My YouTube Release is Appearing Under 'Various Artists'. Help!

Modified on Thu, 29 Sep 2022 at 11:33 AM

When your release has been distributed, you might see an "automatic" channel created on YouTube under your name, but not connected to their own official YouTube channel.  

In order to not have it under the topic, but your own channel you need to satisfy the following criteria:
To request a YouTube OAC you need to meet the following requirements:

  • Own and operate a YouTube channel that represents one artist or band;
  • Have at least 3 official releases on YouTube delivered and distributed;
  • Have no policy violations on their channel.


Otherwise, you need to make sure ALL the music on these topic channels are actually your own tracks. If a topic channel with your music contains music by other artists, then you need to write artist-support@youtube.com and ask them to remove the music that isn't yours.

Click here to see how to find your YouTube Music artist link/URL.

Was this article helpful?

That’s Great!

Thank you for your feedback

Sorry! We couldn't be helpful

Thank you for your feedback

Let us know how can we improve this article!

Select atleast one of the reasons
CAPTCHA verification is required.

Feedback sent

We appreciate your effort and will try to fix the article