Distribute Your Music to Apple Music & iTunes

Apple Music reaches premium listeners in over 160 countries and pays one of the highest per-stream rates in the industry. ORB delivers your release to Apple Music and iTunes and pays your royalties into a wallet you can withdraw locally.

Why Apple Music is worth releasing on

Apple Music tends to pay a higher average per-stream rate than most platforms because it has no free ad-supported tier — every listener is a paying subscriber. iTunes downloads add a second revenue stream on top of streaming.

Apple also supports lossless audio and Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, and gives artists Apple Music for Artists analytics. Delivering high-quality WAV masters through ORB makes you eligible for these formats.

How to release on Apple Music with ORB

A straightforward path from upload to live:

Sign up and build your profile: Create your free ORB account and add your artist details and banking info for payouts.

Upload high-quality audio: Upload WAV masters so your release is eligible for Apple's lossless and Spatial Audio formats, plus square cover art at 3000×3000.

Select Apple Music & iTunes: Choose Apple Music and iTunes alongside the other stores you want. Set your release date and submit.

Go live and track performance: Your release typically appears within 7–15 days. Use Apple Music for Artists to see plays, Shazams and listener locations.

What ORB adds

Keep 100% of royalties: Both streaming and download earnings from Apple are yours in full on paid plans.

Lossless & Spatial Audio ready: Deliver studio-quality masters that qualify for Apple's premium playback formats.

Local withdrawals: Convert Apple Music earnings to your local currency and withdraw to your bank with no international banking hassle.

One upload, 150+ stores: Release to Apple Music and every other major platform from a single submission.

Is Apple Music and iTunes the same submission? Yes. When you deliver through ORB, your release is sent to both Apple Music (streaming) and the iTunes Store (downloads) in one submission.

Why does Apple Music pay more per stream? Apple Music has only paid subscribers — there is no free ad-supported tier — so the royalty pool per stream is generally higher than platforms with free listeners.

How do I get paid from Apple Music in Africa? Your Apple Music royalties collect in your ORB wallet, and you withdraw to your local bank in your own currency through Paystack or Flutterwave.