An Official Artist Channel (OAC) upgrades your personal YouTube account with the verified Musical Note (♪) badge, automatically merging subscribers from your auto-generated Topic channel into one unified home.

OAC Prerequisites Checklist

Standard Owned & Operated YouTube channel matching your artist name.
At least 3 official releases delivered via an approved partner (Royaltify).
Active auto-generated Topic channel containing your Art Tracks.
Zero active Community Guidelines strikes.