CD Baby
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| Available in | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
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| Founded | March 10, 1998 Woodstock, New York, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder | Derek Sivers |
| Industry | Digital distribution, music publisher |
| Products | Digital distribution |
| Parent | AVL Digital Group (Downtown, now Virgin Music Group) |
| Subsidiaries | Audio and Video Labs, Inc. (Soundrop) |
| Website | cdbaby |
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location. Replace with headquarters.CD Baby, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon based online distributor of independent music. The company was described as an "anti-label" by its parent company's Chief Operating Officer Tracy Maddux. It was established in 1998 and offered distribution for artists in physical and online format, however it discontinued the physical media service and went digital only in June 2023.
In 2018, CD Baby was one of the three companies with preferred partner status with Apple Music. It was home to more than 650,000 artists and nine million tracks that were made available to over 100 digital services and platforms around the globe as of May 2019.