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Apple Music Specs
Apple Music reviews delivery against its style guide. Check the artwork and metadata with your distributor before submission; Sound Check is a playback setting, not a delivery loudness requirement.
Artwork
| Cover art size | Check your distributor’s current Apple artwork size requirement; 3000×3000 px is a useful export target |
| Aspect ratio | Square (1:1), exact |
| Format | JPEG or PNG, RGB, highest quality |
| Text rules | No URLs, email addresses, social handles, pricing, or references to physical formats |
Audio
| Delivery format | Ask your distributor for current Apple Music WAV specifications; higher-resolution masters may be eligible for Apple Digital Masters |
| Consumer codec | AAC 256 kbps; Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless (ALAC) where delivered |
| Spatial audio | Dolby Atmos mixes optional, delivered separately |
Loudness
| Normalisation target | -16 LUFS (Sound Check) |
| Behaviour | Sound Check is a listener setting; the adjustment depends on playback configuration |
| True peak guidance | Keep below -1 dBTP |
Worth knowing
- Apple reviews artwork quality; avoid blurry or upscaled files and follow its style guide.
- Artist name spelling must match your Apple Music artist page exactly, or the release can land on a duplicate page.
Source: Apple Music Style Guide · Last verified 2026-09-27