What it does
The UPC (or EAN, its 13-digit version) identifies a whole release: a single, an EP or an album. The ISRC identifies each recording on its own: a song, a remix, a live version. With either one, this tool asks the stores' public catalogs and returns what they have: title, artist, label, release date, artwork, track list and links to open it.
It queries Apple Music's public search and Deezer's public catalog, and opens Spotify's search with the code already typed. What a store does not return is not shown and not guessed.
What it is for
Common situations in a release week:
- Checking that the single went out to the stores with the right title, artist and label.
- Identifying a recording that shows up in a royalty report only by its ISRC.
- Verifying that a remix or a new version carries its own ISRC and not the original's.
- Getting the Apple Music or Deezer link for a smart link or a press kit.
- Settling a Content ID or split dispute with the code in front of you.
Where to find your codes
Your distributor assigns them when you upload the release and shows them on each track's page and in sales reports. If you have physical copies, the UPC is the barcode number. If a label assigned them, ask the label: you need them to register the work and claim royalties.
If you were never given any, check your distributor's dashboard before buying them from GS1 (UPC) or requesting them from your national ISRC agency: almost every distributor includes them at no cost.
Limits
These are public catalogs. A release published a few hours ago may take time to appear, and one taken down from the stores stops appearing. If a correct code returns nothing, the cause is usually at the distributor: the release has not been delivered yet, or it was delivered with a different code.
We do not store the codes you look up. There is only a per-connection limit so the tool stays available to everyone.