Is 3000 × 3000 enough?

For Spotify, YouTube Music and Bandcamp, yes. Apple Music for Artists' page asks for at least 4000 × 4000, so 4000 is the safe size for everywhere.

Both are accepted by the stores listed. A JPEG at 95% is a fraction of the size and indistinguishable; use PNG if your distributor asks for lossless.

Does it keep my colour profile?

No — the copy is plain sRGB/RGB with no embedded profile, which is what Spotify asks for (profiles applied, not embedded).

Is my artwork uploaded?

No. It's checked and resized in your browser and never leaves your device.

Album Cover Size Checker & Resizer

Check your cover art against the rules Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Bandcamp publish — size, shape, format, colour mode — then crop and resize it to a square that passes all four (4000 × 4000). Your image is checked and resized in your browser and never uploaded.

No photo selected yet

Processed entirely in your browser — your photo is never uploaded anywhere.

Promote it with Spotlight

Cover ready? Spotlight writes the release posts around it — captions, hashtags and versions for every platform.

Spotlight, CAPTD's workspace for promoting your work, is part of CAPTD's paid plans — see pricing.

Open Spotlight

How to use this

What it does

Reads the image's size, format and colour mode (including CMYK JPEGs, which browsers display but stores reject), checks it against each store's published cover-art rules, and makes a square copy at the size you choose. Large reductions are done in steps so detail stays sharp.

What you'll need

Your cover art — JPEG or PNG, ideally larger than the size you need.

Steps

Choose the image.
Read which stores accept it as it is.
Move and zoom the square crop, pick a size (4000 × 4000 passes every store listed) and a format.
Download the copy.

Reading the result

A store passes when the image is square, inside that store's size range, in a format it lists and not CMYK. Apple's pages disagree on the minimum — 4000 on the artist page, 1400 minimum and 3000 recommended in the delivery spec — so the checker uses the strictest.

Tips

Design at 4000 × 4000 or larger and export down — never up.
Keep text to the artist name and release title; Apple doesn't allow URLs, social handles or prices on artwork.
Check the art at thumbnail size: most people see it at 60 px.

Learn more

What size should album cover art be?

Square, and large. Spotify accepts 640 to 10,000 px on each side in sRGB and asks for the highest resolution you have. Apple Music for Artists asks for at least 4000 × 4000 (its delivery spec gives 1400 minimum, 3000 recommended), RGB, JPEG or PNG. YouTube's delivery spec allows up to 4098 × 4098 and recommends at least 1400. Bandcamp asks for at least 1400 × 1400.

So 4000 × 4000, RGB, as a high-quality JPEG or a PNG, meets every rule above — your distributor may have its own, so check its upload page too.

Why musicians use it

Artwork is the most common reason a release is held back by a distributor or a store. Fixing size, shape and colour before you upload saves days.

Common mistakes

Upscaling a small image. Apple and Spotify both say not to; a blurry cover can be rejected.
CMYK from a print designer. convert to RGB — this tool's copy is RGB.
Text and logos stores don't allow. URLs, social handles, prices and other brands' logos are out at Apple.

FAQ

Is 3000 × 3000 enough?: For Spotify, YouTube Music and Bandcamp, yes. Apple Music for Artists' page asks for at least 4000 × 4000, so 4000 is the safe size for everywhere.
JPEG or PNG?: Both are accepted by the stores listed. A JPEG at 95% is a fraction of the size and indistinguishable; use PNG if your distributor asks for lossless.
Does it keep my colour profile?: No — the copy is plain sRGB/RGB with no embedded profile, which is what Spotify asks for (profiles applied, not embedded).
Is my artwork uploaded?: No. It's checked and resized in your browser and never leaves your device.