Process for Believe (Manual exports)

Compliance and requirements

To deliver Releases to Believe Digital, you need access to the Believe Backstage.

Here is a list of the metadata required to be filled for any Release to become compliant for submission to Believe Digital.

Album

• The Main Artists can't be blank
• The Main Genre / Subgenre can't be blank
• The Record Labels can't be blank
• The Physical Release Date can't be blank
• The Artwork must be present
• The Artwork must be between 1500 and 3000 pixels with a square ratio

Track

• The Main Artists can't be blank
• The Title Language can't be blank
• The Audio Language can't be blank
• The Recording Year can't be blank
• The Recording Type can't be blank
• The Main Genre / Subgenre can't be blank
• The Authors can't be blank
• The Composers can't be blank
• The Audio is missing

Release

• The Copyright Owners (C-Line) can't be blank
• The Recording Owners (P-Line) can't be blank
• The Price can't be blank

Release Track

• The Price can't be blank
• The Recording Owners (P-Line) can't be blank

Submit to Believe Backstage

1. Connect to your account on the Believe Backstage
2. On the left sidebar, click on “New Release” then “Multiple Releases” (even if you have only one Release in your ZIP package)
3. Select the metadata file (releases_metadata.xls) found in the “releases” folder you just unzipped on your desktop and click the “Import” button
4. Click on the link “Edit it here” in the “Import report” section
5. Upload Artwork included in the ZIP package under the “Release Information” tab
6. Drag and drop audio files included in the ZIP package under the tab “Upload Assets” (please use the web uploader)
7. If needed, adapt and correct metadata (Please check “Incompatibility and known bugs” below)

Incompatibility and known bugs

• All the Artists detected on Tracks are automatically added as Primary Artists
• You will have to add the Release “Featured Artists” value manually because it is not supported in the metadata file
• You will have to manually add the Release “Version/Subtitle” value because it is not supported in the metadata file
• You will have to add the Release “Format” value manually because it is not supported in the metadata file (“Album” is added by default)
• If the Subgenre chosen is the same that the Genre (for example, “Blues - Blues”), that field will come out as empty
• The oldest tracks’ production year is automatically added as the Releases’ production year
• If the “Label” does not exist in the Believe Backstage, you will have to create it before or after the submission
• You will get error messages when submitting releases with your ISRCs because the “Ask to generate an ISRC” checkbox will not be checked with “No” for each track. To solve this problem, you will have to go to the “Submissions” tab of your Release, then click on "Edit all ISRC codes" at the bottom of the page to mass update all those checkboxes to “No”

These instructions are subject to change without any notice by the Recipient. If you find a bug, please notify us.