Short answer: A Spotify-ready master is loudness-targeted to your genre, true-peak safe at −1 dBTP (so it won't distort after streaming encoding), free of clipping, and exported in high quality. Spotify normalizes playback around −14 LUFS, but you don't master to −14 — you master to your genre and let the platform adjust playback.
Step by step
Start from a balanced mix. Mastering can't fix a buried vocal or muddy low end — get the balance right first.
Match loudness to your genre. Trap, pop and acoustic sit at different levels. Target your genre's commercial loudness, not one blanket number.
Protect true peak at −1 dBTP. A true-peak limiter keeps inter-sample peaks safe so lossy encoding (what streaming uses) doesn't add distortion.
Check for clipping and artifacts. The master should be clean and consistent across the whole song.
Export high quality. Deliver a high-resolution WAV; the platform handles its own encoding.
The shortcut. Sonant does all five automatically: it mixes and masters your track to your genre's loudness and dynamics, guarantees a true-peak-safe −1 dBTP, quality-checks every render, and gives you a release-ready file for Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. Start a free mix & master →
Related questions
What LUFS is Spotify?
Playback is normalized to about −14 LUFS, but master to your genre and keep true peak ≤ −1 dBTP rather than mastering to −14.
Why is my song quieter than commercial releases?
Because it isn't loudness-mastered yet — here's why.