✦ Artist profiles | public music | curator coverage

Affordable campaigns like no other platform, with premium coverage because curators listen first.

You share your song with curators who have passed verification — each one listens to the whole track. If they like it, they offer to share it with their audience. You read the offer and say yes or no. Nothing happens without your say-so.

Publish and organize your music inside UpcomingSounds, request curator coverage, and track internal activity like plays, saves, follows, shares, and recent plays. External DSP stream counts are not inferred.

Start today. Build your profile foundation, then choose the next campaign or coverage step with in-platform guidance.

Available profile context
Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Growth Dashboard
Internal UpcomingSounds activity
Offer transparency
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Dashboard
Offers
Campaigns
Messages
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Pending
Pending
Example state
Accepted
Accepted
Example state
Completed
Completed
Example state
Make your artist profile
Available profile context
Pending
Start a campaign
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Accepted
Alternative
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Alternative
Completed
Available workflow evidence
Completed

We count what happens here. We never invent numbers.

Plays, saves and shares inside UpcomingSounds are real and shown as they are. Numbers from outside streaming services are never guessed or made up.

This is what a trustworthy artist workspace feels like.

External DSP counts are not inferred No result claimed Anonymous example — not a testimonial Internal UpcomingSounds activity Available profile context Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow. Available workflow evidence
Artist Profiles Build a public presence for your music.
Curator Discovery Explore available curator opportunities.
Offer Tracking Follow every offer through a clear status.
Public Stories Published only after review and permission.
Workflow record Account history
Illustrative workflow No result claimed
Artist Profiles Build a public presence for your music.
Curator Discovery Explore available curator opportunities.
Offer Tracking Follow every offer through a clear status.
Public Stories Published only after review and permission.
Workflow record Account history
Illustrative workflow No result claimed
Build
Your artist presence
Organize
Tracks and release details
Connect
With curator opportunities
Control
Every offer decision
Artists can connect profile context from platforms like
How it works

How it works, in plain steps
to Growth Readiness

Six simple steps. You stay in control at every one of them.

1
Make your artist profile
Your name, your photo, your links, the kind of music you make. Five minutes is enough to start.
2
Add your song
Upload or link the track you want people to hear, with its cover art and details.
3
Start a campaign
Your song goes only to curators who have passed verification, at 45 USC (£45) for a 45-day run. Nothing is guaranteed — every offer is real, from a real listener.
4
Watch what happens
See plays, saves, follows and shares inside UpcomingSounds, and follow every offer as it moves.
5
Read your offers and decide
When a verified curator offers coverage, you read it, then decide — accept it, request a change, or turn it down. Your credits move only on a yes.
6
Do it again, better
Use what you learned — which songs landed, which offers fit — and run the next release the same simple way.

No jargon, no black box. You see everything, and you decide everything.

Offer transparency

Every offer has a clear stage.
You control all of them.

No paying and hoping. From the moment a verified curator sends an offer to the moment the coverage is done, you can see exactly where it stands.

Pending

Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.

Accepted

Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.

Alternative

Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.

Rejected

Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.

Completed

Available workflow evidence

Expired

Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.

Artist workspace

Everything you need,
in one dashboard

Your songs, your offers, your messages and your credits — all in one place, in plain sight.

Growth Dashboard
Track internal UpcomingSounds activity like plays, saves, follows, shares, recent plays, recommendation engagement, and readiness signals from your artist workspace.
→ Internal platform activity. No external DSP inference.
Acceptance rate
Example state
Completion rate
Example state
Verified curator response
Example state
Campaign System
Campaign availability and terms appear in the account flow; outcomes are not guaranteed.
→ Campaigns connected to your artist workspace
Verified Curator Offers
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Availability varies
Direct Messages
Discuss an offer before accepting it. The message centre -- Needs Response, Closed, Sent Updates -- keeps every conversation tied to its offer. No lost context, no guessing.
→ Every offer has its own conversation thread
Your USC Balance
USC
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USC Credits
+ Top Up
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Illustrative preview USC
Offers
Example state
Illustrative preview USC
Workflow record
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Illustrative preview USC
History
Account history
Illustrative preview USC
USC Credit System

Your credits go to real listening.
Never to fake plays.

Wallet activity and available offer records appear in account history.

  • ✓Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
  • ✓Account history
  • ✓Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
  • ✓Availability varies
  • ✓Wallet activity and available offer records appear in account history.
  • ✓Workflow record
Add credits →
Verified Curators Only

Verified curators only.
Illustrative Profile Context

Anonymous cards show possible profile and workflow fields. They are not live listings.

