I need to write a page for this so you're right to be curious! For artists I don't verify until there is at least one song uploaded. For artists there's two verifications to jump through, one is normal account verification email that everyone gets, and the other is to make sure the artist account doesn't have copyright content uploaded, so it's a manual verification that oversee. Sometimes it can take just a minute for me to get around to as well. I'll make documentation so it's more clear about the process for future artists. Also thanks for the forum bump!