Unfortunately, there is no way of gaining access to or editing your topic channel. However, you can request to merge your topic channel with your O&O (owned & operated) channel to create an Official Artist Channel (OAC). This means that you will be able to customize your channel and make edits as you wish.

You can easily request an OAC via Boomkit, providing that you meet certain requirements.

To get an Official Artist Channel on YouTube, there are a few requirements that you’ll need to meet for us to request this for your with YouTube.

You’ll need the following before requesting an Official Artist Channel:

• An owned & operated (O&O) YouTube channel containing content only from the artist you’re requesting an Official Artist channel for – this may be your personal YouTube channel
• An automatically generated Topic Channel for your artist
• At least 1 official music video/arts track on your channels
• An owned & operated YouTube channel that has the same artist name as your topic channel name

Below you will find rules and the most common mistakes, so you can avoid them:

Main Rules

• High-quality image and text. For example: make it clear enough to be shown on a TV screen.
• Own the rights to the image you use as artwork©. And if you don’t, be on the safe side and ask the person that owns the image if it’s OK for you to use it. Keep their approval in writing.
• Use the same text on the artwork that is on the release.

Quality Rules

Quality issues are very common, images can’t be blurry or pixelated. Down below you will find the rules when it comes to artwork quality and how you can prevent them:

• No Blurry or pixelated images – The image and text on the artwork can’t be blurry or pixelated. If you make an image bigger to fit our size requirements (that are between 3000 by 3000 pixels and 6000 by 6000 pixels) there is a big chance that it might take a toll on the quality. Which in conclusion is a really bad idea.

The same rule goes for text, as pixels might show in the edge of the letters. You should also beware of the qualities of any logos, ensuring that they stay nice and crisp (for example The ‘’Explicit/Parental Advisory’’ logo).

• Misalignments – The image has been moved within the actual cover art leaving a border (of any colour) on one or two sides (basically the image doesn’t really fit).
• Cropped images – Don’t add a rectangle/square to increase the total size of the artwork, (the image has been left with only part of the artist’s head)
• Rotated images – If the image in the artwork is clearly on its side or upside down (like a vertical horizon) it won’t be approved
• Copyright Always have permission to use an image if it is not made by you. Be careful using random images from the internet but if you do, make sure they are either free to use or get permission from the copyright owner.
• Images of famous artists Do not use other famous artists on the artwork as that can be seen as misleading and people would assume that the famous artist used, would appear on the album.

Image, logos, and advertising in artwork Rules

Another common mistake is that people use logos not owned by them or do advertisements on the artwork. Down below you will find the rules when it comes to Image, logos, and advertising in artwork:

• Social media handles or other contact information are not allowed on the artwork.
• You can’t Copyrighted images without permission.
• You can’t put famous logos or brand names.
• You can’t put TAD Watermark or “Made with Album Art” on the artwork.
• You can’t put Barcodes or images of existing physical products like LPs or CDs.
• Don’t use the Parental Advisory/Explicit Content logo on the cover unless one of the tracks is marked as explicit.
• The “Restricted logo” is solely used for R rated movies, not music.

Text on artwork rules

The only text allowed on the cover art is the text that is included in the release information. Below you will find a list of kind of text is allowed to put on the cover art:

• The name of the main artist (Correctly spelt)
• The release title (Correctly spelt)
• The label name (Correctly spelt)
• The featuring artist(s) (as long as it is clear who is the primary artist and who is the featuring artist, For example, The featured artist(s) name can’t be bigger than the main artist, correctly spelt)

–BUT you can have artwork with only the featured artist’s name only if it states that it is a featuring artist as well.

• The producer’s name (ONLY if the person is added as a contributor,  correctly spelt)
• If the cover art is made by a professional and you really want to credit them, you can mention the creator of the artwork (for example “designed by …”).

In conclusion: The spelling on the artwork and the spelling in the release information must be exactly the same

Format (Rules)

The cover art needs to be a perfect square and have a size of at least 3000 px by 3000 px and max 6000 px by 6000 px. The file format needs to be in .png or .jpeg (not .tiff).

