Licenses: What is the original release date?

When filling out the distribution form of a single, EP or album, in the licensing tab, we ask you for the digital release date and the original release date.

The Digital Release Date is the date on which you want your single, EP or album to be available on digital channels. If you want to release a reference on a specific date, we recommend that you distribute it about 15 days in advance.

The Original Release Date works in cases where the content has already been distributed. This may be due to a change of digital distributor or to the reference being edited at the time in physical and non-digital format. Filling in this form field allows your single, EP or album to be ordered correctly chronologically with the rest of your references. If not, you just have to indicate the same date as the Digital Release Date.