One of the long-requested features for Apple Music by artists has been the ability to quickly and easily change bio/profile photos – the main artist image that shows up when someone searches their name on iTunes or Apple Music and also at the top of their artist/ catalogue page.

Some labels and distributors have the ability to do it via manual submission to Apple, but, unlike Spotify, Apple previously didn’t have a way for artists to do it themselves. That meant lots of independent artists simply got Apple’s default microphone icon in search and no image on their profile page. Now, Apple’s recently launched “Apple Music for Artists” beta has been updated to allow exactly that. The new feature comes alongside Apple’s refreshed and enlarged artist images that appear in iOS 12 set for release this fall.

Here’s how it works.

The still in-beta Apple Music for Artists has a new artist image submission feature under the “Manage” tab….

From here artists (or anyone with permission to manage that artist’s Apple Music for Artists account) can easily submit a new artist image for review. Apple notes that the specs must be at least 2400×2400.

Apple doesn’t indicate how long on average the review process might take, but it’s nice that artists now have a way to upload their own artist images and also change them whenever they want without having to go through a third-party.

While the Apple Music for Artists beta is still limited to certain users, artists with music already on Apple Music can sign up and request access to the free service on Apple’s website today.

Source: 9to5mac