What is the primary benefit of claiming a Spotify artist profile from the distribution platform and not creating a new profile directly?

The primary benefit of claiming an artist profile through the distribution platform, rather than creating a new one directly, is ensuring proper attribution and linking of music releases. When music is distributed to Spotify through a distribution service, the service creates a placeholder artist profile if one doesn't already exist. Claiming this pre-existing profile links the artist's Spotify for Artists account directly to the distributed music. This guarantees that all streams, listener data, and analytics are accurately associated with the artist's profile and all future releases are automatically linked. Creating a new profile separately can lead to discrepancies, duplicated profiles, and fragmented data, making it difficult to track performance and manage the artist's presence on the platform effectively. Claiming the automatically generated profile consolidates the artist's musical output and provides a single, authoritative source of data.