Short-form & Social
How to Get Your Music on Kuaishou
Major Chinese short-video and music streaming platform.
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Kuaishou is one of China's two largest short-video and creator platforms (alongside Douyin/TikTok inside China), with a built-in music streaming experience and a massive music-discovery surface for the Chinese-speaking audience.
Notes delivers to Kuaishou's music library so releases are available to Chinese-market creators and discoverable inside the app.
At a glance
Kuaishou at a glance
- Based in
- China
- Territories
- China
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on Kuaishou
- Deliver. Notes delivers your music to Kuaishou's licensed sound library so it's available for creators worldwide.
- Register. Songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC so the publishing share of every use is paid.
- Collect. Per-use licensing royalties from Kuaishou are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken from your earnings.
What you earn here
Royalties Kuaishou generates
Kuaishou
- Distribution
- Broadcast
- Publishing
- Performance
Your Kuaishou recording royalties reach you through Notes, and we register you with The MLC and your PRO so the rest is collected too, all paid to you in full with no percentage taken.
- Recording RoyaltiesRecording royalties are what the master earns: the recording revenue your distributor collects, plus digital-performance royalties.
- Mechanical RoyaltiesMechanical royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers each time a composition is reproduced, including every interactive stream and download.
- Performance RoyaltiesPerformance royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers when a composition is performed publicly: on radio, TV, in venues, or via streaming.
- Content ID RoyaltiesContent ID royalties are paid when your music is used in other people's videos on YouTube; its fingerprinting system finds the use and monetizes it for you.
Questions musicians ask
Common questions about Kuaishou
- How do I get my music on Kuaishou?
- Add your release in Notes and we deliver it to Kuaishou's licensed sound library, so creators can use your song in their videos worldwide, with your credits and ISRCs attached.
- Do I earn royalties when creators use my song on Kuaishou?
- Yes. Uses on Kuaishou generate royalties, and Notes reconciles them alongside the rest of your catalog, with no percentage taken from your earnings.
- Does Notes handle the songwriting side too?
- Yes. Your songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC, so the publishing share of every use is collected alongside the recording side.
- What territories does Kuaishou cover?
- Kuaishou is available in China.
- Where is Kuaishou based?
- Kuaishou is based in China.
