Rules of the validation

In order to be able to distribute a release to iTunes, end-users will need to ensure that titles match the following conditions:

  • The first and last words in a title should be capitalized.

  • The first and last words in parentheses should be capitalized.

  • Words before and after a dash (–), slash (/), or colon (:) should be capitalized, and include correct spacing.

  • A space should be added after a comma or semi-colon.

  • The following words in English should be always lowercase: a, an, and, as, but, for, from, nor, of, or, so, the, to, yet, at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, with., except when applicable in previous conditions.

  • The following words in Spanish should be always lowercase: a, e, las, por, al, el, los, un, de, en, o, una, del, la, para, y, except when applicable in previous conditions.

  • The following words in Portuguese should be always lowercase: a, das, nas, pela, à, de, no, pelas, ao, do, nos, pelo, aos, dos, o, pelos, as, e, os, por, pra, pro, às, em, ou, um, da, na, para, uma, except when applicable in previous conditions.