto Music launches publishing division headed up by Tom Weller". Music Week. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. ^ "RECSS Customer Support Award". GrowJo. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Music Week Awards nominees 2013". Music Week. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  11. ^ "2017 Music Week Awards: And the nominees are..." Music Week. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. ^ "2018 Music Week Awards: And the nominees are..." Music Week. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Sunday Times Fast Track 100". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Export Track 100". Insider Media. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
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