VK Music is VKontakte’s streaming service with a huge audience in Russia and the CIS: tracks are played inside VKontakte, in the VK Music app and used in clips and stories. Through distribution your release goes live officially, with a verified artist page.
Official placement of your release on streaming platforms.
A check of your materials before submission.
Set-up of the track or album page.
Cover art, title and artist information added.
Lyrics and the explicit-content flag passed on.
Delivery to every available music platform.
Contact with you throughout the order.
Distribution time — 1–2 days after all materials are provided.
Cover art 3000×3000 px in JPG or PNG, with no web addresses, platform logos or blurred edges.
Audio as WAV, 16 or 24 bit, 44.1 kHz, no clipping; platforms accept MP3, but the quality is lower.
Exact title, artist name, lyric and music writers, and the Explicit flag if there is profanity.
A link to your VKontakte community or page — to link the official artist page.
SpotifyThe world’s biggest streaming service
Apple MusicApple’s streaming service and iTunes
Yandex MusicThe biggest streaming service in RussiaVK MusicMusic on VKontakte
ZvukStreaming from the Sber ecosystem
KION MusicMTS’s streaming service
TikTokA sound for millions of videos
ShazamTrack recognition
SoundCloudThe independent artists’ platformVK Music
The track is available to every VKontakte user: in the Music section, in the feed, in clips and stories — credited and linked to the artist.
Releases are collected on the artist page, a community can be linked to it, and the track can be pinned on your wall.
An official track can be used in VK Clips and stories — a free way to push the release through short videos.
Pricing
For releasing a single on streaming platforms.
$45
For releasing an album of several tracks.
$135
How to order
Choose the release type: single or album.
Fill in the artist and release details.
Attach links to the cover art and audio files.
Leave a contact.
Check the details and proceed to payment.
After payment the release is sent for distribution.
Other platforms
Questions and answers
A manually uploaded file is just an audio record with no payouts or stats. An official release through distribution enters the VK Music catalog with an artist page, counts in the charts and earns royalties per stream.
Add a link to your community or page when ordering — the distributor passes it on with the release, and the official artist page gets linked to you.
Yes: BOOM runs on the VK Music catalog, so the release appears there too.
