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# Split royalties with collaborators

You can share a track's royalties with producers, writers, featured artists or anyone else who worked on it. Add them on the release's **Royalties** tab, and we email them an invitation. Once they accept, we pay their share to them directly.

## How the percentages work

A split divides the **artist share** of a track's earnings: what's left after the label's or platform's share. Each collaborator gets their percentage of that, and anything not allocated goes to the account owner.

For example, if a track earns $100 and the artist share is $80, a collaborator with 20% receives $16 and the account owner receives $64.

## Add a collaborator

1. Open **Releases**, click the release and open the **Royalties** tab.
2. Click a track to expand it.
3. Click **Add Collaborator**.
4. Choose **Team Member** to pick someone on your account, or **Enter Manually** to add someone by **Collaborator name** and **Email address**.
5. Enter their **Royalty Share** as a percentage. The window shows how much is still available to assign.
6. Leave **Royalty recipient only** ticked if they should only receive payments. Untick it if they should also get access to the account as a collaborator.
7. Click **Add Collaborator**, then **Save Changes**. We email them an invitation.

![The Royalties tab with a track expanded, showing the unallocated share, two collaborators and the Add Collaborator button](https://ammdistro.com/helpdesk/distro-royalties-tab-splits.webp =1200xauto)

![The Add Collaborator window with Team Member and Enter Manually options and the Royalty Share field](https://ammdistro.com/helpdesk/distro-add-collaborator-dialog.webp =800xauto)

Each collaborator shows **Pending** until they accept, then **Accepted**.

## Same split on every track

To reuse a split, expand another track and click **Copy from Track**. On a release with several tracks, you can also click **Apply to All Tracks** on a track with saved splits.

## Until a collaborator accepts

Their share keeps going to the account owner until they accept. It isn't held for them, so make sure they accept soon. If someone doesn't have an AMM Distro account, their invitation expires after 70 days.

* To send the emails again, click **Resend Invitations**.
* To remove someone who hasn't accepted, click the delete icon next to them.

## Common questions

### Can the percentages add up to more than 100%?
No. Splits can't go over 100% of the artist share. You'll see "Recipient percentages cannot exceed 100%" if you try.

### Does a collaborator need an AMM Distro account?
They need to accept the invitation, which creates a collaborator login if they don't have one. Collaborator accounts can see their splits and payments, and get paid. See *Accept a royalty split invitation*.

### Do collaborators pay the same processing fee?
Each person's payout has a small processing fee taken from it. See *Payout fees*.

### I want the split in a signed agreement.
Use a collaborator agreement. When everyone signs, the shares become royalty splits automatically. See *Collaborator agreements*.

### Does this split songwriting (publishing) royalties?
No. These splits divide the earnings we pay for the recording. Songwriter credits are entered separately in the release builder.

**Related:** [Accept a royalty split invitation](https://help.ammlabs.io/en/article/09-accept-a-royalty-split-invitation-1r4jes5/) · [Collaborator agreements](https://help.ammlabs.io/en/article/12-collaborator-agreements-1gqh7ou/) · [How earnings work](https://help.ammlabs.io/en/article/01-how-earnings-work-1bgvkb8/) · [Advances and recoupment](https://help.ammlabs.io/en/article/10-advances-and-recoupment-7yxn7m/)