About Jamendo Licensing

Jamendo Licensing offers artists an opportunity to license their music for commercial use in advertisements, video games, TV shows, and video content globally, using our Catalog service.

Additionally, Jamendo Licensing extends its services to provide background music for public establishments such as shops and restaurants, enhancing the atmosphere and customer experience. This service is called In-Store Radio service.

By participating in Jamendo' Licensing Program, artists can reach a vast network of professionals and receive fair revenue shares for each placement. 

Licensing Catalog

Jamendo License provides various synchronization licenses, allowing the use of a single track in one project, such as online videos, podcasts, mobile apps, or video games. These perpetual licenses enable indefinite use of the song in the specified project. Pricing varies based on usage rights, with options for individual or subscription-based licenses.

Tracks submitted for the Jamendo Catalog undergo moderation for quality and relevance before being accepted. The Jamendo Catalog features thousands of songs from Jamendo artists, and customers can search for songs using specific terms. As a result, making sure your tracks are correctly tagged is essential for visibility in the Jamendo Licensing.

Revenue Share

The revenue share for Catalog licenses depends on two factors:

• Number of licenses sold on Jamendo Licensing
• The exclusivity of your tracks and whether your tracks are licensed exclusively or non-exclusively on Jamendo.

As a result, your revenue share percentaage will vary 30% - 65%. You can see your current revenue share in the My Transactions tab of your Jamendo Artist account:

Catalog license revenue is ingested monthly and becomes payable after four months.

In-Store Radio

The In-Store license enables Jamendo's clients to access a range of royalty-free radio channels that showcase various music genres, ideal for background music in public venues such as bars, restaurants, and retail stores. Our In-Store clientele is global, with a strong presence in France, Spain, Poland, and other European nations.

When you submit your tracks for consideration in In-Store Radio, they will be evaluated for quality and genre relevance, as it is essential that they fit the specific styles of the stations.

If your tracks are approved, they will be included in the selection from which our music team curates the radio playlists. However, acceptance does not guarantee that your tracks will be featured on a station. Our playlists are updated monthly, meaning your tracks may be added or removed periodically, with the possibility of being reintroduced later on.

Revenue Share

To qualify for a revenue share, your track must be featured on one of our In-Store radios during a specific month. Jamendo allocates 50% of the monthly net revenue generated from In-Store Radio to the artists whose tracks were played in that month.

For instance, if your track is played on an In-Store radio in January, you and the other artists whose music was featured that month will collectively receive 50% of the net revenue that Winamp earned from In-Store sales for January.

In-Store Setup Fee
25% of the gross revenue received from all In-Store radio sales is retained by Jamendo to cover the maintenance of In-Store radios. 50% of the remaining net revenue is then shared with the artists featured in In-Store radios.

In-Store Radio revenue is ingested on a quarterly basis with a one-year waiting period of one year. 

Submit your Tracks for Jamendo Licensing

To submit your tracks for the Jamendo Licensing program, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to the Jamendo Artist dashboard and log into your account.
2. From your artist account, click the Sign up for Jamendo Licensing tab.
3. To get started, you must first read and accept the Distribution Agreement and Certificate. 
   These legal documents govern the distribution of your music and the receipt of your royalty payments and it's important to review them carefully! Keep in mind that both documents can always be found in your artist account.
4. After you accept the Certificate, the document will go through our moderation process. We assess each Certificate individually to prevent any false applications. This may take a few days, but we will inform you via email once it is finalized. You can also check your account for the current status at any time.
5. When your Certificate has been accepted, go back to the Sign up for Jamendo Licensing taband scroll down to the bottom of the page. 
6. You will see a list of all your tracks and you can choose which one of them you'd like to submit for the Jamendo Licensing Catalog and/or for In-Store Radio program. 
   Your tracks will then go into moderation
   
   
   
   

7. Every track will be listened to separately and moderated upon its quality.

   • Tracks that are waiting in the moderation queue have the icon of a stopwatch next to them.
   • Tracks that have been accepted have a green checkmark next to them.
   • Tracks that have been refused have a red cross next to them.
8. Here you can also disable the free download of your tracks on Jamendo Music. More info on the free download can be found here.

Moderation Process & Stauses

The Jamendo moderation process was put into place, to ensure the quality of the content provided to clients and that it aligns with their needs. This means that all newly submitted tracks are moderated manually by Jamendo's music experts. Our team listens to each track individually and submits or rejects the track depending on different criteria. 

During the moderation process, your track can have one of these three statuses:

It's worth noting that:

• To check the moderation status of each individual track in an album, simply click on the two small arrows located next to it:
  
• Your tracks could be approved for Catalog but declined for In-Store. This means that they do not fit in with the music genres we utilize for In-Store radio.
  
• If your tracks have been rejected, you cannot resubmit them. You can, however, modify them and present a new version for consideration again.

Track Rejection

If your track has not been accepted for Jamendo Licensing, it might be because of the reasons below.

Disable Downloads

By default, your music is available for free downloads under Creative Commons license on the Jamendo Music platform. You can disable this feature if you prefer to prevent listeners from downloading your music.

To disable downloads on Jamendo Music:

• Navigate to the Sign up for Jamendo Licensing tab of your Jamendo Artist account.
• Scroll down to the table where all your tracks are listed.
• Check the box Disable downloads on Jamendo Music. You can check the box for all tracks or for individual tracks.
  
• Finally, Submit and continue.

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