Last.fm Music Manager

Music Manager Help: Around the Site

If your question is not answered below you can also check the Artist and Label Forum to find help.

How do I get access to an existing artist page?
If you already have a label account, you simply need to upload this artist's music within your Music Manager. Once this is done, you'll then have access to their page within the Music Manager under Manage > Catalogue. If you want to register an account for the artist, you can do that here by clicking the Artist option and entering your name, then following the simple steps to register.
What are wikis?
A wiki is a page for information that can be edited by anyone - or in the case of Last.fm, it can be edited by any of our users. Its purpose is to provide a brief, concise, and unbiased description of artists, labels, albums and tracks. This can include biographical information/release dates/etc. There's a link to edit the wiki on any artist/label/album/track page on the site.

A wiki biography enables information to be kept up-to-date through collaboration; you can find the rules for editing these on any edit page.

Why has my artist page got songs on it which aren't mine?
At the moment, if two artists of the same name exist on Last.fm they end up inhabiting the same page, so, if you have a more common band name, your page might end up showing albums by other bands with the same name. Right now we can't separate the different bands, but recommend that you use the artist page wiki to differentiate between them for users. An example can be seen here.
Can I remove an incorrect album from my artist page?
If you have uploaded this yourself, you may delete it within the Music Manager under Manage > Catalogue. If you haven't, please get in touch and we should be able to help.
What are Featured Tracks?
Your featured tracks are the tracks selected by yourself, that appear on your artist overview page beneath the radio button. These must be set to full length promo or free download. You can choose them yourself within the Music Manager under Manage > Catalogue > editing the artist, on the right of the page. You can only have up to six featured tracks at any one time.
My artist/songs have incorrect capitalisation, how can I correct this?
Please get in touch with us to correct capitalisations - you must include links to the artist/song pages along with the correct capitalisation.

Please note that only capitalisation can be corrected, not misspellings.
What is a label journal?
A label journal is your direct line to our users. It will be displayed on your label page, as well as those of any label, track, or release that you link to in an entry. You can use this journal for whatever you like, whether it's news on upcoming releases or tours, or simply what you had for lunch in the office today.

To update your label journal, visit your Music Manager then Label Page > Journal.

What are similar artists?
Similar artists are a way of linking artists around the site and enabling music to reach more users. They are calculated using an algorithm based on user behaviour, including tags, and common artists that your fans listen to. Similar artists then appear on your artist overview, and help populate your Similar Artist Radio stream. They are also a basis for Last.fm’s recommendations to users.

Because the algorithm needs a certain amount of data to work with, you may find your artist has no similar artists yet. To get started, we highly recommend that you listen to and tag your own music, and follow the tips here to gain airplay.

When are similar artists updated?
This happens sitewide at the same time for all artists, once we have run the algorithm and tested the results. The first calculation should occur once your artist has sufficient listening and tag data; calculations after this should be every couple of months or so.

Please note that there is no set number of plays needed to calculate similar artist because cases vary widely - we recommend you listen to and tag your own music, and follow the tips here to gain airplay.

How often do the statistics on artist pages update?
There are a number of time-based features on artist pages, which will update at different intervals.

Listening Now and Recent Activity update in real time.

Scrobble count, tags, Top Listeners and Top Tracks, Last 7 days update weekly, roughly on a Monday morning.

Top Tracks, Last 6 months and Tracks tab update monthly, this is on a basis individual to the artist page.

What is auto-correction?
Sometimes on Last.fm there are varying spellings for artist names and song titles due to different tags in users’ MP3s. We have been collecting data on the most common spellings, and have now introduced these on the site. This means that when users visit a page or scrobbles a song for a mistagged artist, we can redirect them to the correct spelling.

You can read more about auto-correction at our blog, or if your artist name redirects incorrectly please let us know. Please note that pages and play counts can't currently be merged, only linked to one another.

How do I add a News section to an artist page?
You can do this within the Music Manager, under Manage > Catalogue > clicking the artist > Artist News. Here you can add an RSS feed from your own blog or website.

Please note: this feature is currently semi-retired whilst our developers work on it.
Why won't my MySpace RSS feed work?
If you're trying to add a MySpace RSS feed to your Artist News section, please note that they have changed their URLs, and our system cannot recognise both forms.

Incorrect: http://www.myspace.com/artistname/blog/rss
Correct: http://blog.myspace.com/artistname
How can I upload a video?
You can link YouTube videos to your artist at individual track pages, using the 'Add a video' link. You can reach a track page by clicking on the track name, and if you don't see the 'Add a video' link, keep scrobbling and check back.