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Data-backed strategies and case studies, pulled from inside 30,000+ artist stores running on Single.

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Local Natives: From Album Anniversary to Official Fan Club

Matchbox Twenty's four members posing in front of a hand-sprayed red 30 for their 30th anniversarycommunity

How Matchbox Twenty turned 30 years of memories into a fan community

Vinnie Paz turned a vault of unreleased music into revenuecommunity

Vinnie Paz turned a vault of unreleased music into revenue

Top the Billboard Charts with D2C Pre-Releasesmusic

Top the Billboard Charts with D2C Pre-Releases

Single and A2IM partnership announcementnews

Empowering Independents: Single Partners with A2IM

How White Lies 4X'd Their Fan Club on Shopifycommunity

How White Lies 4X'd Their Fan Club on Shopify

How Johnnyswim turned a fan club into a Shopify growth enginecommunity

How Johnnyswim turned a fan club into a Shopify growth engine

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How Kingsway Music Library Turned a Legacy Archive Into a Growth Engine

What Kind of Community Should You Build?community

What Kind of Community Should You Build?

How a Monthly Vinyl Club Got Fans Spending 12x Morecommunity

How a Monthly Vinyl Club Got Fans Spending 12x More

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Streaming Comes to Digital Albums on Shopify

Single reporting to FIMI, Italy's official music chartnews

Single Reports to FIMI, Italy's Official Music Chart

How to Use Album Anniversaries to Power Your Fan Clubcommunity

How to Use Album Anniversaries to Power Your Fan Club

Inside Johnnyswim's Fan Club Rolloutcommunity

Inside Johnnyswim's Fan Club Rollout

How to Build a Fan Club That Actually Convertscommunity

How to Build a Fan Club That Actually Converts

 My Morning Jacket performing live, featured in a Single blog post on consolidating fan clubs and direct-to-fan operations onto Shopifycommunity

Your Fan Club Is Probably on the Wrong Platform

Artists Are Going DTC-Only With Music — And It's Working JJerome87music

Artists Are Going DTC-Only With Music — And It's Working

How selling direct fueled Megan Moroney's first No. 1 albummusic

How selling direct fueled Megan Moroney's first No. 1 album

How Bigg Jah Sold 10,000+ Early-Access Streams Before His YouTube Premierevideo

How Bigg Jah Sold 10,000+ Early-Access Streams Before His YouTube Premiere

Single's video tools for selling, renting and streaming on Shopifynews

Introducing a Better Way to Earn with Video on Single

Turn Instagram Followers Into Fan Club Members: The Alexander Nate Strategycommunity

Turn Instagram Followers Into Fan Club Members: The Alexander Nate Strategy

The Bob Moses Blueprint: Inside Their Thriving Fan Communitycommunity

The Bob Moses Blueprint: Inside Their Thriving Fan Community

Flatland Cavalry Just Flipped the Fan Club Playbookcommunity

Flatland Cavalry Just Flipped the Fan Club Playbook

The Velveteers Just Showed Us How to Launch a Fan Clubcommunity

The Velveteers Just Showed Us How to Launch a Fan Club

Bob Moses Turns Fan-Created Community Into Official Homecommunity

Bob Moses Turns Fan-Created Community Into Official Home

How The Swell Season Dropped Their Short Filmmusic

How The Swell Season Dropped Their Short Film

Inside Caroline Dare's "Cosmos" Fan Clubcommunity

Inside Caroline Dare's "Cosmos" Fan Club

The No-Stress Guide to Artist Fan Clubscommunity

The No-Stress Guide to Artist Fan Clubs

How Carina Round turned a concert film into vinyl salesvideo

How Carina Round turned a concert film into vinyl sales

FUGA and Single partnership announcementnews

FUGA Partners with Single to Bring DTC Sales to Artists and Labels

The Release Week Strategy That’s Tripling Artist Salesmusic

The Release Week Strategy That’s Tripling Artist Sales

How Vinnie Paz Turned a Listening Party Into a Album Sales Machinevideo

How Vinnie Paz Turned a Listening Party Into a Album Sales Machine

Community fan space on an artist's storenews

Introducing Community for Shopify

How Israel & New Breed Turned One Livestream Into a Full-Fledged Fan Activationvideo

How Israel & New Breed Turned One Livestream Into a Full-Fledged Fan Activation

How Black Country, New Road sold out a merch dropmusic

How Black Country, New Road sold out a merch drop

Single's chart reporting dashboardnews

Smarter Chart Reporting for DTC Album Sales on Shopify

My Morning Jacket Just Flipped the Script on Album Releasesmusic

My Morning Jacket Just Flipped the Script on Album Releases

3 Smart Ways Artists Are Making More From Music Video Dropsmusic

3 Smart Ways Artists Are Making More From Music Video Drops

How to Keep Fans Engaged (and Earning) Between Releases

How to Keep Fans Engaged (and Earning) Between Releases

Making Fans Smash That "Buy" Button: What's Working Right Nowmusic

Making Fans Smash That "Buy" Button: What's Working Right Now

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The Direct-to-Fan Mindset Shift Artists Need to Make

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How Underoath Used an Alias Band to Hype Their Album and Drive Direct Sales

4 Valentine's Day Music Marketing Strategies That Actually Workmusic

4 Valentine's Day Music Marketing Strategies That Actually Work

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How Eddie Palmieri Turned His Archive Into a Fan Club That Pays Every Month

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Unlocking Concert Revenue Beyond the Stage

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Building Fan Loyalty Beyond Platforms: Lessons from Sumo Cyco

How Kane Brown Used Early Access to Boost Email Signups and Merch Salesmusic

How Kane Brown Used Early Access to Boost Email Signups and Merch Sales

From Venue to Livestream: The Barbarians of California’s Direct-to-Fan Album Dropmusic

From Venue to Livestream: The Barbarians of California’s Direct-to-Fan Album Drop

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One Artist's Simple Strategy Led to a 3X Sales Increase

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How to Make Your Release Cycle Never End

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