How to Get a YouTube Official Artist Channel

[@jeswinkaran1334]

You answered all my questions without even me telling you my questions thanks mate

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Haha glad to help!

[@C4AW3S0ME]

same here

[@FancierSoap]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio hey sorry i have a few questions - so on my channel whenever i upload a song via distrokidd it shows up on my channel in a releases tab HOWEVER it still shows as being uploaded by my topic channel - do you know how i can make it so that my releases get uploaded straight to my main channel? and also for some reason the music check mark only appears next to my channel name in comment sections and not on my channel page

[@thepluginate]

Verify: ​@@ZigZagProductionStudio

[@MsQF2600_As]

Hi! Do you know how to merge via CDBaby?

[@NebraskaStone]

This really helped me. Thanks a bunch. Just starting my channel.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@FelixCoolMusic]

@@ZigZagProductionStudioi dont really understand

[@FelixCoolMusic]

@@ZigZagProductionStudiodo i need 2 channels to have 1 music channel

[@_israelferraro]

Thanks for the video! I've been wondering if I should create a separate channel for videos myself. You definitely gave a lot of insight to the topic.

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

I see you got your music note, did you use a distributor or get it on your own? I've been trying for a year now an tunecore is still bullshitten on me..

[@_israelferraro]

@@UziBlancoOfficial I used a distributor to do it. Distrokid to be specific. I actually released music first and got the channel created for me that way and then started posting videos about a year later.

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

@@_israelferraro oh okay, well thanks anyway bro I appreciate it

[@_israelferraro]

@@UziBlancoOfficial sure thing!

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

@@Akips04 I'm still waiten.. = RIDICULOUS!!!

[@100burr]

bro i literally got mines today and i did it yesterday idk why it was so quick but thanks dude

[@tr3pleamusic_]

Which distributer did you use

[@100burr]

@@tr3pleamusic_ distrokid

[@AldrinBro]

​@@100burr im gonna have a artist channel soon

[@100burr]

@@AldrinBro nice bro!!!

[@AldrinBro]

@@100burr can you just explain real quick that hhow did you got artist channel?

[@eveblaster87]

thank you, it's exactly what I needed.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob!

[@DevyLovy]

doesnt seem like it worked

[@Chad_wearecool]

​@@DevyLovyyou don't even release music

[@DevyLovy]

@@Chad_wearecool never said indidb

[@MidnightSylph.01]

Not gonna lie I am here just to flex

[@gotta.love.zayyyy]

tbh that checkmark doesn't look good, I prefer the 100k one

[@MidnightSylph.01]

@@gotta.love.zayyyy hmm bro see youtube only have 2 type of verification on is check mark and one is music note sign but the good thing is that I will get both of them once I reach 100k

[@gotta.love.zayyyy]

@@MidnightSylph.01 I never said the music one was bad tho 😭

[@MidnightSylph.01]

@@gotta.love.zayyyy so what you were tacking about

[@MidnightSylph.01]

@@gotta.love.zayyyy oh I Reader It wrong sorry

[@its-all-happening2172]

Thanks a bunch! You explained it crystal clear.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@pahpyaw]

let's say if i recorded myself singing cover song of Perfect by Ed Sheeran, then post only the audio part through Distrokid to KZbin Music. After that if I go ahead and post the cover song that i recorded with both audio and visual directly to my main youtube channel, that would be okay, right? hope my question makes sense.

[@orishimusic]

Let's go I've got my oac verified. Now waiting for the badge to appear everywhere

[@YTTeamSupport]

Its here!

[@orishimusic]

@@YTTeamSupport yesss!

[@Xenon77]

​@@orishimusicyo bro can you help me

[@jeremy_savo]

thank you. your explanation was far more helpful than distrokid's

[@jguitarify]

Thank you!!! Lots of great information here. How do you download the pre-generated topic video and add to your other channels? I don't see an option to do this

[@PJNicholson]

I am primarily an actor and I use my KZbin Channel as my main Showreel page. I also make songs. Do I need to now separate my music from my acting showreels to prevent weird KZbin behaviour, or will it be fine to link it all together?

