Why Did DistroKid Upload My Music to a YouTube Topic Channel?

On this DistroKid Tutorial I answer the MOST common question I've been getting: DistroKid KZbin Topic Channel. Why did DistroKid Upload my music on KZbin?
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[@DARASam]

Thank you!! I did checked on that box!!!:)

[@alteredbrain]

I was wondering if having a "topic" and "my channel" was an issue, but thank you for telling me it's ok

[@KyleJames860]

Thank you, this explained everything perfect! I chose not to merge as well because I like to customize my description and tags as well as use a motion art cover instead of the default album cover.

[@KyleJames860]

@@crownconsumption3252 Im pretty sure. How long ago did you hit them up?

[@kiingzay731]

How do you do that 🤷‍♂️

[@Kevin198898]

i have four of them R&B Soul for classics of 60s 70s 80s Slow Jams R&B R&B Gospel Sunday Smooth Jazz Sunday this is my 2nd account for music only

[@brianaarroyo5917]

I’m not gonna check that KZbin box and google play box then because honestly, it seems like it will cause a headache. I keep seeing comments on various videos about people complaining in the comments section about KZbin, topic channel, etc.

[@KyleJames860]

@@brianaarroyo5917 real shit

[@themoosejuice]

thanks for the Video. Explained well

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Glad to help!

[@segundacalleoficial]

My KZbin channel and the one distrokid made for me are connected. I upload a video lirycs of one of the songs, and youtube replace my original song with the original cover for this new one. How can i recover that video. Now that video its only on youtube music topics but not on my album 😢

[@IAmSabah]

Hey, I need some help if someone can help me. I just made this KZbin channel for my music, and I want to make sure the correct codes go into the song I want to also attain an artist channel. how can I get an artist channel and embed the correct codes into my song? Or do you only get an artist page when you reach 1000 subscriptions? Should I just upload the music video without any worries? thank you

[@zebbarnette06]

What about with United Masters it put my music on a topic channel and I don't know what to do also can I gain control over my topic youtube channel

[@Shmaykl]

thank's for the info

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

No problem!

[@LamontJackson]

What happens when you get a copyright claim on your own song when you downnload a music video on your channel? Is that normal?

[@Abditxry]

Can I not customize the topic channel?

[@achialavidzeofficial]

how upload song on distrokid not make topic channel on youtube?

[@MarcumUP]

so why woulkd they not put it on my artist channel.. it doesnt say it will create a different channel in your little check box

[@djalegre5328]

someone uploaded my original song in distrokid, how can ido? thanks

[@elvecinomusic]

My song was uploaded and not even to a topic channel ( I had released music before under tune core and had a topic channel - but I stopped their services) my music through Distrokid was uploaded to a “various artist - topic page! How do I get that fixed ?

[@ladydignity]

How did you get that fixed?

[@benjaminmiranda2523]

Does anybody know how to fix this issue but for tunecore?

[@YungXSmusic]

i linked the 2 but i still cant turn on the comments

[@alfredohuerta5688]

Thanks for the info! OK. I uploaded three songs to Distrokid. All three were distributed before I had an Artist Channel but eventually only two of them ended up on my KZbin Artist channel that I eventually created. The third song is still listed as a Topic on KZbin. I can't figure out a way to take that third song and move it into my KZbin channel and out of the Topic category. Is there a way to do that?

[@Rec_reda]

Did you find a solution to this ?

[@GeffMcClain]

Hello How many Days can took Topic Channel to Create

[@walnesblanc]

Hello zigzag and have you thought about live streaming on twitch and starting your own podcast in the future

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

It's crossed my mind actually! I'm super busy now but I might do it later this year

[@walnesblanc]

Okay that good and have you seen wonderwomen 2 movie and to all the boys I've love movie / coming 2 america movie and marvel wandavision show and bridgeton on netflix and what do you think of the super bowl game and the halftime show with the weekend couple weeks ago

[@AllanaMaunaiAuditions]

But how can I get rid of it???

