Are there any restrictions for my artwork when selling my music digitally?

CD Baby's digital partners artwork guidelines do not allow the attributes listed below. We will need a replacement file for distribution purposes if your cover artwork displays any of the following:

  • Website URL
  • Social network symbols or information (i.e., Facebook links, Twitter handles, etc).
  • Contact information (i.e., email addresses, phone number).
  • Pornographic images
  • Pricing information
  • Copyrighted images
  • Scan of a CD (it must be retail-ready artwork).
  • UPC barcodes (for physical disc sales, this is allowed on the back cover)
  • Tribute albums where the original artist name is as large as or larger than the performing artist
  • The cover art refers to physical or digital versions of the album (i.e., CD, Disc, Digital Exclusive, Digital Version, etc).
  • The cover image is blurry, pixilated or has other quality issues.
  • The cover art promises content that the album doesn't contain (i.e., "includes DVD", "includes free stickers", etc)
  • The cover art up-sells to another product (i.e., merch, other albums by same artist, etc)
  • The cover art claims to be an exclusive of one of our digital partners without their permission (i.e., iTunes™ Exclusive, Only on Amazon MP3, etc).
  • Graphic depictions of violence or gore
  • The word "new" or any time-sensitive reference cannot be included.