[@GNVS300]

Thanks, this was helpful. I had to change the name of my band's channel as it had ' - Band' at the end of it, which Distrokid wouldn't accept. Also, completely irrelevant, but that bit about Dillon Francis would explain why he was on the failed US remake of the UK comedy panel show Taskmaster lol

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

YO. I always think about Taskmaster haha. I was in the audience for the first taping of it. Not sure why the show never took off

[@GNVS300]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio Damn, really? Small world, huh. As a massive fan of the UK show (which I believe has somewhat of a presence in the US now due to most series being available on KZbin), I'll explain in a nutshell: timeslot was reduced from 1 hour to 30 minutes and cut out crucial aspects of the original as a result, casting was off with one contestant (Lisa Lampanelli) being VERY bad and two of them being non-comedians which is weird for a comedy show premiere (although as established Dillon Francis has a comedic aspect to him), all tasks recycled from the UK, the role of the Taskmaster being filled by Reggie Watts, who was not a good choice at all. It's not even a case of 'US comedians unfunny', because American comedian Desiree Burch was on the UK version and she was pretty good, but yeah, massive flop all around.

[@Dazeroh]

I'm glad you explained it but I'm a visual leaner.

[@U-turnrocks]

Finally got our OAC but no music note .. what’s up with that?

[@connorf8]

you've got a music note now!

[@user-vr6gy2gl1m]

@@connorf8 how did he do it tho

[@user-vr6gy2gl1m]

how did you do it bro

[@connorf8]

@@user-vr6gy2gl1m i don't know, i'm not youtube. maybe watch the video that tells you how to do this?!

[@U-turnrocks]

@@user-vr6gy2gl1m hey buddy .. had to contact people at Google with my Google account .. they hooked me up with KZbin creators who looked into it .. they fixed it

[@Tharealsjamal]

Oh that was easy fr thanks ❤

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob!

[@thepluginate]

​@@ZigZagProductionStudiocan you get verify or offical artist channel

[@Akips04]

hey if you dont mind me asking how long did it take for your channel to get the badge after merging?

[@MidnightSylph.01]

How much time it takes to get the note sign after the topic and youtube mere

[@MidnightSylph.01]

​@@Akips04how much timejt tok for you because my topic and main has merged but I I waiting for my note sign

[@DJCarrao]

Thanks! I Hope I’ll get it soon

[@LondoGzz]

You will it just take time if you click on my name in the comment section it shows but it’s not on my profile yet. Trust me you’re going to get it.

[@KaitlrnandoMusic]

I'm here to flex

[@Shiftready]

Thank you for clarifying!!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No problem!

[@LilCriminals]

Flames! ♪

[@malachistone4061]

i have a song through distrokid and its on a topic channel which is one of the steps and then my channel already has 2 songs uploaded on it and both of the channels are my music name, but when i go to get the oac it doesn't give me an option to link my youtube channel it just says "to get started, upload some music to youtube" but i already have a song through distrokid

[@bluecheese]

Do you have to pay monthly with distrokid? also do u know what happens if you stop paying, does it stay on the music services that the songs were published on or do they get taken down?

[@PeanutButterOAT]

It’s one payment per year, the last part I don’t really know yet

[@TroxxOfficial]

So what do i do when my distributor does not react to my OCA request? Is there not a way to manually request it? Unfortunately Amuse is not a reliable distributor it seems...

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Ehhh it's tricky - KZbin has really stepped away where they more focus on the distributor doing it

[@davidkonu5611]

hey i have the same problem they say on there questions tab that they can do it for you but Ive send 4 emails and I get a automatic email reply when they say if you send this information to us then we can make your channel a official artist channel.but they never replyed🥲

[@TroxxOfficial]

@@davidkonu5611 I figured that they don't reply when you're using another email adress than the one that is used for your amuse account. So if i was you i would double check if this may be the problem!

[@jayc5756]

Yeah, I was with Amuse last year...and didn't have this option either. I was with CDBaby before that. Now my next release is either Tunecore or another...but we're not ready to release yet. So hopefully we finally get it together soon.