[@ymblulda]

So I can’t connect my current KZbin channel to distro kid to upload music on this page

[@editorkmanikhemmusicprod]

So If I decide to not use Google play and youtube option... Can I still upload a Lyric video music video or Visualizer on my regular youtube channel and youtube detects the meta data of the song been distributed via My Distributer? and will I receive the views and earnings from content I.D sent to My P.R.O. and Publisher from that Lyric video or Visualizer?

[@Willllll4]

Why distrokid disabled posting on our account

[@synofficial602]

DistroKid posted my song on a “Released Topic” BUT also released on another Topic Channel with my name.. why is that? Only the release topic shows the song is mine

[@412sky]

So once I link DistroKid and my KZbin artist channel should I check the “KZbin Music” box so it upload under the KZbin channel I created ?

[@mansamalimusic]

Yes once you have a KZbin artist channel all music distributed automatically is uploaded to that channel

[@CANDYSOULonline]

For some reason, youtube will not give me permission to post my own song that’s been released. What can I do about that???

[@LeoProjekt]

i have this problem now on tik tok lol

[@AKX4747]

hello plzz help me my distrokid uploads my music to another youtube channel and i report this problem many times on distrokid but no solution. when i go to claim section then distrokid shows that channel is already connected and i dont know why this connect to another youtube channel not mine.please make some solution for my channel.

[@SkylarBlazeTV]

Literally same thing happened to me

[@prmusic9289]

Bt how can delete my song in you tube music

[@claudiusmaye]

The problem I observed recently is that I am not seeing any of my 12 songs from my album that distrokid uploaded to youtube last year June and it is not one year yet since they released the album. In fact the album was released on June 3 2022. Any suggestions?

[@godloverrecords]

It's probably on KZbin Music.. All music goes there.. And cannot be played directly on KZbin.. Unless you upload it manually on KZbin.. Since you already have your artist channel..

[@claudiusmaye]

The problem is solved now

[@HybridOfficial00]

What if you have your own channel and it still makes a topic channel??? They linked my profile to Hybrid Music instead.of.my Hybrid page.

[@sophietan6206]

Do you know whether Distrokid allows you to post cover song videos? I know you are allowed to post album art, but would also like to know if videos are allowed. Thanks!

[@OfficialKingzKid]

No 👎🏽

[@karlcdmusic424]

you can also get an official artist channel

[@mansamalimusic]

Try soundrop distribution

[@onairrecordings]

Can you change the title an enable comments when you claim the topic channel

[@brandonantlave]

So I have my own channel they moved it to a different channel why

[@m.u.dlifeproductions2237]

How do I get access to the topic KZbin channel ???

[@SRStudiosOfficial]

I've a channel, how to link my channel in DistroKid so it uploads in my own channel ?

[@8wolfOfficial]

could u help me

[@tarantula7363]

It’s uploaded mine to a various artists channel

[@tarantula7363]

Uploaded my second song and got a topic channel

[@nukerealz7223]

Yea it just recently did that with my new song...how do I fix that

[@tarantula7363]

@@nukerealz7223 when u upload ur 2nd song it will give you a topic channel

[@nukerealz7223]

@@tarantula7363 wait I dont understand what you mean...so when you say second song are speaking about a completely different track or speaking about re-uploading the same track and it lands in the right spot....cuz I have never had this problem before

[@tarantula7363]

@@nukerealz7223 for me Once I released my second song ever (different song) It automatically gave me a topic channel

[@Jcmessengers]

Hello...now that some of my music is been uploaded by DistroKid to my KZbin channel how do i enable or disable comments?? Is there a way to do it?

