Stay Ahead: November 2025 DSP & UGC Platform Updates

Each month, we round up the latest changes across the DSPs.

This edition brings deeper crediting tools from Spotify, new community features from Amazon Music and TikTok, and new integrations from Bandsintown.

Read on to learn more. 🚀

Spotify: Expanded Song Credits, SongDNA, and About the Song

Spotify is introducing a suite of features designed to highlight the people, craft, and creative connections behind your music. These updates deepen engagement and ensure contributors get the visibility they deserve.

Expanded Song Credits

Spotify now displays full contributor credits across performance, songwriting, engineering, production, and session roles.Credits are sourced directly from labels and distributors, making accurate metadata more important than ever.

SongDNA

A new interactive map in the Now Playing view showing collaborators, samples, covers, and musical connections. Powered by WhoSampled, it gives listeners a deeper understanding of how a track came together.

About the Song

Swipeable cards for Premium listeners offering stories, inspirations, and behind-the-scenes insight into each track.

Spotify for Artists Preview Coming in Early 2026

Artists and teams will soon be able to preview SongDNA and About the Song before public launch, giving time to review or redeliver credits.

How to Make It Work for You:

• Ensure contributor metadata is complete before delivery
• Prepare artists to share creative background song stories for future features
• Use Revelator’s contributor roles to maintain accurate, role-based credits across your catalog, ensuring Spotify displays every contributor correctly.

→ More on Spotify Expanded Song Credits

TikTok: Bulletin Boards Now Available to Artists

TikTok has rolled out Bulletin Boards to all creators aged 18+ with at least 50,000 followers. Artists like the Jonas Brothers, KATSEYE, Ed Sheeran, and Tinie Tempah have already been testing the feature.

Bulletin Boards act like Instagram Broadcast Channels, giving artists a reliable way to reach followers directly with short text, image, or video updates — without relying on the For You feed. It’s a simple way to share release news, pre-saves via Add to Music App, exclusive content, or tour updates with fans who opt in.

How to Make It Work for You:

• Use Bulletin Boards to announce new tracks or albums
• Share pre-saves or teasers to build momentum
• Keep fans updated during a release cycle

→ More on TikTok: Bulletin Boards

Amazon Music: Fan Groups Now Available in Beta

Amazon Music has introduced Fan Groups, creating in-app communities where fans can chat, share recommendations, and listen together without leaving the app.

The beta is live in Canada and will expand globally next year.

How to Make It Work for You:

• Suggest fans join or start groups around your artists
• Use Fan Groups as an early audience hub for testing songs or teasers

→ More on Amazon Music Fan Groups

Bandsintown: New Artist Marketplace

Bandsintown has launched a new marketplace connecting more than 30 industry partners across distribution, marketing, fan engagement, and merch.

Partners include Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Linktree, Feature.fm, Rivet, Community, Shopify, and Amazon Music Merch.

Bandsintown tour dates now surface automatically across Apple Maps, Google Search, Shazam, Spotify, and YouTube.

How to Make It Work for You:

• Sync tour dates to reach fans across multiple platforms
• Use the marketplace to centralize your artists promotion workflows

→ More on Bandsintown Marketplace

Stay Informed

November’s updates show platforms doubling down on deeper credits, richer storytelling, and easier sharing across the apps fans use most.

These tools can help you strengthen engagement, build visibility, and support your artists with more opportunities to reach listeners.

Let's see what 2026 brings us!