Custom casing in release titles and artist names

By default, CD Baby converts your text to Title Case when you submit a release. This is the format most reliably accepted across streaming platforms and download stores. If your artist name or title uses a different style, you can override it — but there are limits to what we can guarantee once your data leaves our system.

What casing means

Casing is how uppercase and lowercase letters are used. CD Baby defaults to Title Case:

Title Case: My Album Title

Custom casing covers anything that departs from this — for example:

• All lowercase: my album title
• All uppercase: MY ALBUM TITLE
• Mixed: mY aLbUm TiTlE

How to keep your custom casing

When you enter a title or artist name, the field will auto-correct to Title Case. To restore what you typed:

• Type your title or name as you want it to appear.
• Once the field auto-corrects, look for the revert arrow next to the field.
• Click it to restore your original casing.

What CD Baby controls — and what it doesn’t

We will deliver your metadata to partners exactly as it's submitted to us. What happens after that is up to each platform.

Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and other DSPs have their own display standards. Some will honor your casing. Others will override it — particularly for all-lowercase or all-caps titles, which many platforms automatically reformat. CD Baby has no control over this, and we can’t intervene once your release is live on a platform.

Things to note

• If consistent display across all platforms matters to your release, Title Case is the only format we can reliably guarantee. Custom casing is supported, but DSP behavior varies and can change without notice.

• If your artist name is registered with a PRO, collection society, or rights organization, use exactly the casing on file with them. Discrepancies in artist name formatting can affect royalty matching and payments downstream.