[@davidkonu5611]

Thanks yeah I've used a other email

[@Kjayess]

What if I’m doing tunecore?

[@MOSAI1.1]

Hi, I have uploaded my first single, I can see it on the topic channel on youtube, but when I go to distrokid I cant find the tab where I should select my artist name I get this message ( to get started, Upload some music to youtube) any advice! Thank you

[@channeledtochaise]

Same

[@MOSAI1.1]

@@channeledtochaise I figured it out! You need to upload the same project to on your youtube Channel as well! Then you will get the artist tab and you can look yourself up !

[@Xenon77]

Yo can you help me

[@BuddyCelman]

Thank you so much!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No problem!

[@CUZUMofficial]

Thanks for your help man

[@hindenburgerhelper14]

So if you already have an unofficial channel with your artist name and then start using a distributor and merge the topic channel with the existing channel, the new channel with not say “topic” right?

[@aaronvanwonterghem]

thanks for the info!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No problem!

[@WYD_Stroud]

How fo you get that by your name

[@SaimRajBeat_Production_Punjab]

I want oac but my distribution company says . Can't make now some settings doing . But tunecore copyright on my own songs in KZbin. How can I remove my copyright claims?

[@C4AW3S0ME]

got mine ig

[@sherada73]

Good advice sir

[@totalfootie-edits]

I already have an oac account but now I want it on my main account which is this one but I just can't get any of my songs to be approved

[@OfficalJayce]

I STILL SEE YOUR SHADOW IN MY--

[@BebPlays]

my topic channel is called “BebPlays - Topic” and my music channel is “BebPlays Music” because my main one is just “BebPlays”. Is this okay?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

that should be - just make sure you connect the right one as your OAC

[@KaitlrnandoMusic]

Just rename into bebplays and after they saying they are merging ur channel just rename ur channel name into bebplays music like i did

[@draco-008]

just here to show mine off😅

[@tonymedina7055]

If I have a video, does it have to be the exact time as the actual song? I had a college film student make my video and they added a little extra time with me playing guitar for the credits. Would that still be fine for my official artist KZbin channel? CDB says that the music has to match the track exactly.

[@KaitlrnandoMusic]

@@tonymedina7055 anyway what is ur oac name?

[@cynthiaanyafulu1473]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No problem!

[@LondoGzz]

Thank you so much dude I shot a email to my distributor, not even 24 hours ago the music icon it’s not on my profile yet but if you click on my name in the comments section it shows❤

[@filipdaceski]

what about the views merged from the topic channel, do they all go on the main channel?

[@Shameless_Music]

So like how do the channels get merged with each other. Do we like give them the original channel link or something like that? (I use distrokid)

[@Shameless_Music]

never mind my channels got merged now lol

[@BradleyMcknight]

Is there a way to move an official artist channel from one music distributor to another? Because when I went to claim my official artist channel in DistroKid, there is only the option to claim a new one, not connect an existing one. Just wondering how this is done.

[@Xenon77]

Yo can you help me

[@PJJBOSSMUSIC]

will try it

[@naturelover9767]

My merged channel reset my whole views and watchtime low....... I had low views as compare compare to other channel.... But after merging youtube show low views and watch which was topic one not my official one

[@STA-3]

KZbin does not merge my topic channel and my main channel. But the names are the same!

[@That1kidchris]

Thanks man as a music artist i cant get it through it with united masters

[@TatianaBalashova]

Mark, do you know what happens when you add your almost new channel to Distrokid as your main music channel? Do you lose views, likes on your video with single which was already automatically created because of the release of the song? Another question is, is it ok to post videos with other musicians like buskers or from concerts on your “official” music channel? I am a newbie in music production and do it as a hobby for now, do not expect creating a lot of music releases. also want to share some music that I like. Or would be not favored by youtube to have those other videos?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

I actually posted a video about that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKuUaXWbZrx1oKs

[@AuraVibes27]

Thanx ❤

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob!

[@MikeMash]

What if someone has the same name as me?

