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TUNECORE ACCELERATOR: HOW ARTISTS GROW
Launched in 2023, TuneCore Accelerator – aka TCA – is the powerhouse platform that develops independent artists.
Even in today’s crowded musical landscape, this report shows how Accelerator transforms artists careers through
global fan discovery, catalog optimization, and sustaining artist momentum.



GROW YOUR FANBASE
ACCELERATOR IS CONNECTING YOUR MUSIC TO NEW AUDIENCES AND DRIVING GROWTH FOR YOUR RELEASES
Fans help you make money from your music – Accelerator helps you grow your fanbase. Over the last twelve months, Accelerator contributed to over 2.8 billion artist discoveries* and 6.8 billion track discoveries** for artists in the program. Additionally, Accelerator generated 24 billion new streams for enrolled artists throughout the past year – a 17% increase in generated new streams since last year’s report. Since launch, TCA created 50 billion new streams and 15 billion track discoveries for its 500,000+ enrolled artists.


LEVEL UP YOUR CAREER
ACCELERATOR IS HELPING NEW ARTISTS BREAKOUT AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS THRIVE
Accelerator is for artists ready to grow their audience, whether they’re starting out, a global superstar, or anywhere in between. More than 14,000 artists earned streaming royalties for the first time through TCA. An additional 14,000 artists surpassed 1 million or more streams for the first time, with 500 reaching 100 million streams or more. Accelerator helped nearly 42,000 artists reach streaming milestones that placed them in the top quarter of all artists streamed globally over the last 12 months.
Of the artists that hit this remarkable milestone, Accelerator drove at least half of the total streams for 1 in 4 of them.
With Accelerator, the career you imagine for yourself isn’t just a dream – it’s within reach.


OPTIMIZE YOUR WHOLE CATALOG
BACK CATALOG RELEASES ARE SEEING SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH THROUGH TUNECORE ACCELERATOR
Your whole catalog matters, whether its two tracks or two thousand. That’s why Accelerator increases the value of every song activated on the platform. This year, tracks released more than 18 months ago generated 24% more revenue than they would without TuneCore Accelerator across all platforms.
When your catalog is a part of Accelerator, even its deepest, oldest cut can be discovered. We’re proving great music finds fans, no matter when it was released.


CELEBRATE YOUR SOUND
ACCELERATOR DRIVES RESULTS IN ALL GENRES – HERE ARE THE RECEIPTS
The genre of your music shouldn’t be a barrier to your success. With Accelerator, it isn’t. Artists with tracks activated in Accelerator are seeing their stream numbers skyrocket across all genres. R&B/Hip Hop (+5.4 billion streams), Latin (+3.4 billion), Pop (+2.1 billion), and Electronic (+1.5 billion), Christian / Gospel (+1.5 billion), Singer-Songwriter (+1.3 billion), and Country (+1.1 billion) tracks have seen particularly impressive gains from the program in the past year. Whether it’s an upbeat anthem, a heartfelt ballad, or an exultant hymn, Accelerator can help amplify it.


EXPAND YOUR AUDIENCE
ACCELERATOR IS CONNECTING ARTISTS TO GLOBAL FANS
Accelerator helps you grow your global fanbase better than any other platform on the market.
TCA is fueling streaming growth for artists around the world, helping tracks reach new audiences and build momentum across key global markets. In the past year, the US, Brazil, France, Germany, the UK, and Mexico showed significant growth, posting 33%, 35%, 31%, 26%, 31%, and 63% streaming growth rates for tracks in TuneCore Accelerator.
Translation: Accelerator helps your music reach more listeners and grow streams, no matter where in the world you or your fans are.


Hip-Hop
Bfb Da Packman
200M
TCA Certified
1.2M
Monthly Listeners
Man, TuneCore helped me stay independent for real. Getting my money fast kept my whole grind funded, and they've been a big part of helping my songs catch fire online.
—Bfb Da Packman
Imagine the funniest person you know hails from Houston, TX, has a microphone, plus razor-sharp emcee skills – that’s Bfb Da Packman. But Pack’s career growth is nothing to laugh at: in the past year, Accelerator has driven an additional 20M streams for Pack, including 1.9M TCA-gained streams for “Syrup Damage.”
But with 69 tracks activated, this isn’t a single breakout moment - it’s a sustained growth driver that’s got Bfb making bank and banger tracks on the regular.
Streams for Tracks Activated in TuneCore Accelerator



