How to publish your nasheed or recitation on Anghami and Spotify

Many munshids and recitation channel owners ask: “how do I get my nasheed on Spotify?” or “is there a direct way to upload a recitation to Anghami?” The short answer is that the route is the same for both platforms: a digital distributor that holds the release rights and delivers it, then an artist profile you manage yourself.

Can you upload directly to Anghami or Spotify?

No, in both cases. Spotify recommends that artists work with a distributor, which handles distribution and pays streaming royalties. Anghami states in its Help Center that direct uploads through Anghami for Creators are no longer supported, and that publishing goes through a distributor that handles licensing, rights management and delivery, after which the release appears on Anghami automatically.

How do Anghami and Spotify differ in publishing and royalties?

Anghami and Spotify both publish through a distributor, and differ in artist profiles, pitching and how royalties are calculated:

How do you publish your nasheed step by step?

Publishing a nasheed or recitation on Anghami and Spotify takes six steps, from rights to pitching:

1. Confirm the recording rights: you own it, or you have written permission from the reciter, munshid or producer.
2. Prepare the audio: Spotify prefers FLAC and accepts WAV with the same specs: 44.1 kHz or higher, stereo, one master per track.
3. Prepare the cover: square 1:1, between 640 and 10,000 px, JPG, PNG or TIFF in sRGB, and never upscaled from a small image.
4. Deliver the release through your distributor with exact metadata: the artist name in Arabic and English, written the same way on every release, the title, genre and release date.
5. Set a release date at least 7 days after delivery, as Spotify asks so its editors can listen.
6. Claim your artist profile on Spotify for Artists and Anghami for Creators, and pitch the nasheed to Spotify's editors before release day.

Why pitch before release on Spotify?

Pitching on Spotify means sending an unreleased song to playlist editors from Spotify for Artists. Pitch it at least 7 days before release and it is added to your followers' Release Radar. You can pitch one song at a time, and pitching does not guarantee editorial placement.

How are royalties calculated for nasheeds and recitations?

On Anghami, 50% of the platform's monthly subscription and ad revenue is shared among artists and labels by their share of total streams; only plays of 30 seconds or more count, and 8% is deducted for publishing rights paid to collecting societies. On Spotify, each recording needs at least 1,000 streams in 12 months, plus a minimum number of listeners, to earn recording royalties.

Spotify for Artists numbers are estimates; your distributor's or label's report is the reference for earnings.

Are recitations and music-free nasheeds any different?

The process is the same, because both platforms deal with the recording, its rights and its specs. The Quran text belongs to no one, but a recording and its production can belong to the reciter, the channel owner or the producer, so never publish a recording you do not own or have permission for. In the metadata, write the reciter's or munshid's name as it is known, and the surah or nasheed title in Arabic and English.

Which mistakes delay publishing?

• A cover upscaled from a small image; Spotify asks that images are not upscaled.
• Audio resampled or reduced before delivery; Spotify asks for the native resolution.
• Claiming the Anghami profile before the music is live, so the profile does not show in search.
• A release date too close to delivery, which misses pitching and Release Radar.
• Spelling the artist name differently across releases, so music shows under another profile.

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