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Available profile context
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Example
Available profile context
Example state
Available workflow evidence
Indie PopBedroom PopLo-Fi
★★★★★Ratings appear only when eligible records are available.
View Profile
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Example
Available profile context
Example state
Available workflow evidence
R&BSoulHip-HopAfrobeats
★★★★★Ratings appear only when eligible records are available.
View Profile
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Example
Available profile context
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ElectronicHouseAmbient
★★★★☆Ratings appear only when eligible records are available.
View Profile
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Illustrative workflow

Illustrative artist workflow

Anonymous examples below are not testimonials, public profiles, or published results.

Build your profile →
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Make your artist profile

Your name, your photo, your links, the kind of music you make. Five minutes is enough to start.

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Start a campaign

Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.

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Illustrative workflow No result claimed
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Available workflow evidence

Availability varies

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Watch what happens

See plays, saves, follows and shares inside UpcomingSounds, and follow every offer as it moves.

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OutcomeNot claimed
Offer Status
Follow every offer stage
Curator Context
Review before accepting
Six Rating Areas
Rate completed work
Media Proof
Review submitted evidence
Built for artists burned by bad promo

Every feature honors the artist and elevates the curator,
with your work heard before any offer.

Artist profiles, campaigns, curator workflows, wallet activity, and internal signals can be managed inside UpcomingSounds.

USC Credit System
Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
Available profile context
Availability varies
Available workflow evidence
Availability varies
Ratings appear only when eligible records are available.
Availability varies
Workflow record
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Availability varies
Promote Your Release

Premium coverage, at the level you choose.

Campaign availability and terms appear in the account flow; outcomes are not guaranteed.

Standard
45 USC (£45)
per campaign · 45 days on platform
  • ✓Sent to all verified & non-verified curators
  • ✓45 days of platform exposure
  • ✓Written offer feedback
  • ✓Accept / Reject / Alternative
  • ✓Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
  • — Dashboard spotlight placement
  • — Featured track shelf
  • — Top banner position
Start Campaign
Advanced
60 USC (£60)
per campaign · 45 days on platform
  • ✓Sent to all verified & non-verified curators
  • ✓45 days of platform exposure
  • ✓Written offer feedback
  • ✓Accept / Reject / Alternative
  • ✓Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
  • ✓7 days on dashboard spotlight section
  • — Featured track shelf
  • — Top banner position
Start Campaign
Most Popular
Pro
80 USC (£80)
per campaign · 45 days on platform
  • ✓Sent to all verified & non-verified curators
  • ✓45 days of platform exposure
  • ✓Written offer feedback
  • ✓Accept / Reject / Alternative
  • ✓Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
  • ✓7 days on dashboard spotlight section
  • ✓7 days featured-track shelf placement
  • — Top banner position
Start Campaign
Premium
100 USC (£100)
per campaign · 45 days on platform
  • ✓Sent to all verified & non-verified curators
  • ✓45 days of platform exposure
  • ✓Written offer feedback
  • ✓Accept / Reject / Alternative
  • ✓Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
  • ✓7 days on dashboard spotlight section
  • ✓7 days featured-track shelf placement
  • ✓7 days top banner — maximum visibility
Start Campaign
Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.
Verified Curator Coverage Marketplace
Want to hand-pick your verified curators? Use Request Verified Curator Coverage Offer status and available details stay in the account workflow.
Browse marketplace →
How offers work
A curator hears your track first and decides alone whether to offer. You pay only for the coverage work they listed — never to change their decision, and never to Spotify. Curators are independent; Spotify's own editorial playlists are not for sale here. If a paid curator doesn't deliver, you auto-refund.
About UpcomingSounds

Made by people who believe
great music deserves a real listen.

UpcomingSounds exists because momentum should never feel like shouting into a void. We built the platform we wished existed — a place where artists build a real profile, present their music properly, and request verified curator coverage, with honest activity you can see for yourself. No inflated numbers. No noise. Just your work, heard before any offer.

For Artists
Whether you dropped your first track last week or you've been doing this for years -- you deserve a clearer workspace. Build your profile, organize public music, request verified curator coverage, and use internal activity signals to grow on your own terms.
For Curators
Artist profiles, campaigns, curator workflows, wallet activity, and internal signals can be managed inside UpcomingSounds.
Workflow record
Artist profiles, campaigns, curator workflows, wallet activity, and internal signals can be managed inside UpcomingSounds.
Artist profiles, campaigns, curator workflows, wallet activity, and internal signals can be managed inside UpcomingSounds.
UpcomingSounds · Bucharest, Romania
Are you ready?

Your music deserves
a real listen.

A proper hearing, a considered offer, and the final call always yours. Campaigns begin at 45 USC (£45).

Your next release deserves stronger context and clearer signals.

Review current USC wallet and offer terms in your account.

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