Make it count by reporting your sales to Soundscan & BuzzAngle
You need more than great songs to find success in today's music industry. You must be able to prove you can sell records and make money to advance your career. Reporting all your physical and digital music sales to Soundscan & BuzzAngle establishes sales credibility, gives you negotiating power to make favorable deals and puts you above the millions of artists vying for industry and consumer attention. Working with Indiehitmaker not only makes your sales count for more than gas money and hosting fees, we help you build a bigger fan base, sell more and get you on more charts than anyone else.
In order to be commercially successful in the music industry, you need to prove you can sell music. The industry accepted way to do this is through Soundscan & BuzzAngle.
Most independent, DIY and unsigned artists sell the majority of their recorded music through live shows, online stores and crowdfunding. Unfortunately, most artists don't report these sales. Indiehitmaker helps you make every sale count.
Get the same career advancing opportunities as major label artists and keep all the profits. Reporting all your sales with Indiehitmaker is affordable. Most artists cover their monthly reporting costs from a single live show or online sale.
Whether you are looking to get signed or remain independent, reporting your live show and online sales gives you the credibility, recognition and negotiating power to control your career on find success on your own terms.
Joining Indiehitmaker is fast and easy. Simply register for the plan that works best for you, add your titles and shows, then start reporting your sales using our live venue settlement app and online reporting forms. Sales are submitted daily or weekly and qualify for certain charts.**Soundscan and BuzzAngle use custom formulas to calculate sales, streaming and radio play. Some charts include sales only. Charting depends on an artist's weekly sales relative to all other reporting artists. IHM makes sales count on SoundScan by working with Nielsen's authenticated partners.
Physical products, digital albums and maxi singles require a UPC or EAN to be reported. Digital singles can only be reported by ISRC. We recommend owning your own codes and not purchasing through third-party aggregators to avoid copyright and royalty collection issues. Don't have one? Affordable and clean codes are available for purchase through IHM when adding your titles. Soundscan requires 3 business days to register new titles before you can report. Plan accordingly in advance of upcoming tours and releases. If your titles are previously registered with Soundscan there is no waiting period to begin reporting.
Luminate (FKA SoundScan/Nielsen) track sales daily and weekly. Venue sales must be settled after each show using our free app. Online reporting deadlines vary. Start a presale campaign and increase your chances of charting the week of your release. Upon joining Indiehitmaker you will receive complete reporting instructions and deadlines to assure all your sales will be counted including presales, certain restrictions apply.
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Soundscan & BuzzAngle Benefits
GET ULTIMATE CHARTING POWER WITH IHM
The Benefits are endless when you start reporting to Soundscan with Indiehitmaker:
Get the most industry-wide exposure possible with automatic inclusion in Billboard, Pollstar, Hypebot, MusicWeek (UK), Music Biz, A2IM and more weekly & daily chart tallies
IHM offers online sales reporting to Soundscan along with critical services to build your momentum
Our experts are on hand to guide you through the release process, increase fan engagement and help you sell more to chart higher
Consistent visibility to industry professionals looking for talent
Proof of Sales that can leverage potential deals, such as:
Indie & Major Label OffersDistributionPublishing & LicensingManagement BookingLegal RepresentationSponsorshipsEndorsements and more
Indiehitmaker reports sales to SoundScan by working with Nielsen's authenticated partners and may require third-party costs and set up fees to make your sasles count. For more information, contact us
Register now so you're sales can be seen by Soundscan & BuzzAngle clients which include:
ALL MAJOR & MOST INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANIES
DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES
ARTIST MANAGERS
BOOKING AGENTS CONCERT PROMOTERS
VENUE OWNERS
TRADITIONAL RETAILERS
ONLINE RETAILERS
DIGITAL DELIVERY COMPANIES AND MORE
IHM Charting Artists
Our best selling artists chart on Billboard. Are you next? Sign up and make it count today.
Indiehitmaker made me realize that a major label deal is not necessary and my artists can garner their own revenue and do everything else a label can do on our own
"How to Make More Money & Fans from Playing Live," which was presented by Bram Bessoff from Indiehitmaker, was among my favorite workshops at the International Music Conference. After attending this workshop, I gained invaluable knowledge about how to
First thing every Wednesday morning I check out the Soundscan charts, who did well, who didn't, who are all the artists on the New Artist charts selling, which are smart tour packages or possible support slots, which are new bands I haven't heard of, how my
IndieHitMaker exists because artists cannot directly report their live show sales to SoundScan. Only record labels and distribution companies that pay the annual fees and fit the mandated requirements can qualify for this exclusive program. Since most independent and unsigned artists sell the majority of their CDs at live shows, without IndieHitMaker these sales would go unreported and unaccounted for in US SoundScan sales numbers making it next to impossible for industry executives, deal makers, and A&R to discover you. By simply reporting all your sales to SoundScan, you can significantly increase your awareness within the industry. Sell enough and everyone will know when you get on the Billboard Charts.