[@TiveTionn]

Just make you name unique

[@johnkramsamv]

I have applied for that but till now not yet arrived

[@V1XMUSIC]

good and not to fast talking, nice gestures, and very easy. subed and liked keep it up

[@legendarygamer1810]

How did you get the logo

[@dayvidwithay979]

I use DistroKid and i have my KZbin artis page...How do i delete my songs off my KZbin page? it wont let me delete them.

[@Kanetrix]

Thanks ❤

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob!

[@DannyYves]

I already have one 😉

[@milleraminmusic]

helpful!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@Lulbroskiie]

I recently changed my artist name and trying to reclaim my topic page under my new name but it’s saying the youtube channel doesn’t match my artist name

[@cynthiaanyafulu1473]

How many subscribers do I need to have on my normal channel before I can merge with my topic generated Chanel?

[@niko_scars]

i gotta pay to be get an acc in distrokid? bro im tryna upload songs to get money not pay money 😭😭

[@Demonrackz]

So do I still have to uncheck the box at the end when u upload a song or It don’t matter because I can merge them?

[@ExfilmVats]

Hello bro tell me how many days did it take for your channel to be merged in official artist channel

[@wifeoforunmilla]

1:12 when I did this it uploaded it onto a various artist channel It never merged

[@TozzyAuzzyTV]

what happens when you've got no money to pay for the distributor services

[@IIFM54]

why is my topic channel called "release"???

[@lxid54]

Same

[@ervaakdag]

is it solved

[@sweetzzzz]

How long does this take. I uploaded music on distrokid and they automatically made a topic channel, but it is not merging with thd KZbin channdl that i made. How does this take?

[@BLOODYMember700]

Nice

[@IIFM54]

so what did you do for it to work

[@YAKNASTYTHATNILLA]

( PLEASE HELP ) major question ... so on the youtube music app all of my songs under " Videos " which anything from the actual youtube channel ... all of my song titles show up as " That NiLLa " ... on the youtube app.... so this is like on the youtube son the t.v..... I can tell its something that i mustv'e done on my end...because its spelled how i would spell it myself. is this under google ??? or youtube ?? ive tried contacting people and nobody respons through email over the years about it. I need to get this fixed because people look me up all the time....and its weird because its all the song titles. can someone please help me and let me know why this is doing it.... it has to be something i accidentally changed in a google setting under a nick name or something...but that wouldnt make sense because its the titles of the song. someone go to youtube music app and type in " Yak Nasty That NiLLa " and once i pop up click videos up top.... and you will see...everything is title " That NiLLa " but if you go to regular youtube... everything is titled properly. please help and thank you.

[@LuhD7-frmda518]

Just applied for one

[@PJNicholson]

I have released many songs, each under a different artist name through CDBaby. Now I requested my most recent artist name 'Sexy Robot' for some silly song I made last week be linked to my primary 20 year old KZbin channel for me as an actor. Did I fuck myself? How do I get out of this? Can I link all my artist names ? Is there a way forward?

[@SamyakMoreSM]

❤

[@synofficial602]

If I posted the songs on my channel then have them posted from DistroKid to a topic account then merge them to an official artist account does that affect anything?

[@learn_something_01]

Bro I followed the steps and I got an official artist channel. Later my gmail ID was terminated. Now I want to change my official artist channel. How to do that is this possible or not. Please reply for me.

[@AvatarSmoker]

What if I release always with different label who has different distributors? How can I create an official artist channel? Thanks! :)

[@MaderaKru]

I got an email from KZbin saying I will have a merged audience and in fact they brought my subscribers from a Topic channel to my own channel. However the channels are still not merged and I don't have that special mark confirming it is an OAC. I got that email from KZbin 2 days ago. I released the song using Distrokid and requested merging the channels exactly the way you shown in the video. Do you think they need more time to complete the merge?

[@MaderaKru]

@@2006c1 we used Distrokid and it took about 2 weeks since uploading a song. Thanks! :)

[@MaderaKru]

@@2006c1 And still the channels are not actually merged so it's still in progress

[@IceyZB]

I changed my name and my music note is gone

[@tr3pleamusic_]

Does Ditto Music Do the same as the way you explained?