[@Cbreeezo]

I got that same question

[@WhiteWitchMusic]

Thank you for your video, They upload my song to this various artist topic channel !! And I have my own artist channel 😳

[@k7thefinesser]

I’m going through that too

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

I'll do a video on this KZbin sometimes does that automatically

[@kingkoolkat9308]

Thats so annoying. And I email them once a month to fix the issue....going on a year.....i losing so much money and fans............PLEASE HELP

[@kingkoolkat9308]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio Thats so annoying. And I email them once a month to fix the issue....going on a year.....i losing so much money and fans............PLEASE HELP

[@simmonets]

But how do I log in

[@rozco7407]

I just got my official artist channel but when I uploaded my album it’s only on a playlist on my channel if you look at my videos the songs do not show up you have to click on the playlist to find them. How do I upload them with diistrokid and they show up under my videos

[@adthamenace2550]

They will never show up under videos it will always show up under playlist unless you upload it manually through KZbin yourself

[@rozco7407]

@@adthamenace2550 does distrokid pay you for the playlist views? Or they don’t count them

[@rozco7407]

@@adthamenace2550 or u don’t know

[@prodbydeclipse1403]

Ok so... what about royalties? How do they get past the copyright strike by uploading the same song as the artists does?

[@HURRY-UP-N-BUY]

I believe you don't get paid by KZbin ,but you do get the money on the PRO publishing side of them using it,so you get paid by one but not by the other hopes that makes sense,but that's how it works so technically you still get paid

[@MadNerve]

Does the topic channel disappear after merging it with your official youtube artist page? I don't like having one channel called Mad Nerve - Topic when my legit artist page is just called Mad Nerve.

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Yes

[@MadNerve]

@Freccero Production Studio thank God lol how long does it generally take? I like just merged them probably a day or two ago.

[@FrankOtheMountain]

I had a video/song on my official (un-monetized) channel and it went up on my topic channel as well, after a week or so, youtube removed the song from my topic channel and REPLACED it with my official one in the topic channel playlist. I think they did this so they wouldn't have to pay out. I even hid the official channel song, and it no longer appears on the topic channel album. Say video is hidden. KZbin is very cheap and devious.

[@QuickNap]

You are good at explaining. I will watch more

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Thanks!

[@lukerob8559]

​@Freccero Production Studio do artists gets paid from the topic channel

[@QuickNap]

@@lukerob8559 yes from the first secound on because the topic channel dont need monitazation. Earnings comming from KZbin Red and Ads

[@lukerob8559]

@QuickNap I'm new to using distrokid so don't I need to just use the topic channel or my personal channel

[@QuickNap]

@@lukerob8559 with distrokid you will have the topic channel but its recommanded to also have your own channel with your control

[@OfficialAyooChris]

So if I do apply for the official artist Channel it will link them?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Yes

[@QuickNap]

So do I understand it right: if I not choose the Bonus feature for KZbin content ID I can upload my music on other channels too without getting flagged by youtube?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Yes

[@QuickNap]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio ok great!

[@AyeBackwood]

How to sign in to my topic channel

[@wildcnana]

Why does distrokid showing other people music on my channel how do i get it offff

[@kareen9712]

Bro on God I’m going through the same shit 🤦🏾‍♀️ giving them access to my channel the worst thing I could’ve ever did.. ima just probably have to delete my old channel and start all over cause that shit dead I can’t have other people music on my shit just cause we have the same artist name shit dumb then distrokid don’t even respond back to help

[@HURRY-UP-N-BUY]

@@kareen9712 damn so it's better to just manually upload your music yourself to the page right? Is that what your saying?

[@PaV3r]

Quick explenation: If you Don't have artist profile on KZbin, you cant upload song. So it gonna create topic Chanel

[@realmenez]

I’ve had my account connected to My artist channel, and distrokid still uploaded my track to a “topic” channel, in the past I’ve had it be fine & be uploaded to this account (my main/official artist channel) Did I do somthing wrong ?

[@shantelshortcliffe864]

Did this change after 2_3 days bro?

