Localized metadata for Art Tracks and Original release dates

You can provide translated titles, artist names, genres, label names, parental warning type and other territory specific metadata for a recording. Translations are used in the YouTube Music app and on music.youtube.com. Original language text is used in the title and description of the Art Track in YouTube Main. For each translation, the LanguageAndScriptCode attribute indicates the language of the translation.

The example below shows how to communicate metadata specific to Japan:

<ReleaseDetailsByTerritory>
    <TerritoryCode>JP</TerritoryCode>
    <LabelName>JP ACME Label Inc.</LabelName>
    <Title TitleType="DisplayTitle" LanguageAndScriptCode="ja-Jpan">
        <TitleText>タイトルテキスト</TitleText>
    </Title>
    <DisplayArtist SequenceNumber="1">
        <PartyName LanguageAndScriptCode="ja-Jpan">
            <FullName>アーティスト名</FullName>
        </PartyName>
        <ArtistRole>MainArtist</ArtistRole>
    </DisplayArtist>
    <ParentalWarningType>NotExplicit</ParentalWarningType>
    <Genre>
        <GenreText>JPOP</GenreText>
        <SubGenre>JPOP sub genre</SubGenre>
    </Genre>
    <ReleaseDate IsApproximate="true">2020-03-01</ReleaseDate>
</ReleaseDetailsByTerritory>

Original Release Date

The <OriginalReleaseDate> in DDEX specifies when the release was or will be available for physical, electronic, or online distribution. If you include this date in your DDEX file, make sure that:

• The release date is accurate
• The release date is formatted correctly (YYYY-MM-DD)
• The release year is on or after 1860