[@honeytrapnyc]

How long does it take for the OAC to be created with Distrokid? We're about to release a single soon and trying to merge our VEVO with OAC. I'm hearing up to 6 weeks!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

personally it takes less than a week for me

[@MichaelJamesWood]

I've been waiting for 4 months now.

[@aaronvanwonterghem]

another question. So they applied me for OAC. I see concerts, my releases everything. But no music icon is behind my name? Takes it a bit longer?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

it takes a bit for that to appear

[@aaronvanwonterghem]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio oh okay. thanks

[@aaronvanwonterghem]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio ok :)

[@nikkimuze]

What if my artist name and my youtube name are the same but the youtube channel has the word 'official' in it? Will that get affected?

[@pixelmethworld]

Thanks mate!

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No prob!

Hmm

[@LilCriminals]

Does Phonk Count Like If You Post Phonk Can You Still Get A OAC

[@daBhitS]

My distributor is Tunecore, they made my topic channel, and I also have my own channel, they both have the same name, but they are not merged, it’s like having two separate KZbin accounts, only that one is from Tunecore, which is the topic channel, and the other one is my own, which I made, and control. How would I be able to merge them or it does it happen automatically?

[@NigarSuleyman99]

I also have this problem. They just said that they stopped this service. I'm really upset.

[@daBhitS]

@@NigarSuleyman99 Damn that sucks. Thanks for letting me know 🫡🙏

[@ervaakdag]

is it solved

[@parthdhooper5812]

can be the release is collab

[@amadorcasado2577]

Hello good I have a problem, I have the channel already created for a while, but when I tell Distrokid to look for the channel it tells me that there is no channel with that name (I have already checked that there are no spaces both at the beginning of the channel and at the end), so I would like to know if it can be done in another way

[@Zunfei]

Quick question since now there are handles on youtube does that effect the artist name like for example i wanted to have my artist name on my distributer Shiyoru but the @shiyoru was taken on youtube but i put my name as Shiyoru and put my @handle as Shiyoru Music would that not work?

[@juhreaper]

Is there any free distributors

[@mintybudgie]

indiefy, novecore and tunecore

[@Svaljajj]

Ehmm if I want to make a KZbin channel I just make an account or is there an account spesifically for artists so I can upload a music video clip

[@imranansari_007]

wow

[@LuhD7-frmda518]

Hopefully I get it

[@Ek11345]

If i have the same name on youtube and distrokid but i changed the nick name ,it is a problem ?

[@Elevated_Joshua]

How do you get the Music License logo under your song you release on your youtube, one of my songs has it but not the rest pls respond Song Artist Album

[@synofficial602]

Did you figure it out? I have the same problem

[@dyalive555]

Hello, I got a distributor which is distrokid and I want to connect my artist channel (DaneYel - Topic) to my KZbin account. I have watch some tutorial videos about it and they have an option (just like yours) where they get to pick an artist name and they are directly get into it. In my case, I got no option, it is all blank.

[@Pererro]

Same problem here

[@TheRealGTrillz]

How do you remove an artist from this to put a new one on i changed my name

[@gfg_bangman]

I don't have same channel name as my artist name will it still work

[@LilDookieOfficial]

It keeps saying it hasto be the same name on distrokid but they are the same name.

[@Tbadondbeat]

Lovely

[@Sagalflyger]

they said it would take 3-5 months is that right?

[@PJJBOSSVLOG]

Hi do i link my original yt channel to tunecore or distrokid?

[@okedeb]

for me my topic channel just named release- topic

[@星野アイ]

Hey bro you can see I've become an *official artist,* but when I go to the channel's homepage it's *not* there. Can you explain? Tks ~

[@cutemermaidaqua]

I see a release tab on your profile

[@星野アイ]

@@cutemermaidaqua It's up now, thanks for reminding ~

[@IIFM54]

so what did you do for it to work

[@NDS_Shorrts]

Confusing