[@realmenez]

@@shantelshortcliffe864 I ended up putting a artist page request through distrokid and it fixed it within 2-3 days. I suggest you do that and wait patiently and it will change

[@purushottamgholap8013]

Hey...as you said i have unchecked the 'KZbin music' box In the distrokid store option now it won't upload to KZbin...but can i. Now upload directly from my channel...will there be an issue

[@pransukhbanerjee8375]

I guess u wont be hving a lisence to ur song so bettr not uncheck it!!!!!!

[@oskarargentina]

why the fuck can't I just merge the topic channel to my guitar covers channel, why would distrokid be so confusing about this shit

[@OfficialKingzKid]

why does youtube studio now only feature my topic channel views under the analysis

[@OfficialKingzKid]

Why can’t we manage our topic channels?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

unfortunately you can't, not sure why

[@OfficialKingzKid]

Is there a way to look back on the analyst and be able to see the views of my original content channel? It only shows the views for my topic channel

[@BillyHayes79Music]

Is it possible to add it to my own KZbin channel retrospectively?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

You can do that manually

[@YoungJerrycole2024]

They even put my song on another channel that's not even mine

[@Anxiety_Asylum]

same lmaooo

[@claudiusmaye]

I am wondering if that is what they did to mine too for I am not seeing any of my music that they uploaded in June last year. In fact the music is nowhere on youtube.

[@trvpinsteinbeats]

ok im so glad you made this video but i have a very good question? So i have all my music from distrokid going to my oac channel but i am not recieving watch time for these releases from distrokid. Do you know why i am not getting watch time?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Watch time from auto releases don't count towards the KZbin Partner Program unfortunately

[@trvpinsteinbeats]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio that’s a super bummer man I wonder why tho

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

My guess it's because "you" didn't upload the videos per se. I did an in-depth video about that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5Orn6qei81_gJY

[@trvpinsteinbeats]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio thanks man I’m about to check it out know

[@K.Psomiadis]

What i don't like on the KZbin topics is that they don't put in front the artist name but only the title of the song !! That piss me off !! Man is that so difficult ?? I click many times on other songs and i have to seach who is the artist or band !!

[@HURRY-UP-N-BUY]

That's how it works,bro when the people search the song they then find the artist if your registered with all the Admins. Go Educate yourself some more bud..best of wishes

[@K.Psomiadis]

@@HURRY-UP-N-BUY I am Educated don't worry :) i can turn my topic channel to an Artist Channel than they will show your artist name !!But by me there is a problem i can't do this beacase i have a Soulfoul Channel and play music from other artist !!I if i make a Dj Session i have i think about 30 there and a label or artist try to take down the song on the Session you don't get a copyright strike but if you upload a single song yes you can get copyright strikes and i have get a lot of them and my channel have colsed 2 times !! But ok there was friends of mine and they retract and i open again !! So if this channel get to closed so KZbin get to close the Artist channel too because its linked he said !! KZbin Bullshit politic!! If you click on my Name you can see the channel !! And i don't upload the last 6-12 months so many tunes because Music is out from KZbin !! Have a Great Sunday :)

[@HURRY-UP-N-BUY]

Yeah I feel that ..I was just trying to help..it seems that there are politics at play which is stupid, because a Artist should be able to post there Song on there page as long as they white flag it,I'm not sure if you tried that,but I'm definitely gonna whiteflag my song for my page , something needs to be done about this real talk .more Artist need to speak up and these DSPs need to get there shit together with the Paperwork ya know⚠️

[@K.Psomiadis]

@@HURRY-UP-N-BUY KZbin have change the algorithm at January-February !! what this mean that to count as one view the Tune have to play less 90 seconds not 30 seconds as is on Spotify !! If a song plays less then 90 seconds than At the beginning its count but the very next day it will be delete !!This Bulshit from youtube is amazing she make you tune looks ridiculous imagine people visit your acount and see 500 views and the next day if some of then visit again they see 300 views ?? what they are think?? Don't count it at all KZbin !! then he don't pay you as before it was !! For example you have good 1000 views with ads you have to get from 3-5 dollar you not even get one dollar !! i can see that on my distrokid acount if the tune have play enough if not they show that it have play 40% than ok you get less but if he play good and you get 1 dollar than tell me what kind of shit is that ?? After that KZbin don't want to pay you and what they are doing ?? they let every listener to download your tune for free and so you get zero '0' So that many artist have dicide not to upload their songs on youtube anymore and i am realy think to do the same in the future i will see !!

