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Jamendo Licensing for music producers

Jamendo Licensing sells licenses for music that artists upload to Jamendo. Any Jamendo artist can sign up, and every track is reviewed by hand. Here is how it works, as of October 2026.

By , a composer with 300+ tracks on audio stock and 12 years in production. Checked on Jamendo Licensing's own pages on 26 October 2026.

Type
Stock music site
How to join
Open to everyoneAccept the agreement, then each track is reviewed
Exclusive
Your choiceExclusive or not. Your share depends on it
AI-made music
Not acceptedAI-generated music is rejected

In short. Jamendo Licensing sells sync licenses for ads, games, TV and online video, and runs background radio for shops. You sign up from your Jamendo artist dashboard and accept the agreement. Then every track is listened to by a person. Your share of a sale is 30% to 65%, and it depends on sales volume and on whether the track is exclusive to Jamendo. AI-made music is rejected. By default, your tracks are also free to download on Jamendo Music under a Creative Commons license. You can switch that off.

How to join

  1. Create a Jamendo artist account and profile, and upload your music.
  2. In the artist dashboard, open the "Sign up for Jamendo Licensing" tab.
  3. Read and accept the Distribution Agreement and the Certificate.
  4. Wait for the email that the Certificate is approved.
  5. Choose tracks for the Catalog, for In-Store Radio, or both, and submit them.

You must hold the rights to all the music you submit, or represent the people who do.

Every new track is moderated by hand. A track can be accepted for the Catalog and declined for In-Store. Reasons for rejection include limited commercial potential, production issues, copyright content and AI-generated music. A rejected track can't be sent again as it is. A changed new version can.

Exclusive or not

You choose. Jamendo's support page says your Catalog share depends on whether your tracks are licensed exclusively or non-exclusively on Jamendo. Read the Distribution Agreement before you pick.

Separately, your tracks are free to download on Jamendo Music under a Creative Commons license by default. You can turn this off in the Licensing tab.

AI-generated music

Not accepted. Jamendo lists AI-generated music among the reasons a track is rejected, and says such tracks "will be rejected". Its Content ID program has the same rule: "The track hasn't been generated by AI."

Files and metadata

  • Audio. "WAV, FLAC, or AIFF" only. 16 or 24 bit, 44.1 or 48 kHz, mono or stereo. "The maximum size of a single file is 480 MB."
  • Artwork. JPG, PNG or GIF, at least 3000 × 3000 pixels, up to 15 MB.
  • Fields. Track name, release date, album, ISRC, UPC/EAN, lyrics or instrumental, credits, a short description, genre, tags, speed and energy.

Codes, Content ID and royalties

  • ISRC. If you have an ISRC, enter it. If not, Jamendo makes one when the track is accepted into Licensing. See ISRC, ISWC and UPC.
  • Content ID. A separate opt-in, track by track: "Activate this track for YouTube monetization". You get 80% of net revenues. Once a track is in, it can't be removed for one year. The track must not be in Content ID through another distributor. It must be longer than one minute, with no covers, remixes or samples, and no free loops from DAWs such as GarageBand or Logic. Only one version of a track can go in.
  • Societies. Being in a collecting society does not by itself shut you out, but the rules vary by society. Check your society agreement, and tell your society before you upload.

How you are paid

  • Catalog. Your share is 30% to 65%, by sales volume and exclusivity. The My Transactions tab shows your current share. Revenue comes in monthly and becomes payable after four months.
  • In-Store Radio. Jamendo keeps 25% of gross In-Store revenue for running the radios. Half of what remains is shared among the artists played that month.
  • Content ID. Credited quarterly, after a wait of up to four months.
  • Payout. To PayPal or a bank account. You can ask for payment when your payable balance is "higher than 100 in each of the main currencies". Jamendo processes it "in the upcoming calendar month".

What to keep in your catalog

  • Which program each track is in: Catalog, In-Store, or both, and the review answer.
  • Exclusive or non-exclusive for each track.
  • The Creative Commons download: on or off.
  • Content ID through Jamendo, with the date. It is locked for a year, and the track can't go into Content ID anywhere else.
  • The ISRC, if Jamendo made it.

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