What the artwork can NOT include:

• No websites or social media handles.
• No references to physical packaging like a CD logo, nor to a digital product.
• No brands nor advertising.
• No images from other copyright holders are allowed without written permission.
• No year nor dates
• No store names nor special offers.
• No barcodes.
• No tilted or cropped images.And lastly…

Pay attention to the quality of your picture – your song really deserves to be marketed together with a high-resolution picture.

The more pixels the better and an absolute minimum is 3000 by 3000 pixels.

Your cover art is still an important part of presenting yourself as an artist.

Take some time and think about how you want to portray yourself as an artist. Match the art with the kind of music you’re delivering and put in the effort to make sure it’s something you’re proud of.

This is what happens step by step:

1. You will receive an email confirming the upload of your release on BoomKit.
2. We will review the music, metadata, and artwork you have uploaded. If there is anything you need to change we will let you know via email.
3. You will receive a second email about the release once it’s been approved and sent to the stores.
4. Once your song goes live, we will notify you and generate a Boomlink (your SmartLink that links to all your song on different stores) for you to share with your fans.

It costs you absolutely nothing to distribute music with BoomKit. It’s 100% free. No gimmicks. There is no catch. No hidden charges.

There are some paid options for those who need it and depending on where you are on your musical journey. These paid plans include unlimited music distribution, which means you can release as many singles, albums or EP as you want on Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Tidal, Youtube, Amazon Music and many other stores. And, most importantly, you keep 100% of your earnings and get paid in Naira directly into your bank account. Cool right?

1. Only JPG, PNG or GIF image file is acceptable.
2. At least 3000 x 3000 pixels in size.
3. A perfect square, No blurriness, pixelation, or white space.
4. The title and artist must match the release exactly.
5. Any featuring artists you put on the artwork must be credited in the release information.
6. No extra information or labels.
7. No social media links or contact information
8. No blurriness or white space

If you release a cover, remix or song using samples, you will likely need to purchase a license before releasing your music to avoid any possible legal action from the original copyright holders.

• Number of streams
• Number of listeners
• Total listen time
• Stream origin (organic vs playlist)
• Top locations and breakdown of listener demographics: female vs male, age range, the year when most of your fans were born.

With BoomKit, you can release music on all the most popular DSPs such as Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Tidal, YouTube, Amazon Music, Google Play BoomPlay, Pandora, Sirius XM, Tencent, and iHeart Radio.

But, was also distribute to all of the following stores: Napster, Beatport, High Res Audio, Hardstyle.com, Joox, Slacker, Shazam, Deezer, JioSaavn, TIM Italia, Nuuday (TDC Play/YouSee Musik), Imusica S.A, Target Media, Audible Magic, Traxsource, Stellar Entertainment, Line Music, Neurotic Media, Xiami, LICKD, 7Digital, Simfy Africa, Jaxsta, Bleep LTD, Naver/Vibe, Youtube Music, Facebook Audio Library, Anghami, Track Drip, Brasbeat, PrimePhonic, Groovefox, BMAT, BUGS!, XITE, MeLON / KakaoMusic, Dub Store Sound, Kuack Media, Facebook Fingerprinting, Netease Cloud Music, AWA, United media Agency, BeatSource, Nightlife Music Australia, Yandex. KKBox, Gracenote, Hungama, TouchTunes/Playnetwork, Juno Download, Qobuz, Mixcloud, Audiomack and Soundcloud.

Depending on your distribution plan, streaming royalties are paid out weekly or monthly. No minimum or maximum threshold.

Your streaming royalties earning in detail can always be found in the My Earnings section. Your earnings will be automatically added to your wallet on BoomKit weekly or monthly depending on your distribution plan and you can withdraw directly to your bank account from your wallet instantly.

Your music can be released on Spotify and Apple music within 3 working days using our Fast track Plan, however, we do generally advise to allow up to 3 weeks for all stores to become live.