We've launched ArtistSentry, a new Kinjari product that watches your artist profiles and tells you when music appears that you did not release.
A release can land on your Spotify, Apple Music or other artist page overnight. It might be a simple tagging mistake, somebody using your name, or your recording released by someone who has no right to it. Either way, listeners see it as part of your catalogue.
Most artists only discover the problem when a fan sends a message. ArtistSentry is built to make sure you hear about it first, with the information you need to decide what happened and get it fixed.
Your artist profile should only show your work
Your artist pages are not just listings. They shape what listeners think you released, feed music into playlists and libraries, and become the public record of your catalogue.
When the wrong release appears, leaving it there creates confusion. Streams and listener data can end up attached to the wrong artist, while a fake or unauthorised release gets more time to spread.
ArtistSentry checks your profiles around the clock so a new release is waiting for your review the day it appears. You do not have to remember to inspect every service, and you do not have to rely on a listener spotting the problem for you.
Paste one link and ArtistSentry starts watching
Setup takes about a minute. Create an account, paste a link to an artist page on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, TIDAL or YouTube Music, and the first scan starts straight away.
Everything already on the profile is imported as your existing catalogue. ArtistSentry does not open with a long list of questions about releases you already know. It watches for what appears next.
When a new release turns up, ArtistSentry shows you the title, artwork, credits, label and release identifiers. Where a service publishes the information, it also shows the distributor that delivered it. Then it asks one question: is this yours?
Say yes and it joins your catalogue. Say no and ArtistSentry starts gathering the information needed to deal with it. You can see the complete ArtistSentry workflow before you sign up.
Get the problem to the right place
A release on the wrong artist page is not always a copyright dispute. Often it is a metadata or tagging mistake, the kind of ordinary error that can put music on the wrong profile even when nobody is trying to steal anything. Our guide to common music metadata mistakes explains why small catalogue details matter so much.
ArtistSentry asks what actually happened: somebody else's music was filed against your profile, a release is pretending to be you, or somebody released a recording you own without permission. That answer points you towards the company or service that can fix the problem.
It then gathers the release identifiers, artwork, credits, the profiles affected and every service where the release was found. Where the distributor is known, you get the right contact route so the problem can be corrected at source. Where it is not, ArtistSentry points you towards the services carrying it.
You remain in control. ArtistSentry does not contact anyone or send a notice in your name. It gives you the address and the evidence; you decide what to write and whether to send it. Read more about how ArtistSentry disputes work.
Keep the distributor you already use
ArtistSentry reads your public artist profiles from the outside. Your catalogue does not move, your release process does not change and you never have to hand over access to your streaming accounts.
It works whether you use Kinjari music distribution or another distributor. ArtistSentry is there to watch what reaches your public profiles, not to replace the service delivering your music.
One artist or a whole roster
For an independent artist, ArtistSentry replaces the habit of checking several profiles and wondering whether a suspicious release has appeared anywhere else. The Artist plan is built for one person protecting their own work.
For labels and management teams, every artist sits in one queue. Team members have their own logins, decisions are recorded and the right person can take over when a release needs action. See ArtistSentry for labels.
For distributors, the same monitoring can cover a much larger catalogue. Problems arrive with the identifiers already gathered, and artists have a practical reason to stay with a distributor that watches their profiles after delivery. See ArtistSentry for distributors.
Coverage beyond one streaming service
ArtistSentry directly watches Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, TIDAL and YouTube Music. When you confirm that a release is not yours, it searches more services to find where else the same release has appeared, including Amazon Music, SoundCloud, Anghami, Audiomack and others.
That means you begin with one release and one clear view of where it travelled, instead of opening store after store and rebuilding the same case each time. The full list is on the ArtistSentry coverage page.
Simple monthly pricing
The Artist plan costs $1 per artist, per month. The Label plan costs $19 per month and includes ten artists, with additional artists at $1 each. Scale starts at $39 per month with 80 artists included, then the per-artist rate falls as the catalogue grows.
Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel whenever you want. You can compare them on the ArtistSentry pricing page.
ArtistSentry is available now
You do not need to book a call or move your catalogue. Create an account, paste an artist link and the first scan starts straight away.