The music industry has committed to improving metadata for tracking songs on music streaming platforms, following widespread criticism from artists.
The writers, performers and producers of songs will now be consistently identified.
These creators say they do not receive their fair share of royalties when tracks are played on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music.
It comes as the government launches a group to look into these concerns.
Sir John Whittingdale, minister for the creative industries, said the move would help the UK to "offer viable career opportunities.