Creating Art Tracks
To create Art Tracks for your sound recordings, you upload the recording and artwork media files along with a metadata file that describes the recording. You can provide the metadata in one of two formats:
- An industry-standard DDEX Electronic Release Notification (ERN) feed
- An "Audio - Art Tracks" bulk upload spreadsheet.
YouTube creates the Art Track based on the values you provide in the file; see below for details about how the metadata values impact the resulting Art Track.
The Art Track consists of the artwork provided for the album and information about the track. If a track appears on multiple albums, the Art Track shows the artwork and title for the album with the earliest release date.
Building an Art Track from a DDEX file
The table below identifies the element in the DDEX file that YouTube uses for the track information. If the element in the Primary DDEX source column does not exist in the message, YouTube uses the value from the element in the Secondary DDEX source column. The items with an asterisk show in the Description associated with the Art Track, not in the Art Track itself.
If you include translated titles or artist names, the translations appear alongside the original language text in the Description; the Art Track uses only the original language. More about providing translated titles and names.
Information | Primary DDEX source | Secondary DDEX source |
---|---|---|
Album art |
If a release has more than one element, the Art Track uses the first one |
None |
Track title |
|
|
Artist |
If a track has more than one , the Art Track shows each artist on a new line, up to four lines |
|
Album title | plus optional
|
plus optional
|
Copyright* |
If the track doesn’t have a element, the Art Track description uses the element for the album |
If the track doesn’t have a element, the Art Track description uses the element for the album |
Release date* |
|
None |
Contributors* |
The Art Track description lists each contributor on a separate line, with a comma-separated list of roles (from the tag) followed by the contributor’s name.
YouTube sorts the contributor list alphabetically by role unless the includes an explicit SequenceNumber attribute. |
None |
GRid and UPC |
If you provide them for the track release, these IDs are saved as attributes of the art track asset. They do not appear in the Art Track itself. |
None |
Partner-specific ID |
If you provide a ProprietaryId for a sound recording, the ID is saved as the custom_id of the art track asset. It does not appear in the Art Track itself. |
None |
Building an Art Track from an "Audio - Art Tracks" spreadsheet
The table below identifies the column in the spreadsheet that YouTube uses for the track information. The items with an asterisk show in the Description associated with the Art Track, not in the Art Track itself.
Information | Spreadsheet column | |
---|---|---|
Album art | album_art_filename | |
Track title | track_title | |
Artist | track_artist | |
Album title | album_title | |
Copyright* | track_pline If the track doesn’t have a track_pline, the Art Track description uses the album_label |
|
Release date* | album_release_date | |
GRid, EAN, and UPC | If you provide them for the track release, these IDs are saved as attributes of the art track asset. They do not appear in the Art Track itself. | None |
* Nguồn: Youtube