[@burlaorecords]

Is it possible to turn on comments for my music on youtube uploaded by distrokid

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Unfortunately no - the comments are automatically disabled. You can upload your own music too, and enable comments on that though

[@SpacelyHendrix]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio lame af why did they disable comments

[@Rayyrayblock]

How can i sign in to the topic channel

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Unfortunately you can't

[@LilaMusicDigital]

Hey, Can I upload the song through distrokid on my own yt channel?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

yes

[@LilaMusicDigital]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio How haha?

[@Diontay513]

How do you log into the channel they give you

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Unfortunately you can't

[@bettyvictoriousnekesa]

How can I remove it?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

you'll have to delete the release and reupload it

[@pratervisionz]

I already have an artist page, how do I add the topic channel videos to my artist page?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

You have to merge them as an OAC

[@pratervisionz]

@@ZigZagProductionStudio right I understand that but how do I do it? I’ve emailed artist support for KZbin and I haven’t gotten any feedback

[@Travelplaces369]

@David Stadium Heights ive research of this, its automatic uploaded (if you check google play & youtube) music . you neeed to upload your version.

[@elcompajuan2329]

Hey are the views like real people watching out song

[@prodbyitsmoesturn7041]

So it won’t go to my KZbin account it’s gonna be a whole other channel?

[@prodbyitsmoesturn7041]

Nvm answered my question on @1:41 so in order for me to have it on my KZbin account along with the topic channel I just upload the song manually on to my KZbin account

[@IzayFrmMars54]

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

[@NobonesNorris]

Theres a wrong persons music on my youtube topic how do i get it off

[@nataliegarcia6583]

Same

[@nataliegarcia6583]

Did you ever figure out

[@NobonesNorris]

@@nataliegarcia6583 nope lol

[@JapaneseJennPodcast]

Distrokid

[@riccardorigucci6936]

I thought the KZbin Music box was different from KZbin. When I type in Riccardo Rigucci on youtube all that shows up is the Topic channel instead of my channel. Dirtbags.

[@mrepic5733]

Can you put it into your own channel?

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Yes

[@editorkmanikhemmusicprod]

So If I decide to not use Google play and youtube option... Can I still upload a Lyric video music video or Visualizer on my regular youtube channel and youtube detects the meta data of the song been distributed via My Distributer? and will I receive the views and earnings from content I.D sent to My P.R.O. and Publisher from that Lyric video or Visualizer?@@ZigZagProductionStudio

[@thehonestmoor5762]

You Still Get Paid For KZbin Streams Correct?

[@thehonestmoor5762]

Without The KZbin content Id Payment

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Yes

[@kiingzay731]

So we can’t edit or change anything about the topic channel? All you’re saying is make your own KZbin channel and reupload…we know we clicked the box because it required

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

Once you create your own channel and then merge them using the OAC feature in DistroKid you can have full control

[@k7thefinesser]

Why is my song on various artists channel

[@ZigZagProductionStudio]

I'll do a video on this - KZbin does that automatically when you first start out, then it creates a specific channel for you as you get bigger

[@Umlabalaba]

@@ZigZagProductionStudiosor what about my viewers? 🤔🤔 because it starts from scratch 😢😢

[@bigjaripari]

My music is on the wrong topic channel

[@Anxiety_Asylum]

yep same here i

[@Kevin198898]

they must take off the topic

[@whitecloud_94]

So if the topic channel has 1,000,000 views and my own channel has 1000 , then its tough luck for me?😊

[@MostMorose]

You can merge them together this guy made a video about it

[@AyeBackwood]

How to sign in to my topic channel