Spotify Album Cover: How to Show, Change and Create

Part 1. Spotify Album Cover: What Is It and Its Size

The album cover art Spotify is a display image that you see along with a Spotify song. When you play a song on Spotify, a cover image appears, known as a Spotify album cover. The size of a Spotify song album cover is a complete square. It has equal dimensions with a 1:1 ratio on all four sides. An album cover artwork usually covers a minimum of 1500 X 1500 pixels and a maximum of 3000 X 3000 pixels. If you want to get or change a Spotify album cover, keep the following recommendations in mind.

• A Spotify album cover size should be 4MB.
• It should have sRGB color space with 24 bits per pixel.
• A Spotify song album cover should have TIFF, PNG, or JPG file format.

Part 2. How to Show Album Cover on Spotify

Most Spotify users wonder how to see album cover on Spotify songs. If you want to see the Spotify album cover via mobile app, it will appear in small size. This section will provide methods for showing album covers on Spotify on the mobile app and desktop app.

See also: How to Download Spotify Cover Art

On Mobile App:

Step 1. Open Spotify on your mobile device, and navigate the album whose cover you want to see.

Step 2. Click on the "horizontal 3 dots" on iPhone or "vertical 3 dots" on Android.

Step 3. Choose "View Album" from the options and then click the album art.

Step 4. The "Save to Photos" option will appear, then click on it. You will receive a notification of the "Saved to your photos".

Step 5. The album cover art Spotify is saved in your phone's photo gallery. You can see and show Spotify album cover anytime and anywhere.

On Desktop App:

Step 1. Open Spotify on your computer.

Step 2. Choose the album that you want to view the cover art.

Step 3. On the playing screen, the album cover will appear. You can see the cover, but the song's name takes a part of the cover. If you take a screenshot of the cover, it will not look good.

Part 3. How to Change Spotify Album Cover

If you want to change album cover Spotify, you need to have that song on your computer first. Otherwise, you cannot change the cover of any album song. Spotify's active Premium subscribers can use their membership to download and edit Spotify songs and even change their covers. But what about Spotify's free users?

If you are Spotify's free user and want to change album cover on Spotify songs, you need to use an effective third-party tool. To change album cover art Spotify, we recommend you use the powerful music converter - DRmare Spotify Music Converter. It can download Spotify songs on your computer with their ID3 tags.

DRmare Spotify Music Converter can convert music files into six different audio formats, such as MP3, M4A, M4B, FLAC, AAC, and WAV. The converter does not require any premium subscription to download Spotify songs. So, with a few clicks, you can download Spotify songs on your computer and then change Spotify album covers.

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Download Spotify Album to Edit by DRmare Spotify Music Converter

Now, let's learn how to download Spotify songs to computer by DRmare Spotify Music Converter. And then you can change Spotify album cover without any limit. Please ensure to install DRmare Spotify Music Converter and the Spotify app on your Mac or PC. Also, check a stable internet connection for effective processing.

Step 1Set up DRmare Music Downloader and add Spotify songs

Open the DRmare Spotify Music Converter and add songs from the Spotify app. You can copy the song's link and paste it into the search bar at DRmare program or drag and drop the songs into the converter's main interface.

Step 2Reset Spotify output audio parameters

Click the "Menu" icon at the top of the DRmare interface and select "Preferences". And then top the 'Convert' tab in the Preferences window. Then you can change the audio format, bit rate, channel, etc., for the Spotify songs.

Step 3Download songs from Spotify

After settings, click on the "Convert" button to download Spotify album. Wait for the process to complete. Once the conversion is finished, you can locate the Spotify songs from the "Converted" icon on the bottom of the DRmare program.

You have successfully downloaded Spotify songs on your computer. Now, move toward the next section to change Spotify album cover of the downloaded Spotify songs.

Change Album Cover on Spotify on PC/Mac

On PC:

To change Spotify song album cover on PC, you can seek help from Groove Music. Now, follow the steps here to learn how to make it.

Step 1. In Groove Music, select the downloaded Spotify music file.

Step 2. Select "My Music" from the side options.

Step 3. Select "Albums" and right-click a song to choose the "Edit info" option.

Step 4. A pop-up window will appear. Click on the cover image to locate the folder where the album cover is saved.

Step 5. Select an image that you want to set as an album cover and click on "Open".

Step 6. The image will be set as the album's cover. Then click "Save" to save the change.

On Mac:

If you use a Mac computer, you can use iTunes program to help change album cover Spotify. Please follow the steps here to start.

Step 1. Open iTunes on your Mac desktop.

Step 2. Add Spotify to iTunes with two possible methods. Locate the songs and drag and drop them in the interface of iTunes or click the "File" option at the top of the iTunes interface to import the downloaded Spotify songs.

Step 3. After adding the songs, right-click an album and click on the "Album info" option.

Step 4. A pop-up window will appear, click on the "Artwork" option and then choose "Add Artwork".

Step 5. Locate the album cover you want to set and select it.

Step 6. Click on "Open" and the album cover will change. Click on OK to confirm the change.

Part 4. How to Create Spotify Album Cover

What if you want to make Spotify song album cover by your own, how to do that? There are some album cover makers that allow you to make and design Spotify album covers. We will provide step-by-step guides to create Spotify album covers with Coverify, Fotor, and Canva.

Via Coverify:

Step 1. Open Coverify and choose a background for the album cover you want to create.

Step 2. Click on "Style" and choose colors, font, and filters for customization.

Step 3. After creating the album cover, save it and upload it on a Spotify song.

By Fotor:

Step 1. Open Fotor and select an "Album cover" from various templates.

Step 2. Drag and drop the images and customize them by editing colors, and backgrounds, adding text and using other customization options.

Step 3. After creating the album cover, upload it on a Spotify album cover.

With Canva:

Step 1. Open Canva and search "album covers".

Step 2. From a wide variety, select a template.

Step 3. Click "Images" and drag and drop your selected image.

Step 4. You can add text, change colors, and use many other customization options.

Step 5. After creating the design, click on Save. And add it as a Spotify album cover.

Part 5. In Conclusion

Listeners find it attractive to see album covers at the front of a Spotify song. The right artwork gives an exceptional feel and understanding that users feel curious to listen to the song. Meanwhile, if the cover looks dissatisfactory, you can use DRmare Spotify Music Converter to help change Spotify album cover. Try the above-mentioned step-by-step guides to get, change and make an album cover on Spotify songs.