About
MOVES & Co is the boutique distribution wing of MOVES Recordings
A light-touch, invite-only, independent distribution service. We provide support, logistics, and strategy for emerging and established artists working in Afrobeats, Afrodance, Rap, Dancehall, RnB and more.
We specialise,
where others generalise
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
Release across every major streaming platform, backed by MOVES Recordings' infrastructure and decade of DSP relationships.
LIGHT-TOUCH, ARTIST-
FRIENDLY CONTRACTS
Invite-only deals built around flexibility, not lock-in. Sign up, choose your terms, keep control.
REPORTING & ROYALTIES
Real-time streaming data, analytics, and royalty reporting.
Putting music on streaming platforms is only the beginning. Proudly single-minded, we exclusively work with music and culture that we have a deep understanding of, with over a decade long track-record of taking artists from first steps to global success.
How to join
1
APPLY
Tell us about yourself, your music, and your release plans. MOVES & Co is invite-only, choose your license terms, keep control. Every application gets a proper look from someone who actually knows the genre
3
PREPARE YOUR RELEASE
Upload your music, artwork, credits, and rights information through the portal. Our team reviews everything before it goes out
4
DISTRIBUTE GLOBALLY
Your approved release goes out to every major streaming platform, reaching audiences worldwide
5
TRACK AND GROW
You’ll receive streams, royalties, and analytics
2
ONBOARD
If you're accepted, sign your contract electronically, no back-and-forth
Apply
MOVES & Co does not register Artists for performance or neighbouring rights directly, you can register by searching for your local neighbouring-rights/performers' society collection society
You may be entitled to royalties whenever your music is played on radio, TV, or in public, separate from streaming, through your country's local rights collection society (eg PPL (UK), MCSN (Nigeria), GHAMRO (Ghana), UPRS (Uganda), SAMPRA (South Africa), COSOTA (Tanzania), BURIDA (Côte d'Ivoire), SODAV (Senegal).
Performance rights: is money for the song itself (the lyrics and melody). Whoever wrote it earns this every time it's played publicly, on radio, streaming, TV, or live. This is what PRS (UK) and similar bodies collect.
Neighbouring rights: is money for the actual recording. Whoever performed on it, or owns the master (artist, session musicians, label), earns this every time that specific recording is played publicly. This is what PPL (UK) and similar bodies collect.
If someone covers your song, you still get paid as the songwriter (performance rights) but you don't get paid for their recording of it (neighbouring rights), because that's a different performance and a different master.
