Dutch Music Export: Marketing Budgets regulation

Dutch Music Export: Marketing Regeling

Funding for the international release of Dutch music albums

Dutch Music Export is an initiative of Performing Arts Fund NL, Buma Cultuur, and Stichting Popcoalitie, aiming to strengthen the international position of Dutch pop music within the global music sector.

With the Marketing budgets regulation, Dutch Music Export, offers a solution for limited budgets for international release campaigns of an album, EP and/or multiple singles of Dutch pop artists.

Destination

Worldwide

Discipline(s)

Music

Who can apply

Individuals

Organisations

Professional pop artists from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

For what

Project

Marketing costs of an international release campaign.

How much

A maximum of €20,000 (50% of the campaign budget)

Requirements

The artist must:

hold the Dutch nationality;
present a realistic and market-oriented plan;
present a provable substantial international demand for the act:
- At least 25% of the monthly streams need to be internationally
- the targeted country or countries for the campaign need to be at least in the top 10 most streamed countries
have a sufficient professional team consisting of international and local (financially) involved partners.

When to apply

Before a specific deadline

Starting from August 1, 2024

Upcoming deadline(s)

1 Sep 2024