In order to avoid possible errors concerning profile assignment, we recommend all end-users to fill the credentials found in their artist profiles, for your SoundCloud profile, Apple Artist ID, and the Spotify artist ID, in the Catalog > Artists tab.
SoundCloud profile
Apple Artist ID
Spotify Artist ID
Important: this functionality only works with existing profiles, it is not necessary when the end-users need to create a new Artist ID.
You can link your SoundCloud profile to the platform by only copying your profile URL:
https://soundcloud.com/artist
You can get the Apple Artist ID from the link to your profile. It corresponds to the numbers that follow the artist's name, at the end of the link:
https://music.apple.com/en/artist/artist/1467880022
Here you can find how to get an existing Spotify Artist ID:
From the artist link, for instance: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0bOrkDLzYe57Zl803Zv8ww?si=23AtS65dQ9i4omWPuakyMg
The Artist ID is the alphanumerical value after "artist/", and before the values "?si...": 0bOrkDLzYe57Zl803Zv8ww