Apple Music has announced that its analytics platform for musicians, called Apple Music for Artists, is out of beta and available for all.
These types of back-end dashboards are invaluable for artists to get insights about how their music is performing on a platform across the world.
Apple Music for Artists has been around in beta since mid-2018, and much of what was around then is still around now.
It’s just been tweaked and refined as musicians have given their input.
Basic dashboard stats like your overall plays, song purchases on iTunes, and radio spins — on Apple Music editorial and algorithmic stations — are still front and center, badges are still automatically awarded for hitting milestones and personal bests, and artists can upload their own profile image.
I’ve always loved that Apple Music for Artists displays this info both ways; if an indie artist wanted to look at planning a tour, looking at a heat map would be an easy way to start mapping a route or figure out how to adjust a setlist from city to city.