YouTube Official Artist Channel

Here you can check the conditions to request the Youtube Official Artist channel and how to do it.

• Introduction

Official Artist Channels on YouTube automatically organize the music catalog of an artist into two sections: albums & singles, and music videos.

• Conditions

Having an Official Artist Channel on YouTube is related to having a “Topic Channel”. That means, if an End User wants to have an Official Artist Channel it is necessary to accomplish the following conditions:

• To have their own Topic Channel.
• At least one music video was provided by a music distribution partner in the Artist YT Channel.
• The Topic Channel and the Own Channel must have the same artist name.

• When is an owned channel not eligible for the application?

Owned channels that contain the following characteristics will not be managed by YouTube:

• Empty channels
• Fan channels
• Wrong artists (different names)
• House channels
• Multi-artist channels
• Non-music channels
• Vevo channels

 

• How to request the Youtube Official Artist channel?

If the artist meets the requirements you can proceed with their Official Artist Channel by writing to support@abacuos.com, and sending us the following info:

• YouTube Artist Channel URL (where they upload all their videos)
• YouTube Artist Topic Channel (YouTube Music)

You can get more info on the YouTube Artist Resources site, the Official Artist Channel Playbook, and Youtube’s Help Center.

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