Distribute Your Music to YouTube Music
ORB delivers your release to YouTube Music. Eligible Artist Plus and Label artists may also request Content ID for an individual release after confirming exclusive rights; ORB processes eligible requests and YouTube makes the final eligibility and claims decisions.
YouTube Music distribution and Content ID
YouTube Music distribution makes a release available to listeners through YouTube's music service. Content ID is a separate rights-management process that may identify uses of eligible recordings.
ORB accepts per-release Content ID requests from eligible Artist Plus and Label artists who confirm exclusive rights. ORB processes eligible requests, and YouTube decides eligibility, matches, claims, policies and any resulting revenue.
How to get on YouTube Music with ORB
From upload to a release-level Content ID request:
Create your ORB account
Sign up free and complete your profile.
Upload your release
Add audio, art and metadata. ORB generates Art Tracks for YouTube Music automatically.
Request Content ID per release
Eligible Artist Plus and Label artists can opt in for this release and must confirm exclusive rights.
Track request status
ORB processes eligible requests. YouTube makes the final decision; acceptance, claims and revenue are not guaranteed.
What ORB adds on YouTube
Release-level opt-in
Choose Content ID separately for each eligible release rather than enrolling a channel.
Exclusive-rights attestation
Confirm that you exclusively control the recording and that its material is eligible.
ORB processing
ORB processes eligible requests through the supported delivery flow.
YouTube decision
YouTube ultimately controls eligibility, matching, claims, policies and monetization outcomes.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Content ID?
- Content ID is YouTube's rights-management system. YouTube may match eligible submitted recordings in videos and apply a rights policy, but a request does not guarantee acceptance, claims or revenue.
- Can ORB connect my YouTube channel for monetization?
- No. ORB's offering is a per-release Content ID request for eligible Artist Plus and Label artists, not channel connection, enrollment or monetization of your own uploads.
- Can ORB help me claim an Official Artist Channel?
- Eligible Artist Plus and Label artists with at least three live releases distributed through ORB can submit an Official Artist Channel request from their portal. ORB reviews and forwards eligible requests, but YouTube controls approval and timing.