To ensure your lyrics display correctly on Apple Music, Spotify, and other major DSPs, please follow the formatting and content standards outlined below. These guidelines help ensure your lyrics are eligible for sync, properly displayed, and aligned with the audio.
📌 General Requirements
- Submit lyrics in the original language of the song
- Lyrics must match the final audio exactly
- Do not include misspellings, ad-libs, or improvisation unless they are part of the recording
- For explicit tracks, always submit the uncensored version
✍️ Formatting Standards
Follow these formatting best practices for clean and professional lyric submissions:
- ✅ Use sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each line and proper nouns)
- ✅ Break lines where the vocalist naturally pauses
- ✅ Insert double line breaks between sections (verses, choruses, etc.)
- ✅ Use standard punctuation (commas, periods, question marks, etc.)
🚫 Do NOT include:
- Artist names
- Song titles
- Section labels (e.g.,
[Chorus]) in synced lyrics - Repeats (e.g., “x2”) — instead, write out all lines
- Emojis or decorative symbols
- Annotations, credits, or instrumental cues
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
If you're submitting time-synced lyrics:
- Use your Musixmatch to sync each line accurately
- Do not use manual timestamps or formatting codes — they will not be accepted
🎧 DSPs That Accept Lyrics
Below is a list of digital platforms that currently support lyrics (via direct submission, Musixmatch, LyricFind):
- Apple Music
- Spotify
- Amazon Music
- Instagram (via Musixmatch)
- Facebook (via Musixmatch)
- YouTube Music
- Tidal
- Deezer
- Pandora (via LyricFind)
- Shazam
- TikTok (via Musixmatch)
- Audiomack
- Anghami
- Boomplay
- JioSaavn
- KKBOX
- Tencent Music (via partners)
⚠️ Note: Platform availability and requirements may vary based on regional licensing.
[See this article for how to upload time-synced lyrics to DSPs]