CANVAS

Show fans something new

Engage your fans in a whole new way with Canvas, a short looping visual you can add to each of your tracks on Spotify. It’s album artwork, for the streaming age.

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Give your music new depth

Canvas appears in the Now Playing view and turns any song into an immersive experience.

Listeners can easily discover tracks with a Canvas by swiping through the visual feeds on Home or tapping into their favorite Spotify playlist.

Get noticed

Listeners can easily discover tracks with a Canvas by swiping through the visual feeds on Home or tapping into their favorite Spotify playlist.

Your Canvas reaches fans beyond Spotify, too. When you or a listener shares your track from the Spotify app to Instagram Stories, your Canvas will loop in the background of the Story — along with track details and a link back for fans to 'Play on Spotify'.

Share it wide

Your Canvas reaches fans beyond Spotify, too. When a listener shares your track from the Spotify app to Instagram Stories, your Canvas will loop in the background of the Story — along with a link for fans to 'Play on Spotify'.

Easily add a new Canvas whenever you’re inspired — whether that’s once for your release or again and again — to reach new listeners and keep them coming back.

Change it up

Add a new Canvas whenever you’re inspired — whether that’s once for your release or again and again — to reach new listeners and keep them coming back.

GET CREATIVE

Get started with Canvas

Now available to all artists.

  • Upload a Canvas: Check out these instructions for the step-by-step process in Spotify for Artists, on mobile or desktop.
  • Specs and Best Practices: Follow these tips to give your fans the best experience on Spotify.
  • Content Policy: Heads up, we have some limits on the types of content you can use as a Canvas.
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