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title: Album cover artwork specifications and guidelines
description: "**Album Artwork must adhere to the following specifications:** - JPEG with .jpg file extension - Colour space: RGB (print standard CMYK colour images are not compatible) - 3000 x 3000 pixels, at 72 dpi - Must be square, 1:1 aspect…"
url: "https://www.melodifydistribution.com/docs/album-cover-artwork-specifications-and-guidelines/"
updated: "2024-09-17"
category: Digital Distribution
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# Album cover artwork specifications and guidelines

**Album Artwork must adhere to the following specifications:**

- JPEG with .jpg file extension
- Colour space: RGB (print standard CMYK colour images are not compatible)
- 3000 x 3000 pixels, at 72 dpi
- Must be square, 1:1 aspect ratio

  Furthermore, make sure to adhere to the following restrictions:

- Accuracy:** deliver the physical album’s original cover art** whenever possible, and do not use generic art templates or art that doesn’t match the album you’re delivering.
- **The art must not be misleading**. For example, prominently depicting or referencing an artist even though the artist does not perform on the album.
- Quality: **images must not be blurry, pixelated**, mismatched, misaligned, rotated, or have other quality issues.
- Additional Information: **art must not contain website addresses, logos, QR codes**, or references to DSPs.
- Art must not contain references to the audio file format, such as Atmos, Dolby Atmos, spatial audio, lossless, high-resolution audio, high resolution, 24-bit, or 192 kHz.
- The art must not upsell to another product and must **not include references to pricing**, such as “Reduced Price,” “Low Price,” “Available for $9.99,” or “For Promo Use.”
- References to Physical Packaging, Digital Products, or Retailers: art must not include references to the physical packaging, such as CD or vinyl, digital product, or any retailers.
- Pornography: art must not contain pornography or a URL for a website that contains or links to pornography.
- Cultural Sensitivities:** art must not promote hatred** based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national/ethnic origin, or other identities.