VIDEO : Spotify Will Now Lets Artists Upload Their Own Music

Chicago rapper Noname worked with Spotify to help artists upload their own music to the service. Erik Tanner for Rolling Stone On Thursday morning, Spotify will send invitations to several hundred independent artists in the U.S. inviting them to a new feature that allows them to upload songs and albums directly ? without going through a single label company, distribution group or Spotify employee ? and automatically receive royalty payments in their bank accounts. The feature, in invite-only beta form for now, is a major update to the streaming company?s existing Spotify for Artists program, through which signed-up artists can manage their pages and view listener engagement metrics.