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ISRC
An ISRC is the International Standard Recording Code, a twelve-character identifier unique to a single recording. It is made up of a country code, a registrant code, a year and a designation number, and it stays with that recording permanently wherever it is distributed or played.
It is how a play becomes your play. Stations that log what they broadcast identify recordings by code rather than by typed-in titles, and titles get typed in wrongly all the time. Two artists with the same song name, a featured credit dropped, a spelling slip: the code is what makes attribution survive human error.
Most distributors assign an ISRC automatically when you upload, and you can also register directly with your country's ISRC agency. Either way, keep a record of the code for every recording you release, because you will need it for airplay tracking, for royalty registration and for any chart reporting.
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