How to Get and Change Spotify Album Cover

Part 1. How to Change Album Covers on Spotify [Artists]

In the dynamic realm of digital music promotion, updating your Spotify album cover is essential for maintaining a fresh and engaging online presence. However, for independent artists distributing their music through platforms like TuneCore, DistroKid, or CD Baby, the process of changing album details, including the cover, involves collaboration with your chosen digital music distributor. Here's a step-by-step guide:

Tips for a Standard Spotify Album Cover:

Changing Your Album Cover to a Brand-New One:

1. Initiate contact with your digital music distributor, such as TuneCore, DistroKid, CD Baby, or any other platform you've chosen.
2. Clearly communicate that you intend to update the album cover or any other details for a specific release. Provide the updated artwork and any other pertinent information requested by your distributor.
3. Every distributor has its own set of procedures for making updates. This may involve utilizing an online portal for submissions or engaging in direct communication through email or another specified channel. Adhere meticulously to their outlined guidelines.
4. After submitting the necessary information, exercise patience. The process may take some time for the changes to be processed, and for the updated album cover to manifest on streaming platforms, including Spotify.

Part 2. How to Get Album Covers on Spotify [Listeners]

Let's explore how listeners can easily save their favorite album covers from Spotify on both desktop and mobile devices. Although Spotify doesn't provide a direct "save" option for album covers, users can effortlessly capture these images for personal use. Here's how it works for both desktop and mobile users:

Saving Spotify Album Covers on Desktop:

1. Open the Spotify desktop application and find the album whose cover you want to save.



2. Click on the album cover displayed on the right side of the album profile.
3. A larger version will be displayed based on your window size.



4. You can now take a screenshot of the album cover:
   • On Windows: Press the "PrtScn" key to capture the entire screen, or use "Snipping Tool" or "Snip & Sketch" to capture a specific area.
   • On Mac: Press "Command (⌘) + Shift + 4" to enable screenshot mode, then click and drag to select the area you want to capture.
5. To edit and save the image, paste the screenshot into an image editing tool like Microsoft Paint or Apple Preview.
6. Crop the image to focus on the album cover.
7. Save the cropped image to your desired location on your computer.

Saving Spotify Album Covers on Mobile:

1. Note: The artwork on the mobile app may appear small, resulting in pixelation when scaled up.
2. Launch the Spotify app on your mobile device and navigate to the album whose cover you want to save.
3. Tap the "More options" button (horizontal 3 dots icon for iPhone, vertical 3 dots icon for Android) to reveal a menu with the album art.
4. Scroll down to "View album" to explore songs associated with the same album art.
5. Tap on the album art to prompt the "SAVE TO PHOTOS" option.
6. Tap "SAVE TO PHOTOS" with a notification bar confirming, "Saved to your photos." You might receive a pop-up asking for permission to access your device's Photos. Grant this permission to ensure the album cover is saved successfully.

Part 3. How to Download and Extract Album Covers from Spotify [Listeners]

Want to go beyond screen captures and actually download albums and album covers from Spotify? While Spotify itself doesn't provide a built-in download option for albums, third-party tools like ViWizard Spotify Music Converter offer a powerful solution.

ViWizard retains essential song details such as track title, artist name, album name, and genre during the conversion process. This meticulous preservation ensures that the downloaded content maintains its original integrity. The converter fully supports ID3 tags, indispensable metadata embedded within audio files. This encompassing support includes information like album artwork, artist details, and track information. ViWizard ensures that the converted files boast comprehensive ID3 tags, facilitating seamless organization and identification within your library.

ViWizard goes beyond audio fidelity by excelling in the preservation of the visual aspect of music. Throughout the conversion process, ViWizard retains album covers, ensuring that your downloaded content is not just sonically rich but also visually appealing.

Key Features of ViWizard Spotify Music Converter

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• Download Spotify songs, playlists, podcasts, and audiobooks extremely fast at up to 15x speed
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• Works seamlessly on Windows and macOS, supporting the built-in Spotify Web Player

Step 1Add Spotify Album to ViWizard

Open ViWizard software and the Spotify will be launched simultaneously. Drag and drop the whole album from Spotify (For example: BLACKPIN's The Album) into the ViWizard interface.

Step 2Set Up Output Parameters

After adding music tracks from Spotify to ViWizard, you can choose the output audio format. There're six options including MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, WAV and FLAC. And then you can adjust the audio quality by selecting the output channel, bit rate, and sample rate.

Step 3Start the Conversion

Once all the setting is finished, click the "Convert" button to start loading Spotify music tracks. After the conversion, all the files will be saved to your specified folder. You could browse all the converted songs by clicking "Converted" and navigate to the output folder.

Step 4Play Spotify Album in Order without Premium

Now you can access the album you have downloaded on your computer. All the songs in the album are listed in the same order as they're on Spotify. Now you can play Spotify album in order without using the Spotify app.

Extracting Spotify Album Cover Image with iTunes:

To effortlessly extract and replace album cover images using iTunes, follow these steps:

1. Open iTunes and find the album for which you want to change the cover. Right-click on the album and select "Get Info."
2. In the Album Info window, click on the "Artwork" tab located at the top.
3. Within the Artwork section, click on "Add Artwork."
4. A pop-up will appear. Browse your computer to find and select the new album cover image you'd like to use.
5. Click "Open" to set the selected image as the new album artwork.
6. Confirm the changes by clicking "OK." Your updated album cover is now saved.

Part 4. How to Change Album Covers off Spotify [Listeners]

Want to change album cover images? You can use bring your favorite Spotify albums to iTunes and easily customize your music library to reflect your unique preferences.

Tips for a Brand-New Spotify Album Cover:

Change Album Cover Image in iTunes:

To effortlessly extract and replace album cover images using iTunes, follow these steps:

1. Open iTunes and find the album for which you want to change the cover. Right-click on the album and select "Album Info."



2. In the Album Info window, click on the "Artwork" tab located at the top.
3. Within the Artwork section, click on "Add Artwork."



4. A pop-up will appear. Browse your computer to find and select the new album cover image you'd like to use.
5. Click "Open" to set the selected image as the new album artwork.



6. Confirm the changes by clicking "OK." Your updated album cover is now saved.