Artist name check

What it is

Check whether an artist name is free before you release under it. Open tools.aden.space/name. No account needed.

Using it

• Type the name and press Enter. The answer comes first: taken in music, trademarked for music, free with some handles taken, or free.
• In music: how many artists release under exactly that name on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer, with a link to the first one. Case, accents, spaces and punctuation don't count: "Daft Punk" and "DAFT-PUNK" are one name.
• EU trademarks: live marks on the EU register (EUIPO) for the name. Marks in class 9 (recordings) or 41 (performing) are the ones that matter for an artist; others show as "outside music".
• Handles: the handle the name makes (lowercase, no accents, spaces or punctuation: "Mira Lindqvist" is @miralindqvist) and whether it is taken or free on TikTok, YouTube, X, SoundCloud, Twitch, Mixcloud and Linktree. Instagram is listed first with "Check yourself": it can't be read without signing in, so the row opens the profile instead. "Taken" links to the profile. When a platform didn't let us check, "Check yourself" opens the profile address so you can see. A handle longer or shorter than a platform allows says so.
• Share a check: the address keeps the name (/name?name=…).

Instagram, Threads, Facebook and Bandcamp can't be checked: they show nothing to a visitor who isn't signed in. Instagram still gets its row, as the handle artists look for first. A "free" handle means no public profile has it today; a platform can still hold names of deleted or banned accounts.