Alternative Pop
Elsa y Elmar
200M
TCA Certified
2M
Monthly Listeners
I am an independent artist, and forging my own path has never been easy. Since my first EP in 2013, TuneCore has been the partner behind the distribution of my music, opening doors that once seemed closed to me. Working with them has allowed me to learn, with full transparency, how the music industry truly works. Their tools—such as TuneCore Accelerator—have been key in helping me reach a wider audience and, in the medium term, generate more income. Being an independent artist was something that seemed impossible just a few years ago, but in my business vision, recorded music is our greatest asset and we must protect it. I am deeply grateful to them.
—Elsa y Elmar
By the time Elsa y Elmar entered Accelerator, she was an electronica pop mainstay who’d already opened for Coldplay in her home country of Colombia and received two Latin Grammy nominations; TCA still helped her grow.
TCA drove more than 40M gained streams for Elsa y Elmar’s 6 activated tracks, Over the last 12 months, TuneCore Accelerator contributed 44% of the streams for “Grecia” (66M Spotify streams) and 50% of the total streams for “Planeando El Tiempo” (64M Spotify streams), and led to Elsa y Elmar being signed by Believe Music to take her career to the next stage. No artist is too successful to benefit from Accelerator; Accelerator helps artists achieve the success they want.
Streams for Tracks Activated in TuneCore Accelerator



Country
Mary Kutter
10M
TCA Certified
70K
Monthly Listeners
I'm a girl from small-town Kentucky, and getting my music heard hasn't always been easy. TuneCore has been a real driving force in helping me reach new ears and new places. Their Accelerator program boosted my streams and played a big part in taking my dreams to the next level. They've had my back the whole way, and I'm dang thankful for them.
—Mary Kutter
Mary Kutter’s Accelerator story starts with discovery: TCA propelled the Nashville singer’s “Devil’s Money” to new listeners on Spotify, driving 3M streams, 29% of which came through Accelerator, while “The Devil Wore a Lab Coat” crossed the 1M streams milestone with 18% of its total streams generated by TCA.
In the last 12 months alone, TuneCore Accelerator contributed 1.3M streams and now accounts for 24% of her total Spotify streams since launch. By expanding Mary’s reach to new listeners and growing her fanbase, Accelerator has helped create a larger and more engaged audience for what she releases next.
Streams for Tracks Activated in TuneCore Accelerator



Latin / Film Score
Ernesto Cortazar
10M
TCA Certified
520K
Monthly Listeners
TuneCore gave us the opportunity to [put our music online] for a second time in a… totally different world than the one we started [our careers in]...And TuneCore Accelerator made our music get a huge amount of streams I didn’t expect in a short run. TuneCore’s staff, with their experience and knowledge about the market, guided our music making it reach a new level.
—Ernesto Cortazar
An artist’s catalog is their legacy – a gift they leave to fans, friends, and family. No one understands this better than Ernesto Cortazar III.
Cortazar’s father, Ernersto Cortazar II, passed away in 2004 after composing more than 500 film scores. Cortazar III, an equally acclaimed composer in Mexico and beyond, added his and his father’s back catalog to Accelerator. The results are cinematic: The duo’s 293 activated tracks have generated over 44M gained streams through the program, and accounted for roughly 1 in 5 of their streams across platforms in the last twelve months.
Streams for Tracks Activated in TuneCore Accelerator



Electronic
Cray
8M
TCA Certified
80K
Monthly Listeners
TuneCore has definitely helped me earn more money than any other distribution companies I've used previously – and now that TuneCore has a publishing service, they can track whenever and wherever your songs get played and claim your publishing royalties too, all under one roof!
—Cray
LA-based pop artist CRAY entered the Accelerator program at the start of her career, ready to see meaningful results. She got them.
CRAY’s activated tracks in TCA generated a whopping 800,000 total streams in the last 12 months. That led to Accelerator being responsible for roughly 1 in 4 of her streams on Spotify. That increased popularity on Spotify set CRAY up for her breakout moment when “Till Death” went viral on TikTok with almost half a million cumulative views, and Accelerator sustained the spike in streams CRAY received as a result.
CRAY didn’t wait to break through. She chose Accelerator and made it happen.
Streams for Tracks Activated in TuneCore Accelerator



Indie Pop
Zola Blood
10M
TCA Certified
270K
Monthly Listeners
We moved our back catalogue over to TuneCore just ahead of releasing a new EP earlier this year, and instantly saw a spike in streams. The platform helped put us back on people’s radar after a relatively quiet period of writing/studio time. Because of that boost, our streaming income has gone up too, which has given us more freedom to record new music and get back out touring. Seeing those songs get a second life has been really exciting. It feels like the programme has opened the door for new fans.
—Zola Blood
TuneCore Accelerator works for artists even when they're between projects allowing them to stay independent and achieve success on their terms.
Take Zola Blood: The London-based three piece have released indie pop bangers since 2013. After 12 years of building their catalog and touring, they moved their music to TuneCore, immediately activating it in TuneCore Accelerator. The result? An additional 4.5M streams from 31 activated tracks. “Get Free,” in particular, saw 1 in 3 streams from TuneCore Accelerator and is now one of Zola Blood’s most streamed tracks ever.
Streams for Tracks Activated in TuneCore Accelerator



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MORE ARTISTS AT EVERY LEVEL ARE GROWING WITH TUNECORE ACCELERATOR
Over half a million independent artists around the world have signed up for Accelerator, with tracks by more than 150,000 artists being selected and activated in Accelerator. That’s a 36% increase from last year. Accelerator is only getting better, doing more for artists at every career stage.
It’s time to level up your success; it’s time for Accelerator.