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.
SoundScan and BuzzAngle 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 & BuzzAngle 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
Only IHM offers online, venue sales and mobile retail to both Soundscan & BuzzAngle qualifying you for more charts and media outlets than any other service
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.
It only takes less than a 1000 sales a week to make New Artist charts. A CD release show if done well can lead to most if not all of those sales. Add pre-release orders to that and you’re well on the charts! I tell every independent artist/band I work
Thanks so much for your workshop at the International Music Conference. Not only did you give us an informative crash course in how to manipulate and command the stage – you also made us laugh and made it very memorable. I think I speak for most of the crowd
Indiehitmaker is extremely helpful in us getting more visibility and credibility in the eyes of the music industry through their services. We don't sell a crazy amount of records but they help us make sure every sale counts which is important.
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.
